Win the Race to the Low Touch Economy
Location Intelligence is critical for retail in order to offer innovative omnichannel journeys that perfectly match online and offline experiences. Woosmap offers a complete range of APIs, JavaScript Libraries and Widgets that blends perfectly with Google Maps Platform premium APIs. This allows retailers to provide a best in class experience to their consumers.
80%
of consumers check products online before going to a store
A Store Locator will deliver its promise when the information remains updated. The symbiotic relationship of an online presence and offline stores is essential and shouldn’t be taken for granted. Store locators, once set, become a passive marketing tool that strengthens your overall omnichannel.
Worldwide leading retail brand Carrefour has decided to take full benefit of the Woosmap Localities API to power-up its Drive search bar, allowing clients to find their closest store in just a few characters.
GROCERIES
Personalize customer journeys
Digitized shopping has taken an increasing spot in the food and groceries sector these past years. This trend has been enforced by the COVID crisis and the need to move to low touch economy. Customers don’t just go buying food the way they would before, they seek a personal, smooth and secure experience.
Suggested products for Groceries:
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Google Places API and Google Geocoding API
Autocomplete or geocoding addresses in order to fasten the checkout process.
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Woosmap Localities API
Autocomplete on postal codes or localities to reduce the time to find nearby stores related to delivery zones or marketing territories.
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Woosmap Search API and Google Distance Matrix
Search stores by X:Y coordinates sorted by distance. Reorder the results using real time traffic from Google Maps Distance Matrix API.
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Woosmap Store Locator Widget
Display all the stores on a map and let the users search for their preferred one.
Establishing a personalized relationship and journey with a user’s favorite store has been one of the challenges of European DIY retail brand Leroy Merlin. The Woosmap Store Locator Widget eases store favorite choice and automatically displays Click & Collect options on each product on the website.
DIY / HOME FURNITURES / ELECTRONICS
Optimize store selection and Click & Collect
DIY, Home Furnitures and Electronics companies are keen to provide a clear and detailed view of their product availability and collect options due to their location, often outside of towns, and the average physical size of a regular visit.
Suggested products for DIY / Home Furnitures / Electronics:
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Google Places API and Woosmap Localities API
Improve autocomplete experience for stock-checking and checkout. Google Places for addresses autocompletion, Woosmap Localities for postcode and cities selection.
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Woosmap Search API and Google Maps Distance Matrix API
Calculate closest stores sorted by distance with woosmap store hosting and search API, reorder results to calculate accurate delivery options with Google Maps Distance Matrix live or predicted traffic.
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Woosmap Geolocation API
Automate accurate web user geolocation. This will improve the user journey by: selecting the right country, setting the closest store, or feeding your CRM for geomarketing analysis.
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Woosmap Store Locator Widget
Improve the store locator experience of your user with an off the shelf solution that increases retention and Local SEO score in store pages.
Decathlon has been improving the visitors’ in stock awareness by adding contextualization in the product pages to show visitors where and when they can pick-up a product at the closest stores from their location. Bringing reinsurance in the customer journey is key!
SPORTS & CLOTHING
Automate Location on Product Pages
Bring your online and offline shopping experience to another level by automating stock checking and click and collect availability. The result will be an increased “add to cart” conversion rate!
Suggested products for Sports & Clothing:
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Woosmap Geolocation API
Automate store selection with Woosmap accurate user Geolocation API. Best store option will be calculated in milliseconds in order to personnalise the product page.
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Google Places API & Woosmap Localities API
Improve autocompletion data quality with Google Adresses and Woosmap Postcodes in order to increase conversion rates.
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Woosmap Store Locator Widget
Configure a mobile first store locator that will increase SEO and reduce friction in the store selection process.
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Woosmap Geofencing SDK
Automate click and collect experience by sending notifications to the customer and the store when approaching the store with an order in place.
McDonald’s uses Woosmap’s Store Locator Widget to quickly deploy and scale personalized and dedicated local restaurant pages across their 1500+ locations in France. The Store Locator Widget is also part of the SEO strategy.
FOOD & HOSPITALITY
Store Locator at scale
Allowing your customers to find their preferred location at a glance is one of the key parameters for professionals of the food sector.
Suggested products for Food & Hospitality:
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Woosmap Store Locator Widget
Drive millions of customers to your restaurants by streaming thousands of locations on Google Maps with Woosmap Mobile first Store Locator Widget.
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Google Places API and Woosmap Localities API
Improve Autocomplete experience for omnichannel click and collect, home delivery checkout, or restaurant visit options.
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Woosmap Geofencing SDK
Automate click and collect experience by detecting proximity of the customer to a restaurant, or send contextual notifications based on user recurring geolocation in order to increase drive to shop.
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Woosmap Geolocation API
Automate Restaurant selection in digital acquisition journeys.
Global luxury brands often face the challenge of multiplying distribution channels across the world. May it be partners, special distributors, privately owned stores, popup stores… It requires a great amount of information gathering in order to remain up-to-date regarding opening hours, and all store related information. Givenchy is using an all-in-one built in partnership with Woosmap to connect with all syncing solutions and channels.
LUXURY & CARE
Show your product Locations
Luxury brands, may it be beauty, care or even apparel tend to put a focus on a very smooth and personalized journey in their websites. Woosmap is the geolocation solution for showing Locations Where consumers can find products, not only in the brand’s flagship store but also in the thousands of locations worldwide.
Suggested products for Luxury & Care:
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Woosmap Search API & Store Locator Widget
Display thousands of Locations on a map on mobile web browser in order to improve the where to find, where to buy the brand's products.
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Woosmap Geolocation API
Automate Map display of the store locator in order to center the map at correct location and zoom level.
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Google Places API and Woosmap Localities API
Improve Autocomplete experience for click and collect and home delivery checkout.
Kia Dealers offer a great range of new and approved used cars, special offers and car service checks. A Google study shows that a buyer would go on average 1.3 times to a dealership before acquiring a vehicle (3 times more compared to a few years back). Let customers easily find Kia Dealerships in their area is now a critical success factor. Kia relies on Woosmap technology to enable this.
AUTOMOTIVE / MOBILITY
Provide the best online to offline experience to your clients
It’s no secret that the automotive industry has been taking steps towards digitizing the customer’s journeys in the past decade. Car dealers must offer an outstanding experience for the single deal-closing visit a buyer makes to the dealership. In addition, Location Intelligence offers one of the most promising platforms to enhance the mobility experiences. Automating car repair time of arrival, closest maintenance facility, pay-as-you drive insurance or even connected car parking lots are all services enabled by location-based services and stakes for the automotive industry.
Suggested products for Automotive / Mobility:
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Google Places API and Woosmap Localities API
Ease dealership selection in order to find the closest location to test drive a car and close a deal. Reducing the number of clicks is strategic to raise conversions.
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Woosmap Geolocation API
Automatically detect the closest dealer or service location from the customer's location.
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Woosmap Store Locator Widget
Offer a seamless online to offline experience from the website to the car dealership thanks to a customized Store Locator.
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Woosmap Geofencing SDK
Smart geofencing detection based on background geolocation, with in-app notification to enhance driver experience. the uses cases are: providing services based on geolocation (like parking at destination), improve the maintenance process, automate emergency response (Towing ETA) or reduce costs of fleet management.
