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Thanks for sharing this Adi. If you had 100 as your budget , how would you split it up between the acquisition , conversion and cross sell .... Would that depend on the business priorities or is there a rule of thumb that you follow.

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This you for this framework !

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Thank you for this clear, practical framework, Adi. On the variable of basket-size, I think it’s useful to specifically call out “trade-up”; i.e. converting the particular purchase occasion to the higher value per use / better performing / better profitability solution of the same brand => something we learnt from Gillette blades, and relentlessly implemented on Finish tabs/caps, Durex condoms, Vanish stain removers, etc.

Another call out for me is that, over the long run, out of all the variables here, the “traffic / penetration” is ”the first among equals”: Unless one has a strong penetration base, there is not much leverage to be had through pulling other levers, as +300% growth over a “limited” base is still “limited”.

Anyway, my quick reaction to the very useful framework you architected here. Cheers, again.

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Refik, thanks for bringing up fond memories of our Finish Framework! And thanks for your great comments. I agree reg uptrade - can be called out separately to upsell. Reg the traffic/penetration also I think you are right - Penetration may be ‘first amongst equals’ in in some parts of the evolutionary S curve for example in underpenetrated/low unit basket size markets. On the other hand, in luxury or high penetrated high unit value markets (eg iPhone) at a high unit price point other variables can be equally important or more important.

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Very interesting Adi, thanks. How would this apply to the service (instead of product) business? And/or to the B2B (instead of the B2C) model?

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Thanks Alessio. I think the math will work in the same way but the actions for the teams to optimise the drivers of the levers will need to be customised - eg for B2b - more customers, more chances to sell to them, better conversion and more value/transaction. You may have different drivers to drive these KPIs - eg conversion could be more skill based or service driven rather than user experience driven...

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Adi this needs to be a podcast series

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Very interesting framework. Sample calculation made it easy understand.

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