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Unlock Opportunities for Your Retail Stores in Today's Market

Tags : Opportunities in Today's Market, Retail Stores in Today's Market, Retail , Opportunities in retail sector, trends in retail
Industry : Retail Chain/Logistics
Functional Area : Strategy Execution, Business Models
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About "Unlock Opportunities for Your Retail Stores in Today's Market" topic:

Business strategies are evolving to accommodate the changing business climate. Placing an emphasis on understanding your customers will guide you through today’s marketplace and place you in a better position for the future. So make customers the center of your organization's strategy. Here we will be discussing the strategies to efficiently and effectively increase performance of existing locations, developing a customer-centric site selection strategy, retaining your valuable customers, reactivating existing customers and marketing to customers who are most likely to buy from you.

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1 retaining the customer thru right information with right product nad services
2 Customers are happy when they the store
c.s.manjunthan  |  Added idea  "support"  |  2 years ago
Let the customers choose their needs, display of products should be accessable to all age custmers
Shaji P R Nair  |  Supported idea  "Customers are happy when they the store"  |  2 years ago
This is absolute correct, we want to make sure all the customers are happy when they are visiting our stores..............
pallavi bhusannavar  |  Supported idea  "retaining the customer thru right information with right product nad services"  |  2 years ago
now days customers are very aware of products dey buy...so if retailers give  them needful information about products which they want to buy so customers will be happy...and they will able to visit  
 
 
Ideate: "Which are the areas where a Retailer needs Investigation about his store?" deleted from your view.
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1 Optimizing merchandise mix
2 Customer Oreintation
Harshita Kesarwani  |  Added idea  "Customer Oreintation"  |  2 years ago
In my opinion customer orientation is most important to make the cutomers feel 'the Retail Store VAlUES them'.Giving attention to indiviual needs satisfying the customers with products available at retail store is essential.
Sagar Sharma  |  Added idea  "Customer Orientation "  |  2 years ago
I think there is a need of customer orientation to exceed their experience at moment of truth.Good experience make long lasting relationship with customer and a satisfied customer is like a brand amabassdor,help to acquire new customers.To ensure...
Kashif Billal  |  Supported idea  "Optimizing merchandise mix"  |  2 years ago
As all of know "The Legendary Four P's of Marketing" and "The Four M's of Merchandising", if we prepare the right mix of both these factors. This cocktail would be more effective, and this would give the Customer Centric Strategy. Also, we have...
 
 
Ideate: " How is it possible to make Customers the center of a Retail store's strategy?" deleted from your view.
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1 Checking the stocks periodically
2 Supply Chain Cost, Maintaining FIFO and continuous stock check
malladi madhukumar  |  Added idea  "Remove dead stock "  |  2 years ago
Dead stock locks capital,space,blocks new puchases . As such it is necessary to take stock of it .  Employees should be encouraged to List out fast moving and dead stock everyday.
Harshita Kesarwani  |  Added idea  "Smart & efficient Staff"  |  2 years ago
A Smart manager in the organisation would first keep a check on the purchases the purchaser, and would also keep contorl over the stock. Reduction in any variable cost which is an additional facility provided by the store to the customer...
 
 
Ideate: "How to attain Cost Reduction in Retail stores? " deleted from your view.
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1 A national forum to share knowledge and network ?
2 Integrate buying and marketing functions
veena srinath  |  Added idea  "Integrate buying and marketing functions "  |  2 years ago
This will ensure that the customer focus is sharper and buying is not happening in a vacuum without relevant inputs from customer behavior feedback and trend tracking.
Shailena Varma  |  Supported idea  "A national forum to share knowledge and network ?"  |  2 years ago
I also agree that we do need a national level "Buyers professional association" which cuts across product categories and focuses on best practices.
 
 
Ideate: "Steps to make buying more transparent & professional in large Indian retail chains" deleted from your view.
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1 Promotional events
2 Sale Sale Sale
anuradha gupta  |  Added idea  "promotional event"  |  1 year ago
promotional events can only increase sale as more people become aware of it
R.Saseenthren  |  Supported idea  "Sale Sale Sale"  |  1 year ago
Sale once we hang this Board in any show room than we know seasonal offers are coming in,always sales go with the seasonal New Year Sales,Christmas,Dipavallie,Thaipongal etc.this is ideal for Home appliances,Cloths, Electronics, also I noticed the...
Alok Sharma  |  Supported idea  "Promotional events"  |  3 years ago
There is nothing better then to engage the customer, keep doing some or other promotions, they can be price let, qty led or occassion led. just giving discount is not right option. 
 
 
Ideate: " How to get more and more customers to your retail store ?" deleted from your view.
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An economic slowdown is prompting India’s retailers to sharpen their focus, while foreign firms are pausing after scrambling to enter a market named the most attractive retail destination three years...
Makrand Bhave  |  Answered  |  3 years ago
I do not see a drastic change in STORE FORMAT. As a consumer I am so used to seeing the stores the way they are that a change would mean to SEARCH for all my fav products in various other areas! It is not just rearranging the product mix but it...
Deeso Manjila  |  Answered  |  3 years ago
Yes. Freshness in any aspect of life is always welcome. Planogramming might have evolved in India, by this time, but the basis of planogramming is again on the western countries based studies. A real huge sampling study which would cover the...
 
 
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1 Shopper's Stop
2 Big Bazaar
Makrand Bhave  |  Added idea  "Metro"  |  2 years ago
I find it complete in shopping experience. Virtually all you need under one roof. :))
malladi madhukumar  |  Supported idea  "Big Bazaar"  |  2 years ago
Most of the daily needs available.
 
 
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1 Kiosk System
2 Fixed- Inventory check system helps in knowing customer preference
Akhilesh Majumdar  |  Added idea  "Fixed- Inventory check system helps in knowing customer preference"  |  2 years ago
Fixed- Inventory check system can be brought to the retail store, where it can be fixed on the trial room and tracks movement of goods in and out. So this would help to track frequently tried items. This would help to bring an idea on what goods...
Sudhansu Jena  |  Added idea  "Kiosk System"  |  2 years ago
I think Kiosk System can be brought to retail stores. Inbuilt RFID sensor in this system can sense any product taken near by and can display related information like date of manufacture,size,designer etc. This provides all information to...
Chetan Thakare  |  Supported idea  "Kiosk System"  |  2 years ago
I feel, automation in the sence of integration of all the retails xyz multibrand shoppies in one centrallised place called as central office in an imp point. by doing this one can track the inventory laying at different stores, one can get the...
 
 
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1 Rentals/POS/Pilferage/Customer interction
2 Supply Chain & Product Management
ujjval jain  |  Supported idea  "Rentals/POS/Pilferage/Customer interction"  |  2 years ago
I just agree with Sumeet here, real estate is just like the back pain in retail industry even for many other sectors. I have just witnessed outlets for three key brand in a high street closing their shutters forever one of the major issues for...
Ravindra Sharma  |  Added idea  "Supply Chain & Product Management"  |  2 years ago
Maintaining sufficient stocks of the same brand and not frequently changing due SC mismanagement issues, asides ensuring within BBD appears most challenging in present vendor management models.  
 
 
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1 Treating as fresh customer
2 Making the return process as fast and simple as possible
Neha Saboo  |  Added idea  "Making the return process as fast and simple as possible"  |  2 years ago
I think the best way to handle the store return is by making the return process as fast and simple as possible. People are not normally cheerful when they're making store returns so the employees should be trained in such a manner that staff is...
Shailena Varma  |  Added idea  "Treating as fresh customer"  |  2 years ago
I believe that by treating the customer who is making store return as a new customer would help a lot in this regard. Endless questions should not be asked to this customer which would make him tortured. Staff should respond in kind and remain...
 
 
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