Articles Tagged with ''category management''

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Taking a tactical approach to category management

Retailers engage consumers with merchandising strategies
Jessica Jacobsen
Jessica Jacobsen
April 15, 2013

Similar to how college basketball coaches instituted end-of-game timeouts in order to strategize a “sure-fire” inbounds play during March Madness, retailers and brand owners are calling their own plays when it comes to merchandising. Retailers and brand owners have taken a methodical approach to different merchandising tactics for brands and categories in order to engage consumers and stimulate purchase behavior, experts note.


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Category management leverages insights

Technology, research provide retail solutions
Jennifer Zegler
April 13, 2012
When it comes to category management, retail experts often agree that beverage manufacturers are on the leading edge of understanding assortment and placement of their products within retail outlets. Paul Weitzel, managing partner at Willard Bishop, Barrington, Ill., attributes part of the segment’s success to the direct store distribution (DSD) system used by many manufacturers.
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The curious case of a beverage boom

Jennifer Zegler
February 15, 2012
Gordon Wade, chief executive officer of the Category Management Association (CMA), Wimberley, Texas, mentioned during an interview for this month’s Channel Strategies article an interesting observation about the industry’s explosive growth.
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