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What’s happening in the Grocery Market?

January 2, 2023 by Gerry Byrne Leave a Comment

Quickly access market share figures with this interactive tool courtesy of Kantar World Panel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Market Share

What do Category Managers do?

June 26, 2022 by Gerry Byrne 2 Comments

What does a category manager do? A question no doubt many companies have asked when trying to justify a budget to hire one... Simply put the category manager is ultimately responsible for what the shopper sees at the fixture and I’m not just talking about the planogram (shelf layout) its everything that the shoppers sees at the fixture and even some of the things on the way to the fixture. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Category Management Tagged With: Category Management, category managers, planograms, space planning

Now there’s a better way to manage your Category Projects

February 24, 2022 by Gerry Byrne Leave a Comment

Category Management Projects In a typical Category Management (CatMan) project, there are strategic, tactical, and operational steps, after each step is reviewed and approved, implementation is agreed (usually consisting of a new planogram and/or a revised range of products with the category in question). Within each of these steps there are micro steps that need to be completed to achieve the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Category Management, Latest News Tagged With: CatMan, Planomax

Is it time to get back on track post lockdown with Category Management?

August 9, 2021 by Gerry Byrne Leave a Comment

Post Lockdown COVID-19 has had a huge effect on the retail industry forcing many retailers off-road, but now is the time to revisit your categories and ensure you are maximising your range and space! New ways of doing business To say it’s been a rough ride in recent times is something of an understatement. Retailers across the country have poured blood, sweat and tears into keeping shelves full … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Category Management, Space Management Tagged With: Category Management, Fasttrack, post lockdown, retail

Retail in Pharmacy

September 11, 2020 by Gerry Byrne Leave a Comment

… [Read more...]

Filed Under: Category Management, Latest News

News – Shelfstock partners with Dtex to provide new field sales solutions

March 26, 2020 by Gerry Byrne Leave a Comment

Dtex are proud to announce a partnership agreement with Shelfstock to support the field sales and merchandising market in Ireland. Dtex was founded in 2018 and have developed the In-Store system to assist field sales and merchandising operators in collecting data at the shelf by using the latest technologies in image recognition and artificial intelligence, In-Store is able to quickly and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Artificial intelligence, Field Sales, Image Recognition, In-Store, merchandising

The Consumer Decision Tree

January 23, 2020 by Gerry Byrne 3 Comments

The Consumer Decision Tree explained Also called product hierarchies, consumer decision trees are graphical records which assist manufacturers and retailers to understand consumer buying habits and the decision-making processes followed by individuals while shopping a category Think about how you make a decision to buy a product, it will be driven by a need or want in most cases, yes all those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Category Management, Space Management Tagged With: Category Management, consumer decision tree, marketing, planograms, Research

Is Category Management still relevant?

January 1, 2020 by Gerry Byrne Leave a Comment

Traditional category management is now an old concept in today’s very competitive market. Retailers need a new solution to enable the level of differentiation necessary to attract new shoppers and indeed keep their existing shoppers with an ever-grow­ing number of competitors entering the market while ensuring they continue to meet the ever changing demands of today’s consumers. Retailers need to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Category Management Tagged With: Cat Man 2.0, Category Management 2.0, New Cat Man

What makes a great store layout?

October 3, 2019 by Gerry Byrne 3 Comments

What's truly happening in retail shopping aisles? There have been many studies conducted on consumer behaviour particularly when it comes to what motivates shoppers or consumers to buy into a particular brand or why they choose a particular retail format or store, but what motivates customers while they are in-store? After spending many years working for a number of different retailers from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Category Management, Space Management Tagged With: Floor Planning, merchandising, Retail Floor Planner, Retail Store, Space to Sales, Store plans

Category Management for Dummies

May 5, 2019 by Gerry Byrne 2 Comments

We often get asked to explain how category management works and why is it so complicated and drawn out, but in fact it doesn't need to be and when you understand what the key elements are, it's actually not that complicated at all! So how does category management differ from any other business process? Well in most cases it doesn't, that is, if your objective is to drive sales and you include a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Category Management Tagged With: Category Management, Consumers, Learning, marketing, Quick guides, Reading, Shoppers

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