Retail Distribution and Marketing

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Course Outline

  1. Retail Marketing Ecosystem
  2. Retailer Challenges and Catchment Areas
  3. Distribution Functions and Channels
  4. Modern Retail Formats
  5. Retail Business Models
  6. Manufacturer Distribution Strategies
  7. Omnichannel and Industry Relations
  8. Retailer Marketing and Private Labels
  9. Merchandising and Store Performance
  10. Digital Retail and Performance Metrics

1. Retail Marketing Ecosystem

★ Must-know

📌 Retail marketing concerns the retailer’s assortment, price, distribution and merchandising, whereas consumer marketing concerns the manufacturer’s product, price, place and promotion.

  • Trade marketing includes:
    • category management
    • promotional offers
    • merchandising
    • logistics

Further detail

  • The retailer’s mix includes:
    • assortment
    • price
    • distribution and merchandising
    • communication

Memory Hook

Manufacturer creates the product; retailer makes it available; consumer uses it.

2. Retailer Challenges and Catchment Areas

Key Concepts & Definitions

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1. Which activity is primarily managed through retail marketing rather than consumer marketing?

2. What is the central purpose of trade marketing?

3. A retailer introducing integrated online ordering, store pickup, and in-store purchasing is responding most directly to which challenge?

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What does retail marketing focus on in terms of product and pricing?

The retailer's assortment and price.

What does consumer marketing focus on regarding product and promotion?

The manufacturer's product and promotion.

What components does trade marketing combine to coordinate manufacturer-retailer relations?

Category management, promotional offers, merchandising, and logistics.

What challenges do retailers face in today's market?

Omnichannel development, product standardization, multicultural demand, ageing population, family fragmentation, inflation, supply difficulties, corporate social responsibility, and competition.

What defines the primary catchment area of a store?

It directly surrounds the store, has the highest customer density, and accounts for 60% to 80% of customers.

What percentage of customers does the secondary catchment area provide?

15% to 25% of additional, more dispersed customers.

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