The ecommerce, multichannel and digital directors from over 50 retailers were surveyed by executive search firm Green Park about their business’ omnichannel strategy. Retail Week summarises the findings.
OMNICHANNEL STRATEGY
57%
of retailers do not have a click-and-collect service
71.4%
of retailers have no store incentivisation programme in place for cross-channel sales
52.4%
believed they had too many stores
42%
believed that mobile would be the channel to generate the most growth over the next three years
0.5%
of sales are driven through mobile currently
73.6%
said online did not make up a quarter of total sales
ORGANISATION AND CULTURE
70%
reported directly into the board
10%
said the culture of the organisation had not adapted to omnichannel very well.
SKILLS GAP
<5 years
The majority of leaders have less than 5 years experience working in online retail
47.3%
said ecommerce trading skills are missing in their team
63.6%
actively looking for opportunities
Once a week
contacted by headhunters regarding opportunities
COMPENSATION & INCENTIVES
<£100k
Salary of 9% of multichannel leaders
£101 to 120k
Salary of 21% of those surveyed
£121 to 140k
Salary of 25% of those surveyed
£141 to 160k
Salary of 32% of people
£161k+
Salary of 13% of the sample
28.6%
have no bonus potential
43%
made no bonus in the past year
14.3%
can make 81% to 100% of their salary in bonus
3%
made 81% to 100% of bonus in the past year
34%
said they were dissatisfied with their remuneration


















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