Retail market Strategy

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Retail Strategy:-

 The overall plan or framework of action that guides a

retailer

 One year in duration

 Outlines mission, goals, consumer market, overall and

specific activities, and control mechanisms

 Definition of a strategy defines its business relative

to its competitors

Elements of a Retail Strategy:-

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Mission and Purpose:-

• Highlights ….

– Products and services that will be offered

– Customers who will be served

– Geographic areas of operation

– Manner in which it intends to compete

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Mission Statements:-

• Wal Mart to give ordinary folk the chance to buy the

same thing as the rich

• McDonald’s Quality, Service, Convenience and Value

• CCD to be the best café chain in the country by offering

world class coffee experience at affordable prices

• Shoppers Stop To be a global retailer in India, and

maintain the no.1 position in the Indian market in the
departmental store category

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Situation Analysis:-
• PEST Analysis – Political, Economic, Social and Technological

• Here Porters Five Force model can also be used

– Entry barriers
 – Suppliers

– Customers

– Substitute Products a

– Industry rivalry

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Dimensions of a retail strategy:-

• Location

• Merchandise

• Price

• Service

• Communications

These dimensions are supported by

• Store operations

• Logistics

• Purchasing

• Market research

• Finance

• Technology

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Dimensions:-
• Location

– Drawing power – natural ability of the store to encourage

customers
 • Merchandise

– Store as brand represents the merchandise the retailer carries

• Price

– Margin and turnover figs. represent the perception of retailer

among customers

• Service

– Services that provide convenience, services that facilitate sales,

auxiliary services

• Communication

– Reach, frequency, content and personalization

Benefits of Strategic Retail Planning:-

 Provides thorough analysis of the requirements for doing business for

different types of retailers

 Outlines retailer goals

 Allows retailer to determine how to differentiate itself from competitors

 Allows retailer to develop an offering that appeals to a group of

customers

 Helps coordinate and unify the activities of everyone involved

 Offers an analysis of the legal, economic, and competitive environment

 Provides for the coordination of the firm’s total efforts

 Encourages the anticipation and avoidance of crises

Steps in Retail Planning:-

1. Identifying Market opportunities

2. Determining the Market position

 3. Developing a formal Marketing Plan

4. Implementing the Plan

Identifying Market opportunities:-

• Gap Analysis

– Identify where the gap lies between customer desires and other
retailer offerings

– SWOT Analysis

Determining the Market position:-

• Success is attained if a retailer

– Believes in innovation

– Is aggressive

– Believe in producing quality products and services

– Believe in looking to people to solve problems

– Adaptable to change

This gives a differential advantage …

Developing a formal Marketing Plan:-

• Setting Objectives

– Survival, growth, market share increase, high returns on

investment, and development of a good store image

• Mission Statement

• Budgeting
Wills Lifestyle:-
• ITC’s Wills Lifestyle has been established as a vibrant fashion brand for
the premium consumer. Wills Lifestyle offers a complete lifestyle
wardrobe for the premium consumer, incorporating the latest fashion
trends, comprising - Wills Classic work wear, Wills Sport relaxed wear,
Wills Clublife evening wear, Essenza di Wills range of fine fragrances,
bath & body care products and fashion accessories for both men and
women. Specially showcased is a range of high end offerings such as
Luxurious shirts & trousers, Formal Jackets, Cashmere and Evening
dresses.

A nationwide chain of exclusive specialty stores provides the Indian

consumer a truly 'International Shopping Experience' through world-
class ambience, customer facilitation and clearly differentiated product
presentation. Unique CRM initiatives lay emphasis on a high degree of
personalization, and with Club Wills, the loyalty programme that is
positioned around fine fashion & fine living, Wills Lifestyle enjoys a
strong bonding with its consumers.

Currently there are 40 Wills Lifestyle stores in 30 cities across the

country, and the brand is making rapid strides in terms of expansion –
doubling the number of stores over the next three years. Wills Lifestyle
has received wide recognition within the fashion industry including
"Most Admired Exclusive Retail Chain of the Year".

Implementing the Plan:-

• Mr Y C Deveshwar, Chairman, ITC Limited said, "Wills Lifestyle is
strongly established as a vibrant fashion brand offering premium
consumers, both men and women, a complete lifestyle wardrobe. With
this association, I see a uniquely synergistic opportunity for the
partners of the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week to gain global
recognition.

Organizational Mission:-
Retailer’s commitment to a type of business and to a distinctive role in the
marketplace.

The Focused Organizational Mission of Frisch’s

Restaurants:-

Ownership and Management Alternatives:-

 Sole proprietorship is an unincorporated retail firm owned by one
person

 A partnership is an unincorporated retail firm owned by two or more

persons, each with a financial interest

 A corporation is a retail firm that is formally incorporated under state

law; it is a legal entity apart from its officers
Figure 3.3 Checklist to Consider When Starting a New
Business:-
Figure 3.4 Checklist for Purchasing an Existing Retail
Business:-

Selected Kinds of Retail Goods and Service

Establishments:-
Durable Goods Stores:

• Automotive group

• Furniture and appliances group

• Lumber, building, and hardware group

• Jewelry stores

Nondurable Goods Stores:

• Apparel group
 • Food group

• General merchandise group

• Gasoline service stations

Selected Kinds of Retail Goods and Service

Establishments:-
Service Establishments (Personal):

• Laundry and dry cleaning

• Beauty/barber shops

• Funeral services

• Health-care services

Service Establishments (Amusement):

• Movie theaters

• Bowling alleys

• Dance halls

• Golf courses

Service Establishments (Repair):

• Automobile repair

• Car washes

• Consumer electronics repair

• Appliance repairs

Service Establishments (Hotel):

• Hotels

• Motels
 • Trailer parks

• Camps

Kroger’s Goals:-

 Increase its identical food store sales growth target

 Reduce operating and administrative costs by more than $500 million

 Further leverage its size to achieve even greater economies of scale

 Reinvest in its core business to increase sales and market share

Image and Positioning:-

An image represents how a given retailer is perceived by consumers and
others.

Positioning Approaches:-
 Mass merchandising is a positioning approach whereby retailers
offer a discount or value-oriented image, a wide or deep merchandise
selection, and large store facilities

 Niche retailing occurs when retailers identify specific customer

segments and deploy unique strategies to address the desires of those
segments rather than the mass market

Selected Retail Positioning Strategies:-

Target Market Selection:-
• Three techniques

 Mass marketing

 Concentrated marketing

 Differentiated marketing

Strategic Implications of Target Market Techniques:-

 Retailer’s location

 Goods and service mix

 Promotion efforts

 Price orientation

 Strategy

Developing an Overall Retail Strategy

 Developing an Overall Retail
Strategy

Controllable Uncontrollable
Variables: Variables:
•Store location •Consumers
•Managing business •Competition
•Merchandise •Technology
Retail
management •Economic
Strategy
and pricing conditions
•Communicating •Seasonality
with customer •Legal restrictions

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Legal Environment and Retailing:-

• Store Location

 zoning laws

 blue laws

 environmental laws

 direct selling laws

 local ordinances

 leases and mortgages

• Managing the Business

 licensing provisions

 personnel laws

 antitrust laws

 franchise agreements
  business taxes

 recycling laws

• Merchandise Management and Pricing

 trademarks

 merchandise restrictions

 product liability laws and lemon laws

 sales taxes

 unit-pricing laws

 collusion laws

 sale prices

 price discrimination laws

• Communicating with the Customer

 truth-in-advertising and selling laws

 truth-in-credit laws

 telemarketing laws

 bait-and-switch laws

 inventory laws

 labeling laws

 cooling-off laws

Additional Concerns for Global Retailing:-

 In addition to the strategic planning process:

 assess your international potential

 get expert advice and counseling

 select your countries

  develop, implement, and review an international retailing
strategy

Factors Affecting the Success of a Global Retailing

Strategy:-

 Timing

 A balanced international program

 A growing middle class

 Matching concept to market

 Solo or partnering

 Store location and facilities

 Product selection

Factors to Consider When Engaging in Global Retailing:-