Effective offers

Most major retailers operate a concept of product and price bands linked to demographics, but the vast majority of their promotions are featured nationwide.  In many stores and for many products nationwide promotions work well, but in some specific stores they are far less effective.  In fact, they could result in no benefit at all to the retailer and brand because they are not hitting the intended target shoppers. The answer is to only feature the right promotions at the right stores. This Read more [...]

Shelf edge success

Congratulations to all of the bricks and mortar stores who in spite of the doom and gloom in the press have worked really hard to make 2011 as successful as they possibly could.  It’s not been easy. Looking back on 2011 it’s clear that the most successful retailers focused on business fundamentals and improving customer experience for their shoppers.   No doubt the same will be true in 2012. The challenge of course is to get shoppers to buy more in-store.   At the start of 2011 the main Read more [...]