Must Have: High quality product images
From the desk of Lisa Lopez According to a report from ShipStation that surveyed 8,000 households across the US, UK, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, Italy, and Spain, most consumers shop online and in-store on the same customer journey, with fewer exclusively browsing and buying online. Looking at purchase behavior across online and in-store channels for non-food […]
Custom Cosmetics Planograms
From the desk of Colleen Volheim, category research and analysis manager, for the Focus on Fixtures blog series As part of our fixture coordination services, we offer fixture planograms, however, we can also offer support even earlier in the reset process by providing retailers or cosmetics brands with custom cosmetic planograms. Many brands and retailers perform their […]
Impress your retail partners with this visual tool
From the desk of Colleen Volheim, category and research analysis manager Heat mapping is a great tool to help build your case for deserving shelf space. Using sales data (in units or dollars), heat mapping highlights the top-selling products in a section or department. It’s a vibrant, visual way to depict the products that are […]
Surge planogram support at your beck and call
From the desk of Julie Bonnell, vice president operations “We landed a huge opportunity” are the words every brand’s space management team is anticipating with both excitement and apprehension. The sales team has it in the bag, and now everyone is looking at you to make it happen. Whether changes to planograms, also known as […]
Robust websites to facilitate the fixture setting or reset process
From the desk of Holly Jablonowski, project manager, for the Focus on Fixtures blog series Our custom reorder website is a very efficient, streamlined solution for ongoing, seamless delivery of replacement or missing pieces that are often requested as part of a fixture reset. We worked with a retail chain to update their beauty department, handling their […]
How to use data to tell a story
From the desk of Steve Brester, director of information technology When people use the word “data,” they typically think of information found in a file on their computer, such as data found in a Microsoft Excel® file. Although that is one type of data, there are many other types of data available to you […]
Easy access to category trends and tips
From the desk of Colleen Volheim, manager of Category Research and Analysis Last year we started offering new category content on our website. We analyze multiple health, beauty, and wellness (HBW) categories each month, and we are featuring trends and tips on our site for one of those reviewed categories every month.
Keep sure-sellers in stock
Being out of critical items could lose customers From the desk of Tom Boyer, director of national accounts Never Outs® are just like they sound — items that should never be out of stock. HRG’s proprietary Never Outs list is part of the monthly delivery of the TEMPS® Category Manager program. Each month this list of items in […]
Health, beauty, and wellness items – where should you focus your efforts?
From the desk of Colleen Volheim, category research and analysis manager How is your front-end performing? Is your assortment right? Are you carrying the products that offer the most sales and profit potential? Finding the right mix can take a little work. We can help with the TEMPS® Category Manager program which offers the ideal […]
Planogram alternatives
From the desk of Colleen Volheim, category research and analysis manager Whether you have a large independent pharmacy or a smaller-format store, we have alternatives to our traditional category planograms that can help you make the most of your retail space.