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Trade Marketing and Space Management

Space Management

  • Category Tactics: Space Management

General Merchandising Criteria

  • Objective: Attract customer attention.
  • Eye Level: From 125 to 160 cms; attracts and retains attention; perceived first.
  • Hand Level: From 80 to 125 cms; offers the product comfortably, easy to reach.
  • Ground Level: Up to 80 cms; difficult to see; requires bending down.

Level Placement

  • Eye Level:
    • Strong Turnover and High Margin.
    • Greater Chances of Sale.
  • Hand Level:
    • Daily Consumption.
    • Making it easy to buy.
  • Ground Level:
    • Low Turnover and Low Margin.
    • Heavy products.
    • Least Favored Sale Level.

Sales Impact of Level Changes

  • Ground Level to Hand Level: +34%
  • Ground Level to Eye Level: +78%
  • Hand Level to Eye Level: +63%
  • Eye Level to Ground Level: -40%
  • Hand Level to Ground Level: -32%

Space Management: Planogram

  • Blueprint.

Space Management: Case Study - Milk

  • Objectives: Analyze existing planogram and space allocation.
  • Propose changes using hypermarket template.
  • Consider a different approach for convenience stores versus hypermarkets.

Milk Category Data

  • Consumer Decision Tree.
  • Sales: Volume sales data.
  • Space: Existing planogram.

Background Info: Shopper insights

  • White milk: High loyalty, steady sales.
  • Consumer trends: Shift from full fat to low fat and willingness to try functional variants.

Background Info: Merchandising rules

  • Merchandising rules: Reflection of the decision tree into the category.
    *Shows how each segment and SKU should be merchandised.
    *Highlights their importance and aligns their placement based on the category objectives and strategies.

Milk Category Decision Tree

  • WHITE MILK
    • FRESH
      • FULL FAT
      • LOW FAT
    • HIGHLY PASTEURIZED
      • FULL FAT
      • LOW FAT
    • FUNCTIONAL
      • CHILDREN
      • ADULT

Sales vs. Space Data

CategoryMarket SalesRetailer X SalesRetailer X Space
Fresh Full Fat34%39%43%
Fresh Light29%26%22%
HP Full Fat14%18%21%
HP Light12%10%8%
Functional Children6%4%3%
Functional Adult5%3%3%