Nordgreen

Growing Danish global brand optimizes email setup in 9 markets

A new player in an old game

Nordgreen is young, barely a teenager yet, in a world where the giants are over 100 years old and with a stronger range than ever before. But Nordgreen has something unique in hand: Danish design that needs to be shared globally. With Danish design veteran Jakob Wagner as the architect behind the minimalist Scandinavian expression of the watches, it is also a sense of duty that lies behind the motivation to take Nordgreen global. 

Nordgreen approached us with a desire to optimize their entire email setup in their 8 main markets, which were divided into the following clusters: Denmark, Japan, Germany, France, UK, Rest of EU, USA, Taiwan and South Korea.


Analyze existing setup and identify opportunities for improvement

Nordgreen had already reached 100 million in revenue in 2020. Together, we realized there were more milestones in sight with a focused effort. With aggressive advertising efforts on paid channels, you reach a point of diminishing returns, also known as the "Point of Diminishing Returns". So which channels should you grow through? Our analysis identified untapped potential in the email channel, where there was room for optimization and increased focus on flows, lead generation and ongoing campaign emails.

Our initial analysis gave us the following observations and headline learnings:

  • Email revenue was small compared to the potential and compared to similar cases.
  • Despite the low volume, email was the best converting channel besides organic search and direct. The channel had proven its worth.
  • Increased interaction with FB Lead ads and other local lead initiatives in each market would be one of the keys to success in order to increase the number of contacts that go through flows.
  • Email templates and content needed to be elevated to the level of the brand's identity and its level on other channels.
  • Reduce file sizes in emails for better load speed and better delivery.
  • To go from primarily running unisex emails to utilizing predictive analytics to predict gender, and in this way move towards matching gender with email content to a greater extent.
  • Matching gender with email content was expressed through sender name, subject lines and the content of the email itself.

Figures in this case release are based on results of the first 6 months after implementation, compared to 6 months before.


Services: Email Marketing and Lead Gen consulting.

Key figures from the collaboration

+67,8%
Growth of flow revenue in the UK
+32,7%
Growth of flow revenue in Europe
+28,8%
Growth of flow revenue in Japan
+8,6%
Growth of flow revenue in the US

Measures

We then went straight into implementing our Ecommerce framework across all 9 markets. This resulted in a local but global setup of 35 new emails in each of the 9 markets.

In addition, there were some selected new flows, a focus on optimizing email delivery and the implementation of our A/B testing framework.

There was also an increased focus on countdown timers and unique selling messages to increase urgency in emails as well as an increased focus on the virtual shopping assistant, which was a corona initiative that increased the ability to interact with a personal assistant during the online shopping experience.

Last but not least, there was an increased focus on storytelling around CSR efforts, design, bestsellers and the opportunity to design your own watch set through Nordgreens Bundle Builder.

After an initial discussion about our goals and needs, we agreed with the Algorize team that they would return with an analysis assessing the opportunities for growth via email and a concrete proposal for an execution plan. We were very pleased with the in-depth and insightful analysis that formed the basis for further collaboration and execution.

6 months later, we have an improved email setup in 9 markets and can see great progress in sales figures from Email.

Udtalelse fra Christian Arnstedt om Algorize.

After an initial conversation about our goals and needs, we agreed with the Algorize team that they would return with an analysis that assessed the possibilities for growth via email, as well as a concrete proposal for an execution process. We were very satisfied with the in-depth and insightful analysis, which was the basis for the further cooperation and execution process.

6 months later, we have an improved email setup in 9 markets, and can see great progress in sales figures from Email.

Vasilij Brandt

Co-Founder & CMO (Nordgreen & Blazar Capital)

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