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...]
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Overcoming the barriers implementing planograms
With all that is going on in the world at present the importance of ensuring you stock the right products that consumers want is now more important than ever, we already know the best way to manage your range is through the planogram process but implementing planogram changes (category resets) has always been a problem for many to get right. Getting planograms implemented can be … [Read more...]
News – Shelfstock partners with Dtex to provide new field sales solutions
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...]
News – Shelfstock brings new planogram solutions to market with Figueira Costa
I’d like to extend a very warm welcome to Gerry in Shelfstock in joining us where we have a local representative for our software solutions Founded in 2012, Figueira Costa Soluções de Planogramação started its operation in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, with a focus on consulting and training for Retail Part of the portfolio of space management and planogramming solutions were developed … [Read more...]
The Consumer Decision Tree
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...]
Planogram Outsourcing
Full planogram outsourcing service Shelfstock can assist you with either providing a fully outsourced planogram solution, or act as an overflow service when your requirements are more than you can handle internally. Leading edge planogram software Shelfstock have invested in leading edge space planning software designed to deliver both effective and efficient in-store ranging. We provide space … [Read more...]
Is Category Management still relevant?
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...]
How to create great planograms
Step 1. Understanding shoppers and their needs There are many retail formats all with different needs (even from the same category!), take for example the difference between convenience and supermarket shoppers, while supermarkets tend to attract planned purchases where shoppers generally spend more time choosing products (hence price and range is important), the convenience shopper won't … [Read more...]
What makes a great store layout?
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...]