Customer story · National coffee chain: reacquiring lost customers

A national coffee chain wins back lapsed customers with measured visits

A national coffee chain wanted to reach customers who had stopped visiting and measure what each return visit cost. Adentro combined visit history, a lapsed-customer segment, paid digital ads, and Walk-Through Rate™ to match ad exposure to verified store visits.

VISIT HISTORYStart with a visit.A customer relationship begins.THE FOLLOW-UPGood to see you again.Give the next visit a reason.Explore what’s newVISIT CONTEXTThen see who returns.First visitObserved return01Recognize the moment02Make it relevant03Understand the response
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13,000

Lost customers reacquired
matched to verified visits

6:1

ROAS
from the lapsed-customer campaign

The challenge

The chain was building its customer list, but it had no way to target people who had stopped visiting.

It had never been able to measure what a returning store visit cost.

The solution

1. Audience Segmentation: Define lapsed customers

Adentro (formerly Zenreach) used visit history from Customer Data to identify people who had not visited any of the chain's coffee shops in the last 30 days. That segment became a digital advertising audience.

2. Retargeting: Bring lapsed customers back with paid media

Adentro ran digital ads to the lapsed audience.

3. Walk-Through Rate™: Match ad exposure to return visits

Walk-Through Rate™ matched people exposed to ads against verified visits at the chain's shops, giving the chain its first view of cost per walk-through.

Adentro also tracked what reacquired customers spent in their first 30 days.

The results

  • 13,000 lost customers reacquired, matched to verified visits
  • 6:1 ROAS, from the lapsed-customer campaign
  • $30MM projected annual revenue opportunity from reacquiring lost customers nationwide (a projection, not realized campaign revenue)

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