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Pero todavia aconselho os decisores na Centromarca a lerem o primeiro capítulo do livro de Ko Floor "Branding a Store".
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O autor, usa o primeiro capítulo como um descritor do cenário de fundo onde operam as lojas, a distribuição, a manufactura, os consumidores e clientes. Assim, lista várias dezenas de factores que estão em ebulição, em trânsito, de onde vêm e para onde eventualmente vão.
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É interessante perceber como, mesmo que a distribuição fosse uma anjinha (que não é), é fácil e inevitável tirar partido da guerra das prateleiras para sacar benesses a um fabricante. É interessante constatar que algumas das críticas que os fabricantes fazem à distribuição não resultam de uma conspiração desta, resultam sim da lógica do modelo de negócio que esta adoptou.
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Por exemplo aqui "Power, But Few Profits - Hey Retailers, if You're so Powerful, Why Aren't You More Profitable?", pode ler-se:
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"The findings suggest that, although the retail sector in these markets is still structurally immature compared to the environment enjoyed by manufacturers, other strategic factors are needed to explain better why retailers have yet to translate power into performance. Retailers are largely stuck in an equilibrium favouring price-based competition, which the authors' findings indicate looks set to be long lasting.
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The analysis use the so-called "prisoner's dilemma" model in an attempt to understand why retailers do not act more on their built-in incentives to increase EP margins on behalf of their shareholders. Why do they instead tend to cut prices to inspire sales growth?
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The analysis use the so-called "prisoner's dilemma" model in an attempt to understand why retailers do not act more on their built-in incentives to increase EP margins on behalf of their shareholders. Why do they instead tend to cut prices to inspire sales growth?
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First, retailers are competing in a world where, increasingly, differentiation is of secondary importance to price. (Moi ici: Uma oportunidade para os contrários agirem!)
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They note that leading North American and European players, (e.g. Wal-Mart, Tesco, Aldi) have chosen to focus on creating cultures that enable continuous performance improvements, mainly by being able to consistently lower prices.
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Second, they suggest that more research is also needed into "smart differentiation" (Moi ici; Cá está!) and pricing techniques that could enable retailers to discriminate price-wise between customers. They note that players in other low-margin sectors (e.g., airlines) have found ways to maximise profitable sales and loyalty through non-price differentiation. Strangely enough, retailers have not yet really done so.
The authors also propose that, for players that are not cost-advantaged, innovative use of customer technology may have the potential to create low-cost, non-price differentiation. In fact, the ultimate alternative for non-innovators might well be being forced into smaller niche markets by low-cost rivals."
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They note that leading North American and European players, (e.g. Wal-Mart, Tesco, Aldi) have chosen to focus on creating cultures that enable continuous performance improvements, mainly by being able to consistently lower prices.
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Second, they suggest that more research is also needed into "smart differentiation" (Moi ici; Cá está!) and pricing techniques that could enable retailers to discriminate price-wise between customers. They note that players in other low-margin sectors (e.g., airlines) have found ways to maximise profitable sales and loyalty through non-price differentiation. Strangely enough, retailers have not yet really done so.
The authors also propose that, for players that are not cost-advantaged, innovative use of customer technology may have the potential to create low-cost, non-price differentiation. In fact, the ultimate alternative for non-innovators might well be being forced into smaller niche markets by low-cost rivals."
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Bom mas já estou a desviar-me, voltando ao conselho, a leitura do primeiro capítulo permite colocar as peças no terreno, permite ler as curvas de nível do terreno, permite equacionar que correntes, que ventos e marés estão no tabuleiro do jogo para começar a desenhar alternativas hipotéticas de actuação. É que não há respostas na prateleira à espera de serem encontradas, têm de ser desenhadas. Se se aposta no marketing para clientes em detrimento do marketing para os distribuidores temos custos, e vice versa outra vez custos. Por isso, há sempre opções a fazer, ou se "aprisiona" o dono da prateleira com inovação, ou se compra a relação com ele, ou... faz-se o by-pass a ele e chega-se directamente ao consumidor.
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Enfim, pensamento estratégico puro e duro em vez de queixinhas e de colocar o locus de controlo no exterior.
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BTW, a inércia também está aqui presente e também faz estragos.
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