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Attractive product presentations are a sure way to increase retail sales. According to a recent survey , 90 percent of shoppers will fall for impulse buys and purchase items not on their shopping list. That is why retailers carefully study and use planograms (or POGs) in arranging products, fixtures and displays throughout their stores. An effective planogram will promote the products with the higher margins and maximize the sales potential of each store. Retail merchandising software helps retailers in making sure that their planograms are properly implemented. With retail merchandising software, planogram managers at headquarters or regional offices can better communicate their plans to field reps and store personnel, and actually see what is actually implemented at each store, without leaving their desk. A retail merchandising software solution will allow local retail staff to: Use their own or shared mobile devices to audit store sets, resets, and seasonal displ

Audits are an important part of any business involved in retail. Retailers rely on recurring store audits in order to verify items such as safety, layout efficiency, and personnel training, while consumer good companies must frequently evaluate product display, price, and promotions, among others. Naturally, the logistics needed to perform such audits can become quite complex, sometimes requiring a virtual army of people in order to cover a large number of geographically scattered stores. Retail audit software helps retailers and CPG businesses make sense of this process and avoid outsourcing pitfalls such as high costs, loss of control over auditor qualifications, and confidentiality issues. With retail audit software, companies will be able to automate the audit process by allowing auditors to use their mobile devices to complete custom forms, checklists, surveys, and tasks. Retail audit software also makes it possible for managers and supervisors go get real-time access to

It has been proven over and over that enforcing brand and category consistency through in-store product presentation positively affects sales results and customer loyalty. But how to promote a positive in-store customer experience, one that includes always having your products in-stock, well presented, displayed, and promoted? Mobile technology has an answer for that. Mobile merchandising applications can be the "eyes" of category merchandising managers in the field, increasing compliance rates and allowing brands to reach the consistency needed to keep sales at optimum levels. Merchandising applications can make a difference in positively transforming the in-store customer experience of your products by allowing access to planogram schematics for each point-of-sale on the rep's smartphone or tablet and also capturing store photos. This clearer communication along with stricter supervision turns into a higher level of planogram compliance and brand consistency.