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windeln.de SE Capital Markets Day 2018
Munich, 4 October 2018
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Overall Status windeln.de SEMatthias Peuckert and Dr. Nikolaus Weinberger
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Introduction
Matthias Peuckert, CEO
• CEO of windeln.de since May 1, 2018
• Responsible for:
• All countries
• Category management
• Marketing
• Projects
• Supply Chain Management
• Logistics
• Operational Purchasing
• Customer Service
• Private Label
• Pricing
• 14+ years e-commerce experience:
• Consumables
• Media
• Consumer Electronics
• Digital Media
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Restructuring – with the aim to become the leading
online retailer for young families
We want to be the leading online retailer for all families in Europe and China
DACH (22%)China (52%) Rest of Europe (26%)
• Extend channels/platforms -
ONGOING
• Extend assortment -
ONGOING
• Establish permanent bonded
warehouse -
WORK IN PROGRESS
• Improve customer experience -
ONGOING
Priorities 2018
• Reorganization -
DONE
• Review assortment -
ONGOING
• Strengthen direct traffic -
ONGOING
• One domain strategy
(windeln.de, windeln.ch) -
DONE
• Review assortment -
ONGOING
• Finalize integration Bebitus -
DONE
• Close pannolini.it -
DONE
• Divest Feedo -
DONE
windeln.de Group
One shop platform, one ERP system, shared services and management
Measures
• Become an efficient organization in terms of processes and costs
• Develop the right product mix to deliver on customer needs and on economics
• Invest internal resources to increase customer experience, e.g. shop search and pricing
• Clean up inventory
Region (Rev. share)
leaner
sustainable
profitable
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We will implement our new strategy in two phases
• Shape the organization and
advance corporate culture
• Focus towards customers
• Reduce complexity
• Realize synergies
• Explore new adjacent growth
areas
• Increase share of specialties to
a maximum level
• Organic growth into further
markets
20182019/
20202022
Phase 1: transformation Phase 2: growth
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2017 2018 2019
October 2017:
Integration of
Bebitus into
windeln.de SE
February 2018:
• DACH
reorganization
• Closing of
pannolini.it
May 2018:
Management
change in EU
organisations
Feburary 2018:
Announcement
of efficiency and
profitability
measures
x
April/May 2018:
• Idetify new
profitable
assortment
• Inventory
clean-up
July 2018:
One-domain
strategy
implemened in
DACH
August 2018:
• Feedo divestiture
closed
• All shops running
on same technical
infrastructure
We have accomplished a lot in phase 1 in 2018 already…
July-September
2018:
• Marketing
strategy
changed
• Focus on
direct traffic
March 2018:
Assortment deep
dive in all shops
Establishinh new
listing rules
Break-
even
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Advance corporate culture – change DNA of windeln.de
Bring management, employees and customers closer together by…
Pushing internal communication channels
WRS #1: Be A Leader.
WRS #2: Learn from Your Mistakes.
WRS #3: Never Ever Give Up.
WRS #4: Be Results Focused.
WRS #5: Understand Change as a Chance.
WRS #6: Ignore the Naysayers.
WRS #7: Customer Is King.
WRS #8: Go and Break (Some) Rules.
WRS #9: Measure.
WRS #10: Be Passionate.
• Monthly success stories (introduced)
• ”Wrules of success“ (to be launched)
Implementing regular meetings
Accelerating decision making
More structured hiring process
• 360° meetings: employees inform employees
• Drinks after 5
• Senior Management reduced
• Empowerment of 2nd & 3rd mgmt. level
• Avoiding similar questions
• Along new Leadership Principles
• More streamlined process
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Pillars of value creation
• Warehouse move
• Pricing
• Homogeneous infrastructure
• One-domain strategy
• Apps
• Content
• Promotions
• Search
• Extension customer lifecycle
• Private label 2.0
• Category extension
• New regions
• B2B initiatives
• Platform business
• Organizational efficiency
• Headcount reduction
• Build in-house vs. buy
• Manual vs. automated processes
Cost efficiency
Profitable growth
Operational excellence
Customer experience
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Introduction
• Member of the mgmt. board of windeln.de since
May 2015
• Responsible for:
• Finance
• Payment & Fraud
• Controlling
• IT
• Legal & Compliance
• Corporate Communications
• HR
• Facility Management
• 15 years at Goldman Sachs Investment Banking in
Frankfurt, London and San Francisco
• Focus: Consumables, Retail and e-
commerce companies
• Doctoral degree and graduate degree in Business
Administration
Dr. Nikolaus Weinberger, CFO
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Financial perspective on the company – focus on
contribution margin, SG&A and cash flow
Avg. Order Value
# Orders per Cust.
Non-Consumables
Gross Profit Margin
Contribution Margin
€ 90
2.2x
<50%
24.0%
(0.2)%
WDL group
Revenues € 23.1m
CN DE CH SP PT FR
€ 11.7m € 4.4m € 1.5m € 3.5m € 0.5m € 1.4m
Other SG&A € (5.8)m
Adj. EBIT€ (5.9)m
(24.9)%
Q2 2018
Cash Flow
(current)
~€ (4)m,
liquidity
€ ~13m
• Organizational structure
• Process optimization and automatization
• New channels
• Non-
consumablesFocus
Areas
• Product assortment review
• Category extension
• Customer acq. & retention
• Organizational structure
• Profitability
over growth
• Assortment
• Pricing
• Product assortment review
• Category extension
• Customer acq. & retention
• Cost optimization / centralization
• Net working capital management
• Financing
Below
WDL group
average
Approx.
WDL group
average
Above
WDL group
average
Legend:
10% ~50% ~50% <50% >50% >50%
DACH – Stephan Bölte
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Introduction
Stephan Bölte, Head of DACH
• 9 years of e-commerce experience in various industries,
such as Consumer Electronics, Musical Instruments,
Groceries incl. Baby Formula products and Pet products
• Head of DACH at windeln.de since October, 2018
• 4+ years of supply chain management
• 7+ years of vendor management incl. leading
negotiations on global level
• 3+ years in running multilayered business units
• Launch manager of the Amazon Pantry program in
Germany
• Ex-member of the bar raiser community at Amazon
• 1 year at Kare Design Supply Chain Management
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DACH – attractive but competitive market
Source: Statista
Germany:
Population: ~82.7 million
Birth per 1000 capita: 8.6
E-commerce volume: € 63.7 billion
Online market baby and toys: € 2 billion
DACH
Online
Multi-
channel
Offline
Competitive landscape
Austria:
Population: ~8.7 million
Birth per 1000 capita: 9.5
E-commerce volume: € 7.4 billion
Online market baby and toys: € 407 million
Switzerland:
Population: ~8.4 million
Birth per 1000 capita: 10.5
E-commerce volume: € 6.3 billion
Online market baby and toys: € 174 million
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2017 2018 2019
June 2017:
Swiss office
closed
May 2018:
Streamlining
organizational set-up:
• CEO change
• Category
Management
May/June 2018:
• Review of product
assortment
• Delisting +
• New listing rules
February 2018:
Announcement of
profitability and
efficiency
measures
July 2018:
One-domain strategy
implemented
kindertraum.ch; toys.ch
windeln.ch
Nakiki.de windeln.de
April 2017:
Process
optimization: shop
system migration
of all European
shops
November 2017:
Launch of
diapers and
wipes Darly
DACH - restructuring ongoing
August 2018:
Implementation of
Dynamic Pricing tool
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Strategy – extending customer lifecycle
Supported by over 130,000 followers* on Facebook!
* Combined number for windeln.de and windeln.ch, as of September 24, 2018
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Strategy – extending customer lifecycle
#1: SELECTION
Supported by over 130,000 followers* on Facebook!
* Combined number for windeln.de and windeln.ch, as of September 24, 2018
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#1: SELECTION – focusing on the right products
Family Expansion
Curation
Private Label
Moving away from purely focusing on baby related products
Adding products for pregnant and post pregnant women
Extending the age of children to be addressed to 6 years
Increased focus on Contribution Margin profitable products
Reducing the current assortment from currently 50K products down to 40K by
De-listing low volume brands (focus on Fashion & Toys) to reduce complexity
De-listing of longtail low margin products
Significantly reducing number of private label brands from ~5 down to 2
Darly for all FMCG products
Max & Lilly for hardlines & fashion related products
Reducing count of products from ~1.3K to 500 in order to get better terms due to higher volumes
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0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%
4 weeks avg. before launch 4 weeks avg. after launch Goal
Gross Profit Margin Development: New Pricing Tool implemented
New Pricing Tool: Up and running for DACH
Note: Gross Margin from Orders for DACH region.
*excl. CW38, due to a diapers promotion negatively diluting the gross profit margin % as funded via backend terms.
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Closing the remaining Gross Profit Margin % gap
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Inventory – cleaning up the DACH inventory
Note: Gross inventory value.
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Strategy – extending customer lifecycle
#2: MARKETING
Supported by over 130,000 followers* on Facebook!
* Combined number for windeln.de and windeln.ch, as of September 24, 2018
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#2: Marketing – spending wisely
Social Media
Laser Focus
Leverage Synergies
Focus on influencer marketing, e.g. daddychannel
Creating awareness for Nutrition category: fitmom.2018
„Familyblogs-Post der Woche“
Focus marketing only on Contribution Margin positive products
Evaluate customer lifetime value
Identify repeat drivers and move focus from a pure product level to basket level
Drive cooperations with comparison pages
Intensifying collaboration with Bebituts and our colleagues in Romania
Outsourcing of repeat tasks, e.g. creation of graphics to Romania
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Strategy – extending customer lifecycle
#3: INNOVATION
Supported by over 130,000 followers* on Facebook!
* Combined number for windeln.de and windeln.ch, as of September 24, 2018
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#3: Innovation – focus on the future
Pregnancy App
B2B Business/Marketplace Expansion
Storchenbox
Linking a unique user experience to the regular windeln.de store
Focusing on linking advise with conrete product recommendations
Running deals in the pregnancy app
Evaluating new marketplaces, e.g. Ebay & Amazon
Focus on CM2 positive products only
Leveraging traffic, especially during peak (Q4) when our paid marketing has no effect
App based tool incl. forecasting system for users
40% sold in less than 3 weeks
Great reviews (5 stars in average)
Increasing loyalty as customers show high repeat rates
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The Pregnancy App - +350 reviews (4.7 stars)
„Tip top, dank Suchmaschine
schnell und übersichtliches
Shoppen!“
30. Juni – joana87 Zwillinge
„Schnelle, unkomplizierte
Handhabung! Ich bestell nur
noch über die App!
15. Juli – sassi_maus
„Top, teils sehr gute Angebote!
Sehr schnelle Lieferung!“
Vor 1 Jahr – hira72
„Toll Produkte und leicht zum
bestellen!“
25. Juni – Bibiiso
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#3: Innovation – focus on the future
Pregnancy App
B2B Business/Marketplace Expansion
Storchenbox
Linking a unique user experience to the regular windeln.de store
Focusing on linking advise with conrete product recommendations
Running deals in the pregnancy app
Evaluating new marketplaces, e.g. Ebay & Amazon
Focus on CM2 positive products only
Leveraging traffic, especially during peak (Q4) when our paid marketing has no effect
App based tool incl. Forecasting system for users
40% sold in less than 3 weeks
Great reviews (5 stars in average)
Increasing loyalty as customers show high repeat rates
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Storchenbox – creating loyal customers
We reached ~40K customers since the launch of the Storchenbox
30% sold already, inline with the planned sales
Coverage on Facebook and Instagram
Great customer reviews (5 stars in average)
The Storchenbox is generating customers we have not reached before
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China – Julia-Caroline Schmidt
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Introduction
Julia-Caroline Schmidt, Head of China
• 11 years of professional experience; focus on
FMCG
• Head of China Business at windeln.de since
July 2016
• 4+ years Brand and Business Unit Manager
August Storck KG, Singapore & China
• 4+ years Group Manager L‘Oréal Switzerland
• MSc in International Management
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2018: windeln.de invests in expansion & growth projects
Market developments China: Series of one-off effects
2017 2018 2019
Q4 2017:
China market:
Build up of
excess supply of
milk powder
Q1 2019:
Projected go live of bonded
warehouse for
windeln.com.cn & other
platforms
Q3 2018:
Customer event in Germany
showcasing windeln &
Aptamil relaunch
June 2018:
Go live of
permanent bonded
warehouse for
Tmall Global
By Q2 2019:
Enlarge presence on leading
Chinese cross-border e-
commerce platforms
May – June, 2018:
Temporary customs problem
leading to the delay of
8000+ parcels for more than
four weeks impacting re-
purchasing rate
Tmall Global
Award 2018
Q1 2018:
Winning prestigious
Tmall Global Award
for the „Mother &
Baby“ category
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Launch Alipay
payment method
中国
Customer service
in Vietnam
Web-Shop in
Chinese
Entrance in
Chinese market
Technology to
identify Chinese
Customers
Present in social
media
Direct Express
Delivery
Our Key Strength:
windeln.de - a trusted German retailer with localized
solutions
Offerings in the Chinese market
Shop on Tmall
Global
Launch China
UnionPay payment
method
Team China in
Munich (15 FTEs)
Office in Shanghai
Bonded warehouse
Server in China
Achievements
Tmall Global
Award 2018
Certification
agreement
Honored
@Alibaba’s 18th
birthday
Tmall Global
Award 2017
$
China App
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Three types of Cross-Border E-Commerce consumers in
China: windeln.de‘s focus is on two key groups
• Haitao (to search overseas)
• Typical customers on windeln.de
web shop
• Key focus: Germany‘s reputation
& close supplier relationships
• Consumers buying on Chinese
platforms
• Focus on fast delivery and
attractive prices
• Prefer BWH delivery over
German warehouses
• Daigou (buying on behalf of)
• Needs a personal connection
and trust
Overseas shopper – only
trust in foreign shops
Overseas products but price
& delivery conscious
Overseas shopper – only
trust in individuals
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Moving from a baby food centered portfolio to a wider
range of skincare, nutrition & luxury items
2017 Tmall Global Annual Consumers Report
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Moving from a baby food centered portfolio to a wider
range of skincare, nutrition & luxury items
86%
11%
Category Mix 2017
Food & Feeding Other
77%
5%
1%3%
14%
Projected Category Mix 2019
Food&Feeding Drugstore/Beauty Fashion Nutrition Other
Category Evolution
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5 lucky customers and Key Opinion Leaders spending a
week in Germany to explore windeln.de‘s world & partners
CEO LivestreamNaty eco diapers
Venta factory
Nuk workshop
Warehouse visit
Aptamil workshop
39Posts of last year’s KOL averaged around 50’000 views; KOL = Key Opinion Leader/ Influencer
* Weibo = largest Chinese micro blogging service
Visit of Chinese customers
to Germany: KOL “Kanhai”
updated daily our activities
on her official Weibo*
Overview of different
posts: (views// likes //
forwards // comments)
Naty: 3,8mio // 859 // 741
// 251
CEO interview: 3,58mio
// 739 // 555 // 184
Aptamil: 3,39mio // 680
// 616 // 167
Venta: 2,93mio // 1033 //
841 // 190
Nuk: 2,59mio // 842 //
725 // 176
Erdbär: 2,09mio // 716 //
562 // 171
Engaging millions of potential customers through
innovative cooperations with KOLs
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Tmall Global and Kaola dominate the Chinese cross
border e-commerce universe
Tmall Global, 29.1%
Kaola, 22.6%
JD Global, 13.7%
VIP Global, 9.7%
Amazon Overseas, 5.9%
Little Redbook, 4.0%
Suning Global, 2.7%
Jumei Global, 1.9%
Fengqu (SF), 0.9%
Daling, 0.5%Others, 9.1%
2018 Q2 Cross-border e-commerce market share – B2C
Source: Analysis report. Data from GMV of China independent CBEC website and CBEC section of China e-commerce website (e.g. Tmall Global, JD Global), but
not including Overseas website CBEC to China and Non-enterprise CBEC. Besides, GMV of imported goods through general import is not stripped.
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Solid development Net Revenues on Tmall
Aug16
Sep16
Okt16
Nov16
Dez16
Jan17
Feb17
Mar17
Apr17
May17
Jun17
Jul 17Aug17
Sep17
Oct17
Nov17
Dec17
Jan18
Feb18
Mar18
Apr18
May18
Jun18
Net Revs 80,81 106,5 141,9 828,4 436,5 321,9 254,2 796,1 490,3 588,5 944,6 997,4 840,4 704,3 375,6 3,157 1,248 1,058 622,4 696,6 789,7 556,6 1,197
0
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
3,000,000
3,500,000
Comments:
• Go live on
permanent
bonded
warehouse in
June 2018
• Focus on
cash
conversion
cycle
• Change of
operating
partner July
2018
• Introduction
of new
categories
ongoing
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Local warehouse delivery from China (open to Tmall Global store, starting 2019 also for China shop)
8-14
days
5-9
days
max 3
days
Flight to China
With bonded warehouses in mainland China shorten
delivery time to max. 3 days
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Referral program & App catering to specific Chinese
demands
• New category tree for easy search
• In-app live chat with customer service
• Quick add to cart and easy product sharing
Referral Program: China App:
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Growth opportunities beyond current setup
KOL= Key opinion leader/ spokes person
Windeln and me
• Successful
event with 5
guests visiting
Germany for
one week
including 2
KOLs*
• 2-3.8 million
views for each
KOL post
Fashionette
• Exciting cooperation
with fashion
powerhouse
fashionette to offer
luxury handbags to
Chinese customers
through web shop
• Test phase planned in
Q4
Aptamil Relaunch
• First recipe change for
the Aptamil range in 15
years!
• Improved formula and
new design
• Launch date:
September 19
with strong
marketing push
New regions
• Entering
opportunistically
new regions with
high birth rates for
selective products
• Evaluation phase
Bebitus – Erich Renfer
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Introduction
Erich Renfer, Head of Bebitus
• Since July 2018 Head of Spain, Portugal and
France at windeln.de SE
• Since May 2016: Managing Director of windeln.ch,
Deputy Managing Director windeln.de
Topics at windeln.de SE:
• Integration of the Swiss operations in HQ
Munich
• Consolidation of DE & CH Channel
organizations to DACH-Team
• Migration Swiss shops to shop platform 2.0
• 6+ years of Digital Business and E-Commerce
experience
• Master of Science in Business Administration
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Very attractive market environment but competitive in
multi-channel area
Ine.es, ine.pt, insee.fr, statista.com
Spain:
Population: ~46.7 million
Birth per 1000 Capita: 8.4
E-Commerce volume: € 15 billion
E-Commerce volume baby and toys: € 600 million
Competitors
Portugal:
Population: ~10.3 million
Birth per 1000 Capita: 8.4
E-Commerce volume: € 2.7 billion
E-Commerce volume baby and toys: € 171 million
France:
Population: ~67.2 million
Birth per 1000 Capita: 11.4
E-Commerce volume: € 44.8 billion
E-Commerce volume baby and toys: € 1.6 billion
Online
Offline
Multi-
channel
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Focus on contribution margin, SG&A and cash flow –
also at Bebitus
Avg. order value
# Orders per Cust.
Non-Consumables
Gross Profit Margin
Contribution Margin
€ 90
2.2x
<50%
24.0%
(0.2)%
WDL group
Revenues € 23.1m
CN DE CH SP PT FR
€ 11.7m € 4.4m € 1.5m € 3.5m € 0.5m € 1.4m
Other SG&A € (5.8)m
Adj. EBIT€ (5.9)m
(24.9)%
Q2 2018
Cash Flow
(Current)
~€ (4)m;
liquidity
€ 12m
• Organizational structure
• Process optimization and automatization
• New channels
• non-
consumables
Focus
areas
• Product assortment review
• Category extension
• Customer acq. & retention
• Organizational structure
• Profitability
over growth
• Pricing
• Product assortment review
• Category extension
• Customer acq. & retention
• Cost optimization / centralization
• Net working capital management
• Financing
Below
WDL group
average
Approx.
WDL group
average
Above
WDL group
average
Legend:
10% ~50% ~50% <50% >50% >50%
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Focus on contribution margin, SG&A and cash flow –
also at Bebitus
Below
WDL
group
average
Approx.
WDL
group
average
Above
WDL
group
average
Legend:
Avg. order value
# Orders per Cust.
Non-Consumables
Gross Profit Margin
Contribution Margin
Revenues
Q2 2018
Focus
areas
SP PT FR
€ 3.5m € 0.5m € 1.4m
• Product assortment review
• Category extension
• Customer acquisition & retention
• Cost optimization / centralization
<50% >50% >50%
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2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
July 2015:
windeln.de
acquisiton of
Bebitus
October 2017:
Integration of Bebitus
2019
• New communication strategy
• Development of new and
profitable product portfolio
• Launch pregnancy App
2018:
• New Head of Bebitus
• Bebitus Strategy 2.0 and
organizational streamlining
• Reduction of Marketing-Budget
• Product portfolio restructuring
August 2015:
Launch of
bebitus.fr and
bebitus.pt
Bebitus timeline – transformation since integration of
Bebitus in October 2017
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Significant improvements since beginning of the year
Profitability
• Promotion Blacklist for low contributors
• Delisting of loss leading categories & products
• Bundle-Strategy of products with a low contribution
margin
• Paid-Channel optimization based on contribution
margin after marketing expenses
Cost-efficiency
• Substantial reduction of SG&A costs of 40%
(Q1/2018 vs. Q3/2018)
• Finance, Operations, Product Data fully
centralized
• Cut of marketing expenses by approx. 40%
(Q1/2018 vs. Q3/2018)
• Inventory reduction of approx. EUR 950k within
the last 6 months
Process-efficiency
• Integration of standardized purchase and
listing process
• Implementation of a new campaign and
promotion framework
• Transparency on accountabilities
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Changing and extending the life-cycle: from recurring to
become relevant in the early days of pregnancy
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Strategy 1.0 Strategy 2.0
Non-Consumables
Consumables
Gross Margin from Orders in %
Recurring categories remain
important traffic drivers
• Shift to high margin products within
low margin categories
• Additional marketing funding of
suppliers
• Focus mainly in non-paid channels
Non-Consumables categories
driving profitable growth
• Investment in new strategic
categories
• Furniture (e.g. convertible cradles
& nursey, high chairs, safety)
• Gear (e.g. Bicycle trailers & bike
seats)
Extension of customer life-
cycle
• Launch of specific categories to
extend the customer life-cycle
from 3 years to 6 years.
• Fashion
• Toys (e.g. bike & tricycles,
outdoor, learning)
54
We are helping families from the early journey onwards: an
understanding sparring partner for every moment
• Reliable and competent
partner
• Expert in diapers & food
• Highly driven by
promotions in
consumables categories
• Entertaining but low quality
content
• Duplicated content and
product listings
• Short term promotion
• Focus in paid-channels
• No personalization
• Sparring partner of the
family
• Relevant products for the
whole family
• Vital community
• High-quality content
• State-of-the-Art landing
pages
• Advices and assistance
everywhere and anytime
• Distinction of category and
user needs
• Differentiation between
campaign- & promotion-
Management
• Clear non-paid strategy
• Personalized
Today
Fu
ture
Perception CommunicationContent & Guides
55
Sharing knowledge and experience across units and
functions: Strategic projects
Magazine & Pregnancy App Pricing-Tool Content & Graphics
Update on Selected Financial Topics
- Dr. Nikolaus Weinberger
58
Financial perspective on the company – focus on
contribution margin, SG&A and cash flow
Avg. Order Value
# Orders per Cust.
Non-Consumables
Gross Profit Margin
Contribution Margin
€ 90
2.2x
<50%
24.0%
(0.2)%
WDL group
Revenues € 23.1m
CN DE CH SP PT FR
€ 11.7m € 4.4m € 1.5m € 3.5m € 0.5m € 1.4m
Other SG&A € (5.8)m
Adj. EBIT€ (5.9)m
(24.9)%
Q2 2018
Cash Flow
(current)
~€ (4)m,
liquidity
€ ~13m
• Organizational structure
• Process optimization and automatization
• New channels
• non-
consumablesFocus
Areas
• Product assortment review
• Category extension
• Customer acq. & retention
• Organizational structure
• Profitability
over growth
• Assortment
• Pricing
• Product assortment review
• Category extension
• Customer acq. & retention
• Cost optimization / centralization
• Net working capital management
• Financing
Below
WDL group
average
Approx.
WDL group
average
Above
WDL group
average
Legend:
10% ~50% ~50% <50% >50% >50%
59
SG&A expenses - significant decrease after lowering of
headcount
* Currently, 14 FTE employees are in parental leave or absent because of long-term illness
Adj. Selling, General & Administrative costs
7.2 7.1 6.97.7 7.7
8.67.9 8.1
6.5
5.8
Q1/16 Q2/16 Q3/16 Q4/16 Q1/17 Q2/17 Q3/17 Q4/17 Q1/18 Q2/18 Q3/18
In EUR million
• Reduction of senior management
/ mgmt. board
• Integration of Bebitus
• Divestiture of Feedo
• Outsourcing customer service
• Simplification of organizational
structure
• Build-up IT capabilities in Sibiu
Measures taken so far
446
387
219
Dec 16 Dec 17 Aug 18
Number of active Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees*
60
Net working capital – significant inventory reduction over
the last months
26.427.7
19.220.3
19.217.8
20.2
16.9
19.7
12.9
Mar-16 Jun-16 Sep-16 Dec-16 Mar-17 Jun-17 Sep-17 Dec-17 Mar-18 Jun-18 Sep-18
Inventory (EUR million)
Net Working Capital
(EUR million)
as % of LTM revenues
Days inventory (DIO)
Note: Net Working Capital (NWC) defined as inventories, prepayments, trade receivables, accrued advertising subsidies, vendors with credit balance minus trade payables and deferred revenues.
80 90 59 47 49 46 53 45
11.9 15.7 6.1 8.0 6.6 7.5 11.3 10.6
6.5% 8.3% 3.1% 4.2% 3.5% 3.9% 5.8% 5.7%
71
19.1
10.9%
Accrued advertising revenues +
vendors with credit balance
(EUR m)
1.5 2.7 2.8 3.0 2.1 2.6 2.6 3.9 7.2
Q3 c
losin
gon
go
ing
65
9.2
6.1%
1.8
61
Adj. EBIT and cash outflow by quarter – clear reduction
in cash outflow in 2018
1) Includes cash and cash equivalents, time deposits and restricted cash (excluding drawn financing).
2) Excluding inventory reduction of approx. EUR 8.6million related to closure of shopping club
Note: Excludes Feedo from Q1 2018 onwards.
Adjusted EBIT and Cash outflow1)
-6.5 -6.3-6.6
-7.4 -7.3
-5.8-5.4
-6.3
-5.2-5.9
-9.8
-11.6
-1.5
-10.0
-7.5
-6.3
-11.3
-4.9
-11.3
2.7
-4.1
-12.0
-10.0
-8.0
-6.0
-4.0
-2.0
0.0
2.0
4.0
Q1 '16 Q2 '16 Q3 '16 (2) Q4 '16 Q1 '17 Q2 '17 Q3 '17 Q4 '17 Q1 '18 Q2 '18 Q3 '18
Adj. EBIT Cash outflow
Closure of
Shopping
Club
EUR million
Net Liquidity1)
EUR 13m
30-Sep plus
EUR 0.4m
additional deferred
purchase
price
Feedo
Pre-stocking
bonded warehouse
& Bebitus plus cash
earn-out payments
Cash Flow
Higher
inventory
levels for
China BWH
and
outstanding
mktg.
rebates
suppliers
Cash Outflow 2016:
EUR -41.6m
Cash Outflow 2017:
EUR -30.0m
Cash Outflow Q1-Q3 2018:
EUR -12.7m
(incl. EUR 5.2m cap.
increase)
Q3 c
losin
g
62
Adj. EBIT break-even targeted for early 2019 – three
drivers
Adjusted
EBIT
break-even
SG&A
cost savings
European
business
China
business• Adj. EBIT
~ EUR (4)
million
• Cash
available
EUR 13
million
Further positive
impact from already
implemented cost
measures
New leadership,
Assortment review,
Category extension,
App, Pricing tool
IMF Product relaunch,
Referral program, Product
diversification
Early 2019Status Quo
Leavers until
break-even
Leavers
beyond
Continous
improvement in
organization and
processes
Assess B2B, Private
label 2.0, Central
warehouse
Bonded Warehouse,
Channel extension,
Assess new regions