
The New eCommerce Edge:
Winning Customers After the Checkout
The early eCommerce playbook was simple: Drive traffic, boost conversions, reduce cart abandonment. But as acquisition costs rise and fulfillment grows more complex, those metrics are falling short. Now, retailers that hope to lead the market must focus on customer profitability, factoring in lifetime value, return rates, support costs, and reverse logistics.
But that shift demands deeper visibility. While tracking site footfall shows ‘who’ clicked ‘what,’ it is ultimately buyer behavior that points to who's worth keeping. Vendors must connect all post-purchase data — returns, refunds, replacements, and support — into a single customer view. ReverseLogix makes this possible. Our platform tracks return behavior, captures item-level cost recovery, and highlights trends that show which customers are truly profitable.
For example, two customers might place the same number of orders, but one returns frequently, contacts support often, and churns quickly. Without unified post-purchase analytics, that difference stays hidden. With ReverseLogix, retailers can see and act on it, adjusting marketing, promotions, and return policies by segment.
Retailers also need to rethink incentives. Profitability should guide more than marketing — it should shape shipping and return strategies. Key questions, such as whether low-margin customers should receive free returns and whether high-value ones should get faster shipping, must be answered. However, the correct answer depends on context and requires full visibility.
The new battleground is post-purchase intelligence. ReverseLogix builds the systems that measure what matters: not just who buys, but who stays, who costs money, and who drives profit.

Columbus Consulting delivers solutions that drive true value and have been transforming the retail, grocery and CPG industries for over two decades. We are a retail consulting company of industry experts. Our approach is simple, if you do it, we do it. We are more than consultants; we are experienced practitioners who actually sat in our clients’ seats. We understand the challenges, know what questions to ask and deliver the right solutions. Columbus offers a unique, consumer-centric approach with an end-to-end perspective that bridges functional & organization silos from strategy to execution. Our specialties include: unified commerce, merchandising & category management, planning & inventory management, sourcing & supply chain, data & analytics, accounting, finance & operations, people & organization and information technology. Let us know how we can help you. To learn more, visit COLUMBUSCONSULTING.COM.