As we approach key store resets and promotions for back-to-college and upcoming seasonal sets, it is important to keep the basics in mind – getting your set right from the beginning prepares you for an entire season of successful sales. Businesses face new challenges from a strained labor market and inflation. It is important to
Scan-Based Trading: Entering the retail market as a direct-to-consumer business or emerging brand
Scan-based trading (SBT) has seen an uptick in popularity, with many retailers seeing it as an approach to increase their stability. As retailers continue to look upon scan-based trading as a favorable stocking strategy, there is a growing opportunity for direct-to-consumer businesses and emerging brands to take advantage. SBT can be a great way for
5 Questions to Ask Retail Merchandising Firms to Maximize In-Store Sales in 2022
Having a retail merchandising partner is one of the best ways to maximize in-store sales in 2022. In another year of retail uncertainty with rising inflation, increasing consumer uncertainty, and lingering supply chain issues, it’s more important than ever to pay attention to how inventory is moving in and out of your brick-and-mortar retail partners.
Maximize Sales: Visual Merchandising and Retail Execution Rates
How much does visual merchandising really impact sales? Turns out, a lot. Even with the rise in online shopping and curbside delivery, in-store shopping at physical retail locations isn’t going away anytime soon and brands would be well-served to make sure their brick-and-mortar merchandising strategies and plans are solid. Let’s dive into why it’s so
Why In-Store Execution Matters: Endcap and Display Management
Despite an increasingly online world, in-store retail purchases are still thriving, making in-store execution crucial to suppliers’ success. Merchandising partners, like Retail Merchandising Services (RMS) can help brands make sure that their in-store inventory is stocked, set, and priced correctly to maximize sales. Why engage a third-party merchandiser though? Shouldn’t the inventory be taken care
Retail Success in 2022: Why You Should Hire a Third-Party Service to Audit Store Resets and Promotional Endcap Sets
As we enter 2022, retail brands that want to be successful in another year of change will pay extra attention to their supply chain, in-store audits and resets, and the impact of the labor shortage has on their inventory. 2022 Retail Trends The challenges that plagued 2020 and 2021, like supply chain issues and a
Maximize In-Store Marketing and Drive Sales by Implementing a 2022 Merchandising Strategy
Maximize brick and mortar sales through improved store execution. Hiring an experienced 3rd party merchandising company allows brands personalized attention to their products inside every door. Improving store execution is the lowest-hanging fruit to drive more sales. Products get placed incorrectly or do not make it to the salesfloor timely, promotional displays and endcaps are
Preparing for the Holidays: Retail Outlook 2021
Can you feel the excitement in the air? The calendar flipped to November first and we can already taste the peppermint. Consumers, retailers, and suppliers are already poised to dive headfirst into another unique holiday season. But even with shipping delays, the persistence of Covid-19, and economic shifts, the outlook is eager and bright this
How to Ensure Retail Execution During the Holiday 2021 Season
This time, last year, we were headed into a holiday retail season like no other. This year? It’s even more complicated. More than a year of shipping delays has created a frankly unbelievable backlog. Worker shortages at ports, delivery services, and retailers have exacerbated the supply chain strain. And, to top it off, the globe
Supply Chain Delays and Labor Shortages: How to Prepare for Holiday 2021
Few of us will forget the Great Toilet Paper Shortage that occurred early in the pandemic but how many of us would have projected the long-term impact on retail supply chains? Supply chain experts, for one. The ongoing complications with supply chains are causing headaches for retailers and suppliers. Let’s take a look at what’s