Tag Archives: shopper marketing

What Most Influences Your Shoppers to Make a Purchase?

By editor | March 10, 2010

What in-store elements most influence a shopper to choose one brand or product over another?  What is the best means of introducing a new product and motivating a shopper to add it to their basket?  Our informal reader poll highlighted just a few instore marketing tools. Instore experience and signage came out the clear winners.  [...]

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Estee Lauder CEO Boosts Sales by Letting the Shopper Take the Lead

By editor | March 8, 2010

Researching your consumer and understanding their needs is vital to staying relevant in an uncertain market.  This isn’t news, but it’s advice that often goes unheeded if it means changing things that are perceived to define the brand.  
Emily Byron interviewed Fabrizio Fredo, CEO of Estee Lauder for The Wall Street Journal.  Fredo explained his effort to remake the iconic Estee [...]

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How Can Supermarket Retailers Improve Sales Margins and Brand Perceptions

By editor | March 1, 2010

Occassionally Inside the Aisle will feature guest postings by industry insiders who offer insightful perspective on a variety of topics important to retailers.  This week, David Merrefield shares his perspective on food retailing and how grocers might use new tools to meet their objectives.
Retailing in general and food retailing in particular is in a strange [...]

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DDI Video Report on JCPenney Manhattan

By editor | November 17, 2009

Display & Design Ideas magazine visited JCPenney’s new Manhattan mall store in Herald Square.  We’ve covered the store here before which drew quite a bit of attention for invading Macy’s territory. It’s opening in this particular location was perceived as a sign of the times and consumer desire for value.
Store manager Joe Cardamone is interviewed in DDI’s piece [...]

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It’s the Little Things that Make the Store

By editor | November 16, 2009

Several months ago, Angie Coleman, our resident C-store expert, published an article on CSNews.com entitled, “Top 10 Common Sense Tips for C-store Owners.” In that article, Coleman encouraged C-store owners to pay attention to the details, particularly bathrooms and cleanliness.  Now, I don’t know if the owners of Buc-ee’s stores in Texas happened across our little [...]

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