Merchandising requires thinking outside the box
by Dave Wendland, vice president strategic relations, as seen in Chain Drug Review It’s time for retailers — and their brand partners — to stop “trying harder” and start “trying differently.” Based on a report released by Coresight Research, “Retail Merchandising: Unveiling Hidden Gaps and Inefficiencies,” a lack of planogram compliance and ineffective localization continues … Read More
Don’t forget the individual shopper behind the aggregated data
by Megan Moyer, corporate marketing manager, as seen in Mass Market Retailers Sometimes it feels like our world revolves around data. Certainly, in retail, it can be easy to forget about the individual consumer behind the aggregated data attributes that have been collected about them. For instance, a few years ago when HRG was building … Read More
Taking healing into your own hands
by Megan Moyer, corporate marketing manager, as appeared in Inside Beauty for Drug Store News The origin story of Element Apothec is like many other entrepreneurial endeavors, a product was developed and the company created because the items that were available on the market didn’t meet the need. In the case of Element Apothec, CEO and co-founder, … Read More