Pharmacy chain 36.6 used to communicate with customers “by hand.” The Russian retailer sampled customers, processed its data, loaded messages into email and social channels, and analyzed the results of mailings manually. A single marketing campaign routinely took a full day to launch, and results were fragmented and often ineffective.

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When SAS analytics entered the picture in 2020, 36.6 quickly moved to automated, cost-effective, flexible marketing campaigns. Before, the retailer struggled to launch 40 to 50 campaigns annually. But with SAS, a comprehensive campaign takes 30 minutes to launch. The retailer now launches six to eight campaigns daily.

“We want to have an individual approach to the customer in everything – in offers, incentive policy, communication channels, pricing, assortments,” said Maria Brenes, Marketing Director of PJSC Pharmacy Chain 36.6. “To do this, we accumulate and analyze a large database so that each of our interactions gets a positive response. By meeting the expectations of our customers, we build trusting relationships with them and can be a reliable partner for them in maintaining health. We are pleased that the SAS solution allows us to do this as quickly as possible and focus on working with customers and their needs, and not on technical details.” Brenes said the company plans to increase the number of monthly campaigns launched and use SAS to trigger customer service campaigns and polling to further refine communications.