CHICAGO–dunnhumby announced today a new technology partnership with Southeastern Grocers Inc. (SEG) to power SEG Connects, the grocery retailer’s media business. SEG Connects powered by dunnhumby will help consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies connect with SEG’s Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie customers by putting the brands in front of the shoppers they want to reach in stores, online and on the move.
By utilizing dunnhumby’s customer data science, SEG Connects will provide the grocer’s brand partners with data-driven customer insights and the ability to understand marketing activity and sales attribution. Additionally, the power of its closed-loop measurement performance system will drive enhanced return on advertising spend for long-term media buys.
First launched in 2019, SEG Connects has continued to grow and evolve each year, developing new capabilities across the customer journey. This augmented partnership with dunnhumby now will enable SEG Connects to create Connected Personalized Marketing solutions to help brands meet their objectives more efficiently and effectively through channels their customers respond to most, reaching the right customers, at the right time, with relevant offers to fit their needs. Customer insights will power the grocer’s media planning process to ensure the most is gained out of each touch point of campaigns. Consistent measuring equals continuous learning.
“Southeastern Grocers has quickly established itself at the forefront of retail media by sharing their customer data insights with and providing insights and measurement solutions to CPGs to support media planning, and the negotiation of retail media placements,” said Grant Steadman, President of North America for dunnhumby. “By building an already impressive retail media business, SEG Connects is proving that retail media is a unique media channel in its ability to provide clear, measurable and transparent results. We are proud to have worked together with SEG and its partners early on to help develop their omni-channel strategy by analyzing customer data points into targetable customer cohorts and actions and look forward to the next phase of our partnership.”
dunnhumby was recently named as a “large established player” in Forrester’s Now Tech: Retail Media Solutions, Q2 2021 report. Forrester defines retail media solutions as “Technology or services offerings that help retailers build a media network to monetize their ecommerce sites and first-party data and/or help brands buy media from retail media networks and leverage first-party data.”
About dunnhumby
dunnhumby is the global leader in Customer Data Science, empowering businesses everywhere to compete and thrive in the modern data-driven economy. We always put the Customer First.
Our mission: to enable businesses to grow and reimagine themselves by becoming advocates and champions for their Customers. With deep heritage and expertise in retail – one of the world’s most competitive markets, with a deluge of multi-dimensional data – dunnhumby today enables businesses all over the world, across industries, to be Customer First.
The dunnhumby Customer Data Science Platform is our unique mix of technology, software and consulting, enabling businesses to increase revenue and profits by delivering exceptional experiences for their Customers – in-store, offline and online. dunnhumby employs nearly 2,500 experts in offices throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas working for transformative, iconic brands such as Tesco, Coca-Cola, Meijer, Procter & Gamble and Metro.
About Southeastern Grocers
Southeastern Grocers Inc. (SEG), parent company and home of Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie grocery stores, is one of the largest conventional supermarket companies in the U.S. SEG grocery stores, liquor stores and in-store pharmacies serve communities throughout the five southeastern states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi. Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie are well-known and well-respected regional brands with deep heritages, strong neighborhood ties, proud histories of giving back, talented and caring associates and strong commitments to providing the best possible quality and value to customers. For more information, visit www.frescoymas.com, www.harveyssupermarkets.com and www.winndixie.com.
