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10”P” of Merchandizing Management


1.       PLANNING
2.       PROCURING
3.       PURCHASING
4.       PRICING
5.       PLACING
6.       PUSHING
7.       PROMOTING
8.       PROMISHING
9.       PERFORMING
10.   PERUSING
the Management skills which are must to manage retail sales are as follows:-
1
SKU CONTROL
: Any person managing the retail sales must have knowledge of total nos. of SKU of all the different categories in which he is serving. Also Top 10/30 SKU’s of each department should also be monitored continuously.
2.
VENDOR MIX/ SALES MIX
: The performance of products of different vendors should be monitored regularly. He advised to always monitor following reports to analyze the sales performance:
v  RANGE VISE SALES/ STOCK MIX.
v  VENDOR VISE SALES/ STOCK MIX.
3.
BRAND CONTROL
: Branded products should always controlled and in a store it should not be less than 7 brands  and more than 13brands.
4.
SIZE MIX
: For readymade garments / under garments/ foot wear the Range of size should be monitored and the stock of common sizes which are being sold in majority should   be always available.
5.
CATEGORIES
: Published data of market share of different product categories are available on the net, it should be checked and product categories and its stock level should be maintained accordingly. Also the market share data can also be calculated on the basis of common sense.
6.
MARKETING ENVOIREMENT
: Basic fundas of this point are as below:
1.       Supply and Demand
2.       Import / Export Policy
3.       Taxation Structure
4.       Legal Restrictions
As per the location of the store and the products in which you are serving, the above points should be monitored.
7
MARKET CULTURE/ PRACTICES
: For purchasing of  the different product segments there is different market culture which varies from city ot city. Like some markets sale there products through Dalal only. The credit policy  also varies from market to market.
8.
SUGGESTIVE SELLING
: Some products can be easily sold by expression of commodity with alternate name. As per the situation it should be adopted.

He further elaborated some important parameters of Retails Sales as follows: 

PARAMETER
1st
2nd
3rd
1.
SALES/ SQ. FT.
3000
2250
1500
2.
PER PERSON SALE
4.00
3.00
2.00
.
STOCK ROTATION
6
5
4



Point for reference: Manufacturer makes commodity as Brand and Retailer makes Brand as commodity.

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