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Reaching the Full Sales Potential of Retail Stores

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...

How Environmentally-Friendly Is Your Retail Merchandising?

Traditional retail merchandising is one of the most ineffective and waste-generating business processes. It involves using pen and paper to perform merchandising activities such as surveys and audits at geographically disperse points-of-sale, so not only does it produce an enormous amount of trash, but it also contributes to air pollution. Retail merchandising, however, is essential to promoting CPG and FMCG sales and improving revenues, so it cannot be done without. With mobile technology comes the environmentally-friendly solution to this scenario: Retail merchandising software. With retail merchandising software , field reps use their mobile devices to perform in-store activities. Brand and category managers can create custom forms to be filled out at the point-of-sales and capture photos and signatures in addition to the usual text, number and selection answers. This not only saves paper while improving accuracy, but also eliminates data transcription. Retail merchandisi...