Consumer Product Goods (CPG) businesses are constantly trying to get into the mind of customers in order to develop new successful product strategies. However, while customer surveys are the traditional way to go, they can lead to skewed results, mostly because of the customer already knowing that he or she is being surveyed.
One of the best ways to improve efficiency is to stop juggling multiple apps when running your business. With VisitBasis mobile retail execution app you can say goodbye to chaos of paper forms and hello to streamlined data workflow.
Retail execution apps have revolutionized the way store audits were performed with the virtual elimination of paper forms and transcription that came with the advent of data collection apps for smartphones and tablets.
Field marketing is mandatory when it comes to promoting retail channel sales. From product distribution to store auditing and sampling promotions, field marketing is the most certain way for CPG brands to tweak their message and get in front of the right customers. But with such and array of different activities being performed by sometimes …
Retail execution is a complex occupation: While developing go-to-market or promotional strategies seems exciting, supervising the implementation of those strategies is a difficult task due to the fact that it is done over sometimes hundreds – if not thousands – of stores.
Out-of-stocks in CPG are the situation to be avoided at all costs in retail since it translates purely and simply into no sales. Worse than that, recurring out-of-stocks can mean losing customers for good to competing brands or stores.
Brick-and-mortar-only businesses have greatly been affected by social distancing measures put in place due to the Covid-19 pandemic. While many have adjusted and implemented online and mobile order interfaces, fluctuating demand allied to irregular shipment patterns means that there is an increased risk for out-of-stocks to derail sales forecasts. It is important, therefore, to step …
Mobile merchandising apps have become a must-have for retail audits as one of the most disruptive technologies for CPG in the last decade. Not only are they a key data collection instrument that completely eliminates paperwork from the labor-intensive – and not always accurate – compilation process, but these apps also assist in deploying brand …
Retail-focused companies, such as CPG manufacturers and sales and marketing agencies, face a real dilemma on whether to implement retail merchandising software. While there are some clear material benefits brought by the technology – such as the virtual elimination of paper forms – the costs can escalate for larger teams. Cloud-based merchandising platforms, however, brings in …
Retail merchandising software is a program used by brands, field teams, BTL agencies and brokers/distributors to help them arrange and implement merchandising operations in physical stores. Usually, retail merchandising software assists with the allocation of products within retail outlets, creating and maintaining visual components of products in stores, monitoring in-store compliance and gaining insights about other brands.
