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The Value Gap

Brands chase broad awareness and new customers, and leave real value unrealised across the rest of the customer journey.

Missed value opportunities Conquest blindness
01 · Missed value opportunities

Brands miss value opportunities

A focus on broad awareness and sales leaves unrealised value in other areas of the customer journey.

40%

untapped value in Telco

Simon-Kucher, 2025 sector study

The Calesco solution

The Value Accelerator

A way to map, identify and unlock real value opportunities across the customer journey — bringing cross-functional teams together around a single customer journey structure.

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02 · Conquest blindness

Conquest blindness

An overemphasis on conquest acquisition obscures other growth dynamics.

60%

increase in cost per acquisition in the last 3 years

Forbes

29%

reduction in loyalty spend

Gartner CMO Survey, 2026

Yet referred customers come with a lower CPA and higher value.

The Calesco solution

Loyalty & Referral

A focused audit of current loyalty and referral opportunity, designed to evolve or design programmes that drive higher-value growth through retention, CLV and advocacy.

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