As grocery shopping continues to undergo profound transformation, managing space and assortment with excellence has become more important than ever.
As the pace of change has continued to increase, categories have experienced dramatically different outcomes in performance and the traditional static approach to in-store space allocation is no longer sufficient. Grocers have an urgent mandate to accelerate their format innovation: rethink category roles, reimagine store layouts, and optimize space allocation by department and category.
There is no universal formula – but leaders will ground decisions in deep customer insights, leverage robust analytics to spot emerging patterns and in-store opportunities, and build agile merchandising organizations capable of rapidly adjusting in-store execution to stay ahead.
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