Cora

Cora Tommorow

BUSINESS NEEDS

INDUSTRY

SERVICES

YEAR

2022

In 2020, Cora began a shift in its strategy and wanted to reflect on its positioning in order to create difference, preference and to be in line with the evolution of society.
/ CONTEXT
In 2020, Cora began a shift in its strategy and wanted to reflect on its positioning in order to create difference, preference and to be in line with the evolution of society.

Because Cora’s Chairman and Founder has always promoted local entrepreneurship, the Cora galaxy suffered from too much disparity and a blurred image both internally and for its customers:

  • Lack of an identity charter
  • Different brand platform for each country 
  • More than 200 Cora’s accounts (30% are inactive)
CORA FUSEE ILLUSTRATION
/ CONTEXT
In 2020, Cora began a shift in its strategy and wanted to reflect on its positioning in order to create difference, preference and to be in line with the evolution of society.

Because Cora’s Chairman and Founder has always promoted local entrepreneurship, the Cora galaxy suffered from too much disparity and a blurred image both internally and for its customers:

  • Lack of an identity charter
  • Different brand platform for each country
  • More than 200 Cora’s accounts (30% are inactive)
CORA FUSEE ILLUSTRATION
CORA CHALLENGE ILLUSTRATION EN

Build a positioning and a common Cora utility in France, Benelux and Romania so that the 20,000 employees speak with a single, strong voice.

CORA CHALLENGE ILLUSTRATION EN

Build a positioning and a common Cora utility in France, Benelux and Romania so that the 20,000 employees speak with a single, strong voice.

/ CONTEXT
In 2020, Cora began a shift in its strategy and wanted to reflect on its positioning in order to create difference, preference and to be in line with the evolution of society.

Because Cora’s Chairman and Founder has always promoted local entrepreneurship, the Cora galaxy suffered from too much disparity and a blurred image both internally and for its customers:

  • Lack of an identity charter
  • Different brand platform for each country
  • More than 200 Cora’s accounts (30% are inactive)
CORA CHALLENGE

Build a positioning and a common Cora utility in France, Benelux and Romania so that the 20,000 employees speak with a single, strong voice.

/ TRUE VISION

Cora Tommorow

We built a tailor-made “Cora Tomorrow” program that allowed all 25,000 employees to work together for the first time – from brand strategy to the definition of daily actions to embody the new positioning.

Cora PACE EN
/ KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

Mobilize

We have created a project name as well as an ephemeral identity charter “Cora tomorrow » (Cora Demain).

Mobilize

We have created a project name as well as an ephemeral identity charter “Cora tomorrow » (Cora Demain).

Delegate

The success of the approach was totally linked to the involvement of the 20,000 employees who make Cora what it is every day.

The creation of identified ambassadors in each store was a determining factor in explaining and supporting the entire collective consultation process.

DELEGUER CORA ILLUSTRATION

Delegate

DELEGUER CORA ILLUSTRATION

The success of the approach was totally linked to the involvement of the 20,000 employees who make Cora what it is every day.

The creation of identified ambassadors in each store was a determining factor in explaining and supporting the entire collective consultation process.

ILLUSTRATION COMMUNIQUER CORA min

Communicate

To break down silos and open up communication, we applied the principle of exemplarity: we built and helped with communication at every stage of the project. The ambassadors were our privileged relays in each store. 

Communicate

ILLUSTRATION COMMUNIQUER CORA min

To break down silos and open up communication, we applied the principle of exemplarity: we built and helped with communication at every stage of the project. The ambassadors were our privileged relays in each store. 

Engage

By organizing regular workshops with the top managers in each country to validate the key steps and get their support, we have given them a taste for working together.

 

 

 

Celebrate

The 20,000 employees in the three countries celebrated the culmination of a year of collective work. We designed the reveal film as well as a simple and fun store twinning event.

Engage

By organizing regular workshops with the top managers in each country to validate the key steps and get their support, we have given them a taste for working together.

 

 

 

Celebrate

The 20,000 employees in the three countries celebrated the culmination of a year of collective work. We designed the reveal film as well as a simple and fun store twinning event.

Embodying in everyday life

We designed ownership workshops conducted in small groups in their stores.

ILLUSTRATION INCARNER CORA

Embodying in everyday life

ILLUSTRATION INCARNER CORA

We designed ownership workshops conducted in small groups in their stores.

Deploy

Following a workshop with the top managers of each country, we have identified and prioritized the projects to bring the new Cora brand platform to life.

Deploy

Following a workshop with the top managers of each country, we have identified and prioritized the projects to bring the new Cora brand platform to life.

CORA PERSONNAGES ILLUSTRATION
/ RESULTS
  • Un positionnement international incarné par une utilité et un combat fédérateur
  • Une charte identitaire internationale 
  • Une communication interne fluidifiée
  • Une marque employeur désirée et désirable
  • Des collaborateurs engagés et heureux de venir travailler chez Cora
  • Le second employeur préféré de la distribution alimentaire.

/ RESULTS

CORA PERSONNAGES ILLUSTRATION
  • An international positioning embodied by a usefulness and a federative fight.

  • An international identity charter

  • Smoother internal communication

  • A desired & desirable employer brand

  • Employees who are committed and happy to work for Cora

  • The second preferred employer in the food retailing industry

In 6 months and during a global pandemic, we have succeeded in co-constructing a Cora positioning that is carried and embodied in the daily actions of more than 20,000 employees.

Critical Imprint.

Do you know what the Critical Imprint is? For CBA Design, tomorrow’s successful brands are those who place humans at the very core of their approach. Cora en est l’exemple. Critical Imprint is a unique, honest and flexible methodology to reconcile meaning and performance through design, revealing your purpose.

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