Replenit
Escentual
Enterprise AI Transformation Case Study

Setting the Next-Action
Standard in Beauty

How Escentual, the UK's premium beauty and fragrance retailer, partnered with Replenit to elevate how and when they engage customers — achieving 40X+ ROI through strategic AI collaboration.

Agent Deployed
AI Decision Engine
Industry
Premium Beauty & Fragrance
Market
United Kingdom
Active Channels
Email (Klaviyo)
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Return On Investment
Higher
Customer Interaction Quality
AI
Evolving Decision Framework
Premium
Brand Integrity Preserved
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Escentual website - Premium Beauty
The Partner

UK's Premier Beauty & Fragrance Retailer

Escentual is a premium UK beauty and fragrance retailer known for deep category knowledge, strong brand partnerships, and a loyal, repeat-driven customer base.

Deep Category Knowledge
Expert-led curation
Strong Brand Partners
Premium positioning
Loyal Repeat Customers
Trust-driven retention
High-SKU Complexity
Precision management

“They do not optimize for short-term bursts. They optimize for durable growth.”

The Strategic Objective

Defining the Right Action for
Every Customer

Escentual didn't ask how to automate. They asked how to make every decision more intelligent.

Define the Right Action

How do we define the right action for every customer? Combining SKU-level nuance with behavioral intelligence.

Improve Timing

How do we improve timing without increasing noise? Precision over volume, signal over spam.

Behavioral Intelligence

How do we combine SKU-level nuance with behavioral intelligence at scale across the entire product portfolio?

Preserve Brand Integrity

How do we use AI while preserving brand integrity? Premium positioning requires sophisticated guardrails.

Campaign-Driven TriggersIntelligent Decision-Driven Engagement
A Collaborative Transformation

Built on Partnership, Not Just Implementation

This was not a one-sided implementation. It was a structured collaboration built on clear requirements, iterative development, and continuous feedback.

PHASE 01

Requirements & Vision Alignment

Escentual defined the experience principles. What should the customer journey feel like? What signals matter? Where should AI augment, not replace?

PHASE 02

Iterative Model Development

Replenit translated experience principles into adaptable decision logic. Extended historical order patterns and SKU-variant level behavioral variance were incorporated.

PHASE 03

Guardrails & Brand Protection

Together, the teams enhanced advanced exclusion rules, user-sensitive filtering, and edge-case handling — ensuring AI outputs reflected Escentual's premium positioning.

PHASE 04

Continuous Improvement Loop

Monitor live performance → Collect structured feedback → Adjust models & thresholds → Deploy improvements → Re-evaluate outcomes. The system never remained static.

Intelligence Evolution

Data & Model Evolution

As the collaboration progressed, the intelligence layer matured continuously. Each iteration brought deeper contextual accuracy and reduced assumption-based logic.

Extended Historical Patterns

Deep order history analysis for richer behavioral context

SKU-Variant Level Variance

Granular behavioral analysis at the variant level

Advanced Exclusion Rules

Sophisticated guardrails for premium brand protection

Model Self-Enrichment

Continuously learning and enriching from its own outputs

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ESCENTUAL
Order History
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Reason
Predict
Guard
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Behavioral precision active
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Premium Product Intelligence

High-SKU Complexity, Handled by AI

From fragrance to skincare, makeup to wellness — the AI Decision Engine manages every product category with SKU-level precision.

Escentual - Premium Beauty Product Range
AI-Powered Next Actions

Behavior-Driven Customer Engagement

Every communication is timed by the AI Decision Engine. The model analyzes individual purchase patterns, product consumption rates, and behavioral signals to determine the perfect moment to engage each customer.

Personalized timing — based on each customer's unique consumption cycle
SKU-level precision — right product, right variant, right moment
Premium brand voice — guardrails ensure every touchpoint reflects Escentual's identity
No discount dependency — revenue driven by relevance, not promotion
mail.escentual.com / ai-powered-replenishment
Escentual AI-Powered Replenishment Email
AI-Timed
Behavioral prediction
Personalized
Product-level precision
Strategic Impact

From Campaign Tool to Strategic Infrastructure

The 40X+ ROI demonstrates commercial strength. The more durable outcome is structural: a scalable, intelligence-driven engagement framework.

Static → Adaptive

Escentual moved beyond fixed intervals into behavioral precision. Every decision is now data-driven, not calendar-driven.

From Static Triggers to Adaptive Decisions

Volume → Relevance

Lower noise. Higher signal. Stronger trust. Every communication earns its place in the customer's inbox.

Quality Over Quantity

Automation → Infrastructure

AI is now embedded as a strategic layer, not a campaign tool. It's an evolving intelligence advantage.

Structural Transformation
Continuous Improvement

A Disciplined Improvement Rhythm

The intelligence system did not remain static. It evolved alongside the business through a structured feedback loop.

STEP 01
Monitor
Live performance
STEP 02
Collect
Business feedback
STEP 03
Adjust
Models & thresholds
STEP 04
Deploy
Improvements
STEP 05
Re-evaluate
Outcomes
"I am thoroughly impressed with Replenit for several reasons. Their alignment with our vision was immediately apparent, making the decision to work with them a natural choice. Particularly, their capability to handle complex data sets and develop customized solutions to meet our specific requirements has been outstanding."
Rakesh Aggarwal
Rakesh Aggarwal
CEO, Escentual
Conclusion

An Evolving Intelligence Advantage

The 40X+ ROI is compelling. But the real achievement is collaboration. Escentual didn't adopt AI passively — they shaped it.

Through structured collaboration, expanded data intelligence, refined methodology, and strong brand guardrails, they built a next-action framework that supports customer trust, repeat alignment, and sustainable performance.

Customer Trust
Repeat Alignment
Sustainable Performance

This is not a one-time uplift. It is an evolving intelligence advantage.

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We were dreaming about an automated solution that could cover all of our products and customers and Replenit jumped in with a fully automated and full coverage of our product portfolio.

Jennifer Blease-Williams
Jennifer Blease-Williams
Digital Marketing Lead, Faith In Nature
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I am thoroughly impressed with Replenit for several reasons. Their alignment with our vision was immediately apparent, making the decision to work with them a natural choice. Particularly, their capability to handle complex data sets and develop customized solutions to meet our specific requirements has been outstanding.

Rakesh Aggarwal
Rakesh Aggarwal
CEO, Escentual

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