Brand Marketing Merchandising
Brand Marketing Merchandising
Brand Marketing Merchandising
Marketers are and should be more concerned with how you think. Evolving beyond your historical role as simple points of distribution. The time has come for you to market your stores as your own brands. Building better, stronger relationships with your customers.
On average U.S. households make 150 200 store visits per year. While consumers may visit local retailers several times a week, they may not be purchasing the same branded products. Their experience is with you, the specialty retailer, than the brands themselves.
Rather than establish loyalty to branded products, which are over distributed, you need to establish your own brand. Customer experiences are a way to differentiate your store from your competitors, resulting in better ongoing relationships with your customers/shoppers.
Positioning
A brands position is the part of the brand identity and value proposition that is to be actively communicated to the target audience and that demonstrates an advantage over competing brands.
A successful brand position will not only be ownable, leverageable and sustainable, but will serve as the roadmap to meet todays category and business challenges.
Create unique positioning that differentiates your brand from the competitive set Find high need opportunities (Consumer Relevance) Prioritize all elements of the marketing mix
Brand Image
How customers and others perceive the brand.
Brand Equity
Brand Equity
Set of assets (and liabilities) linked to a brands name and symbol that adds to (or subtracts from) the value provided by a product or service to a firm and or that firms customers.
Brand awareness Brand loyalty Perceived value Brand associations
This shift in perspective the store as its own brand suggests that traditional brandmarketing disciplines and marketing tools need to evolve. Retailer brands are about connecting with consumers/shoppers to build bonds (loyalty) and to differentiate one retail experience from another.
Value of Merchandising
How does the linkage with the brand come to life within the store setting? Do I understand what my customer wants? How can I turn my customers into evangelists? Does my sales force effectively communicate the essence of my brand? How does the layout of my store define my brand? My consumer? Do I have a plan in place to increase sales from existing customers? How can I attract new customers?
Exciting Possibilities
MerchandisingMarketing and The New Media
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Bargain Hunters
Unusual Suspects
Catch them Off Guard UN-usual Suspects UN Make them Comfortable. Slip in the Opportunity to Buy
Giftcards/Gifts Novelty Items
1- 2- 3 Email Marketing
1. Build a Strong Database
--Create Multiple Lists --Use Incentives
2. Be Relevant
--Focus on Customer Needs and Wants
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Work Your Email System --Who Opened --Who Clicked Through --Who Unsubscribed
Blogging
Social Networking
Who Unsubscribed