A Tale of Two Shoe Stores
Not only did the “independent specialist” have the potential to strongly influence Toby’s buying behavior eight years ago, but its influence continues to the present day, some 20 pairs later.Read More
How to Structure Your Value Proposition For Retail Customers
The majority of shopper marketing activity takes place in a retailer’s store (either on or offline) and therefore we need retailer buy-in to get that execution to take place. At its heart our presentation to the retailer must contain a clear value proposition which explains to the retailer why they should support the activity.Read More
How to Ensure That Shopper Research Leads to Actionable Shopper Insights
It’s a recurring challenge – too often shopper marketers (and their bosses) are frustrated that, after taking the plunge to invest in shopper research, what they get in return is data, not actionable insights. While a lot can be done to create better, more actionable insights from existing research, the keys to creating really actionable shopper research lie before the project starts.Read More
How to Encourage Retail Compliance For Excellent In-Store Execution
It is sometimes hard to believe how coordinated and well-planned promotions, displays, and other in-store activity do not deliver up to the set standards. The statistics only prove the point even more – POPAI suggests that lack of compliance of in-store execution is as high as 50% for the UK. The effect of this is enormous – shoppers do not get to see the promotions they are supposed to see and manufacturers and retailers are losing out on valuable sales opportunities.Read More
Big Data Isn’t Enough – We Need More Qualitative Shopper Research
Qualitative research seems to be out of the spotlight. Nowhere is this more true than in the realm of shopper marketing, where qualitative shopper research techniques are squeezed out by the more prevalent quantitative techniques such as exit interviews and observations, as well as reams of loyalty card, panel and scan sales data. In amongst all of this, what room is left for qualitative shopper research?Read More
Try-Me-Outs: How Health and Beauty Retailers Are Leveraging This Powerful Tool
Try-me-outs are a classic technique in-store to stimulate purchase behavior. In the middle to lower-end cosmetics space, it introduces sales opportunities for a number of reasons.Read More







