As an industry a great deal of time and effort is put into category reviews and creating category plans. Unfortunately, these category plans cannot always be implemented. Recent events such as COVID, extreme weather and war have highlighted the need for the industry to respond quickly to disruption in supply chains and shopper demands. The traditional category management process, with a 12 month category plan, may not be apt. The industry needs to embrace a more flexible approach to better manage disruption and meet the ever-changing demands of shoppers.
category management
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This blog explains there are a wide variety of different styles of category relationships that are successful.
This quick blog highlights that a category management mindset, i.e. category management is a way of thinking, is more important than the process, data used etc. Hard discounters and P/L manufacturers have been able to successfully grow their sales / share by focusing on meeting shopper demands. Hard discounters and […]