38 WWW.FNG.EU 4. Introduction to Ellos
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4. Introduction to Ellos
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Ellos Group – a leading Nordic e-commerce company
1) GfK 2016 2) Arthur D. Little
3) Awarded by Sweden's Best Managed Companies 4) Deloitte adjusted Q1-19LTM
Market leader Introduction to Ellos Group § Ellos Group is a leading Nordic e-commerce group founded in 1947 and today
the Group operates in all the Nordic countries under the brands Ellos, Jotex and Stayhard
§ Ellos offers product ranges within fashion and home interior, Jotex within home furnishing and Stayhard within men’s fashion
§ The three brands have a focused online strategy offering both private label and external brands
§ Ellos Group offers integrated, flexible and efficient payment solution together with private loans and insurances to its customers in a cost efficient manner through partnerships
Revenue4) SEK 2.6 billion
EBITDA4) SEK 230 million
Site visits 117 million
Conversion rate 2.8%
Share mobile traffic 62%
Return ratio 25%
Active customers 1.7 million
% P Extensive
track record
P Private label brands
P Common e-commerce platform
P Efficient logistics set up
P Integrated payment solutions
Position in Swedish online Fashion1
Position in Nordic online Fashion2
Position in Nordic online Home & Interior after IKEA – Clear No.1 in Textiles online in Sweden1
Ellos Group
Integrated Financial Services
The online department store
The online home interior store
The online men’s fashion store
Winner of Sweden’s best managed companies 20193
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Strong brand with roots dating back to 1947
1) Kering Group, a global luxury group owning brands such as Gucci, Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta
Ellos was founded in Sweden by Olle
Blomqvist
1983 Ellos is launched in
Norway 1987
Ellos is launched in Finland 1995
Ellos is launched in Denmark
Swedish grocery retail chain, ICA, acquires Ellos
Group
Ellos premium outdoor brand
"Áhkká" is launched
Private equity firm Nordic Capital
acquires Ellos and Jotex to form the
Ellos Group
Ellos Group acquires Stayhard
Transition from offline to online business model
Launches first web page
Acquired by French holding company
PPR (today known as Kering1)
Acquisition of Jotex
Ellos launches app for iPhone
1988 1997
2012 2014 1996 2004
2010 2013
Mail-order company
1983-1995
2017
Ellos Group switched to a
completely new system for its e-
commerce business
1947
Launch of furnishing marketplace Homeroom
2019
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Wide customer reach through three business segments backed by a well-invested, scalable e-commerce platform
Backed by a shared, well-invested, scalable e-commerce platform
Product development and design
Financial Services Marketing CRM Sourcing Logistics
Business segment
Brand proposition
”The online shopping platform for Nordic
Women”
“The leading Nordic home furnishing e-commerce store”
“Leading Nordic street style destination”
Key offering
§ Women’s fashion § Home textile and
decoration § Kid’s apparel
§ Textiles § Carpets § Furniture
§ Men’s fashion § Men’s sneakers § Men’s grooming
Target customers
Women aged 30 – 60
... where Ellos is her lifestyle specialist online when it
comes to Fashion & Home Interior
Individuals aged 30 – 60
… looking for a more personal and beautiful
home
Men aged 18 – 35
… with an interest in clothes and his style as part of personal identity and
lifestyle
Added to group - 2004 2014
Share of sales (2018FY)
76% 17% 7%
Sweden
Finland Norway
Denmark
Ellos – entered 1983
Jotex – entered 2003
Stayhard – entered 2015
Ellos – entered 1987
Jotex – entered 1995
Ellos – entered 1995 Jotex – entered 2017
Ellos – entered 1947
Jotex – entered 1963
Stayhard – entered 2005
16%
17%
59%
7%
Strong presence throughout the Nordics with longstanding heritage
USA covered through licenced
business
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Annual Sales Merchandise sales split (2018)
Share of private label (2018) Online visits
Fashion: 60% Furniture: 72%
100%
31%
Ellos Group’s brands
Apprarel, 79% Accessories, 8% Shoes, 7% Grooming, 4%
Furniture, carpets & light, 46% Curtains, 34% Bed, bath and children, 19% Other home, 1%
Home, 34% Womenswear, 26% Shoes, 8% Underwear, 7% Sportswear, 7% Compl. Products, 7% Other, 11%
CAGR: 2%
Millions SEKm
: 100%
: 60%
: 72%
: 30%
Note: Based on management accounts
1.522 1.517 1.595
2016 2017 2018
254 287 350
2016 2017 2018
139 155 155
2016 2017 2018
68 73 81
2016 2017 2018
14 19
24
2016 2017 2018
8 10 10
2016 2017 2018
CAGR: 17%
CAGR: 6%
CAGR: 9%
CAGR: 32%
CAGR: 13%
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Optimal customer journey ensured through integrated business model
Customer returning
Keep or return
Logistics
Closing the sale Infrastructure
Target market
Product offering
Marketing
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2
3
4
5
6
7
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The Ellos Group strives to provide a personal, friction free and fast customer journey – and fulfilment to meet all customer expectations
Customer centric approach
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Optimal customer journey ensured through integrated business model
Customer returning
Keep or return
Logistics
Closing the sale Infrastructure
Target market
Product offering
Marketing
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
The Ellos Group strives to provide a personal, friction free and fast customer journey – and fulfilment to meet all customer expectations
Customer centric approach
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Optimal customer journey ensured through integrated business model
Customer returning
Keep or return
Logistics
Closing the sale Infrastructure
Target market
Product offering
Marketing
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
The Ellos Group strives to provide a personal, friction free and fast customer journey – and fulfilment to meet all customer expectations
Customer centric approach
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Optimal customer journey ensured through integrated business model
Customer returning
Keep or return
Logistics
Closing the sale Infrastructure
Target market
Product offering
Marketing
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
The Ellos Group strives to provide a personal, friction free and fast customer journey – and fulfilment to meet all customer expectations
Customer centric approach
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Optimal customer journey ensured through integrated business model
Customer returning
Keep or return
Logistics
Closing the sale Infrastructure
Target market
Product offering
Marketing
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
The Ellos Group strives to provide a personal, friction free and fast customer journey – and fulfilment to meet all customer expectations
Customer centric approach
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Product offering
Ellos’ core customer group is carefully selected…
Source: Ellos customer database extract 2017 1) Some birthdays excluded due to unlikely nature of date 2) Unknown, unisex or other genders not included
Fashion 570k
customers
Home 244k
customers
Mixed 256k
customers Mean age:
44 Mean age:
40 Mean age:
43
50,7% 58,9% 63,4%
21,5% 15,8%
18,8% 16,0% 15,3%
12,6% 11,8% 10,1% 5,2%
Fashion Home Mixed Sweden Finland Norway Denmark
90,3% 80,6%
93,1%
9,7% 19,4%
6,9%
Fashion Home Mixed Female Male
7%
21%
27% 24%
14%
6%
1%
14%
33%
22%
17%
10%
4% 1%
6%
25% 28%
24%
12%
4% 1%
16-25 26-35 36-45 46-55 56-65 66-75 76-105
Fashion Home Mixed
§ Ellos strives to instill a “mature modernity” perception among customers – it is an unclaimed part of the Nordic market
§ Ellos’ core customer group is 30 – 60 year old women
§ Delivering a Fashion & Home Interior offering – catering to the desires and needs of the woman, her family and home
§ Ellos aims to be curated and personal to draw people away from platforms / aggregators – with a fast and friction free shopping experience
Num
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f ado
pter
s
Ellos’ focus
Mass market
Time
Positioning Age1
Country Gender2
Marketing Infrastructure Closing the sale Logistics Keep or return Customer returning Target market
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…and is generating significant value
1) Ellos customer database extract – 2017 data 2) Base on 2018 data
CAC
Customer KPI’s1
23%
42%
3,435
4.2
64%
53%
44%
1,389
1.9
37%
23%
13%
1,140
1.3
26%
Gross dispatched sales
# orders per customer
Sales per customer (SEK)
% of ordering customer
Retention rate Y1
Fashion Home Mixed
Ellos’ multi-category customers are 2.5x more valuable than single category customers
Valuable customers with upside through mixed sales
Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)2
CAC CAC
CLV CLV
CLV
2.8x
2.2x
1.5x
§ The Ellos Group is positioned towards a valuable customer space and through its customer centric strategy significant returns are generated. This is evidenced by a Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) larger than the Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)
§ Each customer segment is valuable on a stand-alone basis, however, the mixed customers are significantly more valuable which proven through several key KPIs
Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) CLV/CAC
Product offering Marketing Infrastructure Closing the sale Logistics Keep or return Customer returning Target market
CLV definition: Sales incl. customer fees less COGS incl. warehouse cost and inbound logistics divided by active customers start of period + new customers in period. The calculation is done over 2 years.
CAC definition: Total marketing cost divided by new customers multiplied with the share of new customers of the active customers
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Product offering
Optimised in-house digital marketing ensuring profitable growth – evidenced by customer growth in combination with declining CAC
1) As of 10 June 2019 (zalando, ikeasverige, ellosofficial, jotex.se+jotex.dk+jotex.fi+jotex.no, stayhard_official, boozt.com)
New customer growth with decreased CAC State-of-the-art automated marketing platform
Significant increase in marketing efficiency from digital shift % of marketing costs (Ellos
and Jotex)
Customers, (thousands)
594 634 684 741 761
823 899 880
705 603
508 464
1.542 1.491 1.492 1.518 1.524 1.597
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
New customers CAC
Active customers online Active customers offline
Total active customers
§ Ellos Group is highly skilled in digital marketing and has approx. 243k followers on Instagram, which can be compared to Zalando’s 613k followers and EUR 5.4 billion in revenues 2018FY
20% 19%
59%
14%
7%
53%
14% 13%
2019 2014
Mass media / PR / Other
Digital / TV / PR
Creative Paper
Big data input from transactional data, external demographic data, behavioural online data, financial services data
Email marketing Website
Google Facebook
Other media
684
424
250
240
99
27
Instagram followers, thousands1
Transition from offline to online business model
Target market Infrastructure Closing the sale Logistics Keep or return Customer returning Marketing
Avg. CAC (SEK)
The successful transformation towards digital marketing is evidenced through Ellos position in social media relative to its size
Enables improved customer journey, CLV and profitability
Media independent recommendation engine per brand Built in-house – utilising machine learning
-48%
Q1 2019LTM
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Marketing
Well invested infrastructure with a state-of-the-art IT platform
Strong legacy in CRM State-of-the-art IT platform launched in 2017
1,7
5,0 0.7
0.2
2.4
Ellos Jotex Stayhard Cold file Total
+5 million in the customer file Customers, millions
High quality customer data Clean and structured data using 1) transactional data, 2) online data and 3) third party data (e.g. Bisnode for
demographics) – and very successful GDPR implementation
Ellos Group CRM Model Across all brands providing easy customer file tracking and CAC /
CLV optimization
Big data and machine learning capabilities Creating advanced predictive scoring models and personalization
Customer behaviour monitored in real time – reporting any issue impacting revenue
Comprehensive, seamless and real time experience by selecting the most relevant inspirations, products and offers based on
each customer’s historical data and behaviour
UX management (Tealeaf)
Imagery (Ampliance)
Ratings (BazaarVoice)
Credit (MUP)
Adobe Service Cloud
Personalization
Merchandizing Message center & interactions
X-sell Analytics
Provides actionable insights through Cloud Analytics and Merchandising, Customer Intelligence and Self
Service BI
Headless Storefronts
CTI Adobe Service Cloud
Product life cycle management (Infor PLM)
Product information
ERP Return (M3 mod)
WMS (M3 mod)
Customs (CGT)
Credit (MAKS)
AP (Medius)
Consolidation (Infor d / EPM)
Supplier portal (Infor SEP)
Product planning (QA)
BI Marketing data marts
Integration platform
Integration platform
Integration platform
Mul
e in
tegr
atio
n pl
atfo
rm
eCall Center
Product offering Target market Closing the sale Logistics Keep or return Customer returning Infrastructure
SEK 130 million invested in a shared IT platform with high degree of scalability, facilitating for future needs
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2017 2018
Integrated financial services offers significant advantages…
1) Example of loyal customers using split payment 2) Ellos and Jotex 3) Loyal customer using split payment vs avg. fashion invoice customer 4) Defined as (Adjusted Cash EBITDA – ∆NWC – Capex) / Adjusted Cash EBITDA
An integrated part of the Group’s business model
684 741 761
2016 2017 2018
+75% Retention rate Y13)
§ Ellos Group offers seamless and fully integrated payment solutions to its customers, including, i) invoice, ii) split payment and iii) credit card payment
§ Invoice and split payment customers proceed straight to check-out and can apply for a credit of up to SEK 30,000 through a hassle free and immediate credit application
§ Seamless and fully mobile invoice payment experience launched in 2018 § Ellos Group’s Financial Services is an integrated part of its business model and
has resulted in higher profitability due to increased stickiness, leading to lower CAC, in addition to income from its Financial Services
Higher CLV1
Increased volume through
new and returning
customers2
Profitable growth
and cash generation4
Lower CAC and avg. cost
per order
116% 93%
2017 2018
CLV excl. FS CLV incl. FS
+22%
1
2
3
4
Infrastructure Marketing Product offering Target market Logistics Keep or return Customer returning Closing the sale
New customer mode of payment split
Overall mode of payment split
7% of active invoice customers transfer to split payment per month
New customers typically start with invoice as the default payment option, which is a good stepping stone towards split payment and other Financial Services – a journey Ellos actively drives and facilitates through the new IT
platform
Split payment 11%
Invoice 41%
Card or Cash on Delivery 48%
Split payment 46%
Invoice 33%
Card or Cash on Delivery 21%
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…whilst reducing credit risk through partnerships
1) Source: Danske Bank Equity Research – Investment Research Qliro Group, Nordea Credit Research – Credit market update, Betaltjänstmarknaden i Sverige, Konkurrensverket 2) Example for Sweden 3) Annual percentage rate
Financial service providers1 SEKm
Ellos Group and Klarna basically offer the same payment products …
… but Ellos Group offers a more broad Financial Services portfolio
Ellos Group has the same offering as Klarna2
14d invoice
30d invoice
Split Pay
Additional Fin. Services
Total income
Free TBA
SEK 29 SEK 19
29.22% APR3 29.40% APR3
Credit card Insurances & Loans
4.525
3.091
1.213 512 380 223
Payment solutions (invoice /
split payment)
Private loans
Insurance
Ellos advertises Ellos branded private loans, however, the customer borrows directly from third party financial institution – Ellos Group receives kickback from Ellos branded private loans
Ellos advertises insurance products delivered by third party. The Ellos Group does not bear any insurance risk - Ellos Group receives commission for offering insurance
Integrated financial services
Illustrative flows between Ellos Group and third party financial institutions Monthly kickback calculated
Invoice
Default payment option
Offered services
Payment solutions
Loans
Insurance
Step-in step-up strategy
Split payment
Payment protection insurance
Loans Personal insurance
“Try out at home – pay conveniently at the end of the month”
“Pay conveniently at your own pace – up to 36 months”
“Additional security for the unexpected”
“Small loans fast, easy and money directly”
“Safety for you and your family”
Month 1 Daily payments
Month 2 Cumulative monthly balance
Receivables are sold on a daily basis to a third party at 100% of the invoice
value
Example of non-payment after 30 days
§ The use of sales finance significantly reduces net working capital need and improves cash conversion
§ Potential non-payments are capped at 40% of invoiced amount, eliminating a large portion of the customer credit risk
§ Kickback from third party financial institutions is a significant income contributor to Ellos Group
Calculated based on total outstanding balance, product mix etc.
Deductions:
Kickbacks:
Monthly fee
40% of the value of a non-payment is deducted from the kickback – no
further recourse to Ellos
Infrastructure Marketing Product offering Target market Logistics Keep or return Customer returning Closing the sale
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Logistics
The integrated customer journey ensures high degree of customer stickiness and market leading share of wallet
1) GfK 2017 2) Source: Javelin (year 1 retention rates)
Leading retention rates
§ Ellos’ multi-category customers are 2.5x more valuable than single category customers
Retention rates Ellos Benchmarks2
Online homewares 26% 21-22%
Online fast fashion 37% 31-37%
Mixed 64% -
Ellos retention rates in Fashion and Home in line with benchmarks – and extraordinary
high in Mixed
The “Ellos customer” spends 24.3% of its apparel wallet on Ellos
and only 1.5% on Zalando – demonstrates resilience against
international competition
Closing the sale Infrastructure Marketing Product offering Target market Keep or return Customer returning
24% 15%
13% 7%
19%
Best-in-class share of wallet in targeted segments2
§ The “Ellos customer” spends 24.3% of its apparel wallet on Ellos in the age group 31-50 years – significantly ahead of all competition
Moving towards NPS target of >50%
25%
2013
8%
48%
2019
32%
Satisfied customers result in increasing NPS