quinta-feira, fevereiro 16, 2012

Uma lição sobre a guerra das prateleiras, aprendam!!!

Ao longo dos anos tenho reflectido sobre a guerra das prateleiras.
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A distribuição é dona da prateleira e, quase sempre faz uso do seu poder sobre os fabricantes que têm uma marca. A ameaça mais importante é substituir a marca do fabricante pela marca do distribuidor.
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Por cá, a associação Centromarca tenta reagir contra este poder pedindo o apoio do Estado.
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Ao longo dos anos o meu conselho nunca muda. A única forma de fazer frente ao poder do dono da prateleira é seduzir aquele que manda no dono da prateleira, o consumidor!!!
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Como?
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Reforçando a marca!!! Seguir o exemplo da frangos Purdue.
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Aqui vai uma lista curta:

Escrevo tudo isto por causa deste artigo "CPG Marketing Trends: The Power of Walmart vs. the Power of Brands".
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Primeiros os números que impressionam e ilustram o poder da WalMart. Depois, isto:
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"Size is why Walmart has the power with its vendors today. So unless you are an equally powerful brand, what hope do you have; especially with the growth of Walmart private label? If you asked this question three months ago the answer would have been “not much.” Walmart was reducing brands and SKUs to make way for more private label on the shelf. One Wall Street estimate is that private label could grow to 40% at Walmart. That does not leave much hope for smaller challenger brands.
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That is, not much hope from Walmart’s perspective. But let’s remember Sam Walton’s famous quote, “There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”
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And it looks like Walmart is listening. Walmart is bringing back 300 SKUs to its stores. Since removing the SKUs, Walmart has experienced sales declines in some categories and store traffic has also declined.
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I know many challenger brands are certainly concerned about the expansion of private label. Credit Walmart for making the right decision in terms of customer satisfaction and give even more credit to the challenger brands who have created such a loyal following that consumers would shop someplace else in order to buy the brand."

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