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Launch your PollEV session: Text : UWMBUSINESS to 37607. *Text LEAVE at the end of class*. Alternate #: (747) 444-3548. FINISH STRONG! A/B. Retail Data Warehouse. Stocking shelves, retail inventory: a major job. Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI).
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Launch your PollEV session: Text: UWMBUSINESS to 37607 *Text LEAVE at the end of class* Alternate #: (747) 444-3548
FINISH STRONG! A/B
Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI) • This is an approach for improving supply chain efficiency in which the manufacturer is responsible for maintaining the retailer’s inventory levels in each of the stores • VMI can reduce the vendor’s and the retailer’s costs and make time more productive
The Third ‘P’: Retailing and Omnichannel Marketing “All” Ref: Text, chapter 17
Retailing “Last 10 Yards” • Retailing sits at the end of the supply chain, where marketing meets the customer • Retailing is defined as the set of business activities that add value to products sold directly to consumers for their personal use • Many firms today use an omnichannel strategy(selling in more than one channel)
“Hybrid Store”
Perceptual Map of the soft drink industry Small circles: Denote the position of each brand
Perceptual Map of the soft drink industry Locate where no one else is, currently
“Hybrid Store”
American entrepreneur: • 70-80% of its products: Private-label
American entrepreneur: • 70-80% of its products: Private-label • Values – taste, innovation, environmentally friendly (natural, organic too)
P P P P
1. Choosing retailing partners • The primary consideration in choosing retailing partners for a firm should be to create value for customers: provide the greatest possible convenience and satisfaction. • Factors that go into this choice:
1. Choosing retailing partners • Distribution intensity: this refers to the number of channel members to use at each level of the marketing channel: • Intensive, • Exclusive, and • Selective.
Distribution intensity Intensive Exclusive Selective
Distribution intensity Intensive Exclusive Selective
Types of retailers What UNIQUE value are you offering to target customers?
3. Developing a retail strategy using the Four P’s • Product: • Providing the right mix • choice for the customer (30-40,000 items in a grocery store, 100,000 items in a department store) • challenge: how to distinguish yourself as a retailer. By developing Private-label brands, and co-brands
3. Developing a retail strategy using the Four P’s • Product: • Providing the right mix for your target market: know your customers!
price • Role of price for a retailer: price helps define the value of the merchandise, the service, and the store image • Price must always be aligned with the other elements of the retailer’s strategy