Retail & CPG · Salesforce

Specialty retailer lifts personalized conversion 18% on Salesforce Data Cloud

18% conversion lift · unified profile across 140M customer records

ClientNorth American specialty retailer, 1,800 stores
Duration9 months
Industry Retail & CPG →

At a glance

Key metrics

18%
lift in personalized conversion
140M
unified customer records
3x
marketing campaign velocity

Challenge

The situation

Customer data lived in four marketing clouds, two e-com platforms, and POS. Segmentation took weeks and personalization was generic. Agentforce was available but had no trustworthy profile to stand on.

Approach

How we delivered

  1. 01 Stood up Salesforce Data Cloud as the unified customer graph, pulling from POS, e-com, loyalty, and service.
  2. 02 Rebuilt key segments as Data Cloud calculated insights, enabling Agentforce-driven service and real-time personalization on site and in-app.
  3. 03 Embedded data quality + consent governance so every activation respected regional privacy commitments.

Architecture

Solution architecture

Data Cloud as the customer graph; Marketing Cloud, Commerce Cloud, Service Cloud, and Agentforce as activation channels. Segments and calculated insights published via Data Actions. Real-time events from the e-com stack into Data Cloud streaming. Consent managed through Consent Data Model tied to regional regulations.

Architecture diagram placeholder Data flow across source systems, platform, governance, and activation layers.

Outcomes

Measured results

  • 18% conversion uplift on priority personalized journeys.
  • 3x faster campaign launch from brief to in-market.
  • Agentforce-powered service resolves 27% of contacts without human handoff.

Technology

Tech stack

Platform

  • Salesforce Data Cloud
  • Marketing Cloud
  • Commerce Cloud
  • Service Cloud
  • Agentforce

Integration

  • MuleSoft
  • Data Cloud Streaming APIs

“We had the channels. We didn't have the customer. Data Cloud — with Apptad's operating model — gave us both.”

— Chief Marketing & Digital Officer

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