Imagine 40% of your marketing budget vanishing into thin air. That's the reality for many brands when it comes to retail merchandising execution. Despite meticulous planning, assets often fail to reach their intended locations, displays go unmaintained, and store fit-outs fall short of expectations. This is where Channelplay steps in. Specializing in large-scale visual merchandising and retail execution, we bridge the gap between strategy and on-the-ground implementation, ensuring brands achieve their marketing goals efficiently and effectively.
Retail merchandising is the strategic process of planning, organising, and presenting products to maximise sales and enhance customer experiences. It's about strategically showcasing products to attract customers, boost revenue, and create a positive brand perception. Effective retail merchandising techniques encompass everything from product display and inventory management to pricing strategies and promotional campaigns.
Retail merchandising is more than just aesthetics—it's about crafting a seamless and engaging customer journey that drives conversions and builds brand loyalty. However, the real challenge lies in execution. Studies show that a substantial portion of marketing assets never reach their intended locations, leading to wasted marketing spend and missed opportunities for growth. This is where Channelplay’s expertise in retail execution comes into play, ensuring every asset is deployed correctly, every fixture is maintained, and every store fit-out is executed flawlessly.
Let’s explore the most common pain points brands face—and how Channelplay addresses them:
1. Delegation to Non-Core Stakeholders: Distributors, sales promoters, and retail staff often handle visual merchandising execution as a secondary task, leading to inconsistent and inefficient results.
Solution: Channelplay takes full ownership of deployment, ensuring every point-of-sale material (PoSM) and signage is placed correctly and on time. By treating execution as a core competency, we eliminate the inefficiencies that arise when non-specialists handle these tasks.
2. Inefficient Production and PoSM Inventory Management: Brands often overproduce marketing assets due to a lack of clear deployment data, leading to inflated costs and unused inventory. Solution: Channelplay provides end-to-end inventory management, ensuring the right quantity of assets is produced and deployed. With real-time tracking, brands gain visibility into what’s being used and where, optimising their investment.
3. Lack of Execution Expertise: Effective merchandising requires specialised skills, from placing assets for maximum visibility to adhering to brand guidelines.
Solution: Channelplay’s team of trained professionals ensures every deployment is executed with precision. Whether it’s placing stickers on refrigerators or setting up planograms, our expertise guarantees consistency and quality.
4. Lack of Tracking and Verification: Without proper tracking, brands struggle to verify whether assets have been deployed as planned.
Solution: Channelplay’s technology solutions include geotagged photographic evidence and real-time inventory tracking, providing brands with complete transparency and accountability.
5. Retail Fixture Maintenance: Poorly maintained fixtures can damage a brand’s image and reduce the effectiveness of in-store displays.
Solution: Channelplay offers proactive and reactive fixture maintenance services, ensuring retail fixtures are always in top condition. From LED walls to gondolas, our technicians keep your brand looking its best.
6. Inefficiencies in Retail Store Fit-Outs: Coordinating multiple vendors for store fit-outs often leads to delays, miscommunication, and inconsistent execution.
Solution: Channelplay manages the entire fit-out process, from design to launch, ensuring every store opens on time and to specification. With a single point of accountability, brands can focus on selling, not firefighting.
Our end-to-end retail merchandising solutions are designed to address the complexities of retail execution. Here’s how we do it:
1. End-to-End Asset Deployment: From planning to execution, Channelplay ensures every marketing asset reaches its intended location. Whether it’s branded umbrellas, chairs, or bottle openers, our disciplined approach guarantees maximum visibility and impact.
2. Advanced Tracking and Reporting: Channelplay’s proprietary technology provides real-time insights into Posm deployment progress. With geotagged photos and inventory tracking, brands can verify execution and measure ROI with confidence.
3. Expert Team of Professionals: Our team brings years of experience in visual merchandising and retail execution. From placing assets to maintaining fixtures, our professionals ensure every detail aligns with your brand guidelines.
4. Proactive Fixture Maintenance: Our maintenance services keep your retail fixtures in perfect condition. Regular inspections and timely repairs ensure your brand always looks its best, even in high-traffic retail zones.
5. Seamless Store Fit-Outs: Channelplay manages every aspect of store fit-outs, from coordinating vendors to overseeing construction. With a focus on timelines and quality, we ensure your stores open on time and to specification.
What sets Channelplay apart is our ability to combine expertise, technology, and accountability to deliver exceptional results. Here’s why brands trust us:
As retail continues to evolve, Channelplay is at the forefront of innovation. We're leveraging AI to optimize deployment planning, predicting which stores will benefit most from specific assets, and allowing for dynamic, personalised merchandising. We're also committed to sustainable practices, offering eco-friendly merchandising solutions and minimizing waste through efficient inventory management.
Retail merchandising is a critical driver of sales and brand visibility, but execution is where many brands fall short. By partnering with Channelplay, you can overcome the challenges of asset deployment, fixture maintenance, and store fit-outs, ensuring your marketing investments deliver real-world impact.
1. What are the key elements of retail merchandising?
Key elements include visual merchandising (creating attractive displays), product merchandising (strategic product placement), online merchandising (optimising your online presence), and experiential merchandising (enhancing the customer experience).
2. Why is retail merchandising execution so important?
Effective execution is crucial because even the best-laid plans are worthless if they're not implemented correctly. Poor execution leads to wasted resources, missed opportunities, and a negative impact on brand image.
3. How can outsourcing benefit my retail merchandising efforts?
Outsourcing provides access to expertise, scalable resources, operational efficiency, and data-driven insights, allowing you to focus on your core business.
4. What should I look for in a retail merchandising partner?
Look for scalability, expertise, operational excellence, a data-driven approach, and clear communication.
