Nordstrom – Stores & Services

Helping customers understand the benefits we offer is essential to Nordstrom's exceptional service

Leadership wants to shift some of the fulfillment load back to our stores and welcome customers back following the online shopping surges during the pandemic.

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New & unique customers using alterations (1 mo after launch)

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Overall conversion

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EBIT / Profitability over the year

Nordstrom Stores & Services overview

Role

Designer

Domain

Fulfillment & Returns

Date

2023

Responsibilities

Discovery, Journeys, Strategy, Research, Testing, UX, Execution

Discovery

Customer problem – many customers do not understand how coming into their local Nordstrom store may fit into the picture when shopping digitally

Low discovery

Store info and services are buried

Customer problem insight 1

Dead ends

Missing tablestake details and booking options

Customer problem insight 2

85% of our customers live within 10 miles of a Nordstrom store

This presents a huge opportunity to target our app customer segments first, who are usually our most loyal customers and most likely to go to our stores and use our services.

Yet most consumers aren't aware of the services we have to offer at our stores

Our goal is to have at least 30% of consumers aware of the services we have to offer.

Service awareness data

Our vision

We want the customer to feel like they're being taken care of by a salesperson regardless of channel

Nordstrom customer experience

Hypothesis

By dedicating a tab to make it easy for customers to find store information, set a store, and find relevant items and services, it will lead to more customer engagement with the brand.

Alignment

There were two competing agendas with the customer and business that meant leading with a tab labeled Services or Stores

TAB:"Stores"
Stores & ServicesNFind a StoreSeattleDowntown Seattle0.6 mi500 Pine Street, Seattle WAGift Wrap · Curbside PickupSet Your StoreHomeSearchStoresWish ListAccount
Happy path oriented
Immediate access to store info
Services not expected under "Stores"
VS
TAB:"Services"
Your StoreNSet your preferred storeSee store hours, services, and more.Find a StoreVirtual appointmentsPersonal StylingFree fashion and fit advicein a 30-min meeting.✓ Expert styling✓ Wardrobe tipsBeauty ConsultPersonalized beautysession with an expert.✓ Skincare routine✓ Product recsHomeSearchServicesWish ListAccount
Services highly discoverable (biz goal)
Store info not expected under "Services"
Limited content in cold start

Design

Building convenience and connection

Convenience and connection design

Building convenience towards pickup

Our long term goal for the new tab will be to provide convenience for our customers. Customers want to engage with their pickup and purchase experience to be efficient and convenient.

Pickup experience next steps

Building connection to our services and brand

We want to ensure that customers are connected to our brands and can engage with them to look good and feel their best. These features will allow customers to engage with services and promotions.

Services and brand connection 1
Services and brand connection 2

Results

Design impact

We migrated our existing Store Hub experience from the home page widget as a new tab, offering a bigger presence of our digital and in-store services offerings and building upon our vision of convenience and connection for our customers.

+0k

New & unique customers using alterations (1 mo after launch)

+0%

Overall conversion

+$0M

EBIT / Profitability over the year

The team behind the magic

👤 Franklin Huynh (UX Designer)👤 Aneesa Memon (Product Manager)👤 Emily Hou (Technical Program Manager)👤 Tiffany Clark (UX Researcher)👤 Surabhi Sakhalkar (UX Researcher)👤 Annelise Schuler (UX Researcher)👤 Lianne Minnis (UX Content Design)👤 Tai Ho (Engineer)👤 Chelsea Carr (Engineer)👤 Seth Root (Engineer)👤 Alan Long (Engineer)👤 Ashley Zammitt (UX Design Manager)

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