How do you transform Club Matas into Denmark's leading customer loyalty program along with a completely redesign of the app experience?

Industry
Beauty

Role
Lead UX Designer

Outcome

Loyalty program + mobile app

How do you transform Club Matas into Denmark's leading customer loyalty program along with a completely redesign of the app experience?

Industry
Beauty

Role
Lead UX Designer

Outcome

Loyalty program + mobile app

How do you transform Club Matas into Denmark's leading customer loyalty program along with a completely redesign of the app experience?

Industry
Beauty

Role
Lead UX Designer

Outcome

Loyalty program + mobile app

Summary

The Matas case involved redesigning Denmark's largest customer loyalty program, Club Matas. The focus was on creating a new, engaging app experience and a revised loyalty program. Tasks included concept exploration, prototyping, user testing, and design of the loyalty mechanisms. The team aimed to transform Club Matas from a transactional model to a relationship-focused approach, addressing the needs of both high-tier and low-tier customers. The goal was clear value creation for customers, the market, and Matas, with an emphasis on personal service and simplified member experiences.

Summary

The Matas case involved redesigning Denmark's largest customer loyalty program, Club Matas. The focus was on creating a new, engaging app experience and a revised loyalty program. Tasks included concept exploration, prototyping, user testing, and design of the loyalty mechanisms. The team aimed to transform Club Matas from a transactional model to a relationship-focused approach, addressing the needs of both high-tier and low-tier customers. The goal was clear value creation for customers, the market, and Matas, with an emphasis on personal service and simplified member experiences.

Summary

The Matas case involved redesigning Denmark's largest customer loyalty program, Club Matas. The focus was on creating a new, engaging app experience and a revised loyalty program. Tasks included concept exploration, prototyping, user testing, and design of the loyalty mechanisms. The team aimed to transform Club Matas from a transactional model to a relationship-focused approach, addressing the needs of both high-tier and low-tier customers. The goal was clear value creation for customers, the market, and Matas, with an emphasis on personal service and simplified member experiences.

Credit to 1508 for the visualization.

Credit to 1508 for the visualization.

Lead UX Designer
Lead UX and strategist on conceptualizing and designing the brand new Club Matas app along with a revised loyalty program.

Tasks

  • Exploring different concept directions for the app

  • Prototyping, wireframes and UI design

  • Facilitating 5 sessions of user tests

  • Presentations for C-level steer-co at Matas including CEO

  • Designing the loyalty program mechanisms within the app

Team

  • 1x Project manager

  • 1x Account manager

  • 2x Designers

  • 2x UX’ers

Lead UX Designer
Lead UX and strategist on conceptualizing and designing the brand new Club Matas app along with a revised loyalty program.

Tasks

  • Exploring different concept directions for the app

  • Prototyping, wireframes and UI design

  • Facilitating 5 sessions of user tests

  • Presentations for C-level steer-co at Matas including CEO

  • Designing the loyalty program mechanisms within the app

Team

  • 1x Project manager

  • 1x Account manager

  • 2x Designers

  • 2x UX’ers

1.5 million members

Club Matas’ value proposition for members had diminished in value. It needed a refresh. But how do you design a new loyalty program that offers high tier customers enough value for their spending while keeping low tier customer engaged with the Matas brand?

1.5 million members

Club Matas’ value proposition for members had diminished in value. It needed a refresh. But how do you design a new loyalty program that offers high tier customers enough value for their spending while keeping low tier customer engaged with the Matas brand?

A clear and ambitious goal

Club Matas must be recognized as the leading loyalty program with clear value creation for both customers, the market and Matas

A clear and ambitious goal

Club Matas must be recognized as the leading loyalty program with clear value creation for both customers, the market and Matas

From transactional to relationship

From transactional to relationship

Instead of a traditional pure earn-and-burn approach which many loyalty programs are built around, Club Matas wanted to offer more that just a transactional relationship. The focus became about the relationship with the customers - just as it is when engage with Matas employees instore.

Instead of a traditional pure earn-and-burn approach which many loyalty programs are built around, Club Matas wanted to offer more that just a transactional relationship. The focus became about the relationship with the customers - just as it is when engage with Matas employees instore.

What should the new club consist of?

What should the new club consist of?

  • Better membership offers and more personal offers
    Lots of points at every purchase

  • Extra benefits that suit me when I shop more

  • Exciting point deals with good discounts

  • More samples for those who shop frequently

More for my money and rewards that suit me

  • Better membership offers and more personal offers
    Lots of points at every purchase

  • Extra benefits that suit me when I shop more

  • Exciting point deals with good discounts

  • More samples for those who shop frequently

More for my money and rewards that suit me

  • Quick and easy onboarding

  • Shop in the app with easy reorder

  • Omni basket

  • Free shipping and upgrade for faster delivery

  • Fixed deliveries with subscription service

  • Gift service

  • Scan & Go shopping

Quick and easy to shop and re-shop previously bought items

  • Quick and easy onboarding

  • Shop in the app with easy reorder

  • Omni basket

  • Free shipping and upgrade for faster delivery

  • Fixed deliveries with subscription service

  • Gift service

  • Scan & Go shopping

Quick and easy to shop and re-shop previously bought items

  • Easy access to My Club Matas with a personal profile

  • Skin test with personal product guidance

  • “My Brands” with lots of inspiration, new and great benefits

  • Exciting inspiration films, articles and posts

  • Easy access to online advice from Matas employees

Lots of inspiration and personal advice

  • Easy access to My Club Matas with a personal profile

  • Skin test with personal product guidance

  • “My Brands” with lots of inspiration, new and great benefits

  • Exciting inspiration films, articles and posts

  • Easy access to online advice from Matas employees

Lots of inspiration and personal advice

Credit to 1508 for the visualization.

Credit to 1508 for the visualization.

It is not loyalty building to be a club in itself

It is not loyalty building to be a club in itself

Club Matas’ value proposition for members had diminished in value. It needed a refresh. But how do you design a new loyalty program that offers high-tier customers enough value for their spending while keeping low tier customer engaged with the Matas brand?

Club Matas’ value proposition for members had diminished in value. It needed a refresh. But how do you design a new loyalty program that offers high-tier customers enough value for their spending while keeping low tier customer engaged with the Matas brand?

Personalized services creates loyalty

Club Matas needs to be simplified

Different perceptions of being member in a “club”

Focus on the experiences

Customers are also experts

Many don’t know why they are members

Several of the club’s elements do not work today

Major inequalities at the top and bottom of the hierarchy

50% receive little value from the reward program

Focus on the bottom and the top

Focus on the bottom and the top

Designing a great experience for the top 1% has an enormous effect on the turnover for Matas

Designing a great experience for the top 1% has an enormous effect on the turnover for Matas

Frequency = different needs

Frequency = different needs

Frequency is of great importance as a loyalty driver as well as the emotional brand relationship

Frequency is of great importance as a loyalty driver as well as the emotional brand relationship

Credit to 1508 for the visualization.

Credit to 1508 for the visualization.

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Welcome screen

❌ Old

Welcome screen

✅ New

Welcome screen

✅ New

Welcome screen

Points

For the low frequent shoppers

Points

For the low frequent shoppers

  • Points can be used on all products

  • Special discount on certain products

  • Points can be used on all products

  • Special discount on certain products

Rewards

For the high frequent shoppers

  • Spend 1.000 dkk and receive a reward

  • All purchases count toward the reward

  • Choose between 4 different categories

  • Better benefifts, the more you spend

Rewards

For the high frequent shoppers

  • Spend 1.000 dkk and receive a reward

  • All purchases count toward the reward

  • Choose between 4 different categories

  • Better benefifts, the more you spend

Credit to 1508 for the visualization.

Credit to 1508 for the visualization.

150 unique screens

150 unique screens

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4.6 | 32.8k Ratings

#4 in Lifestyle

4.6 | 32.8k Ratings

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