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Scrambled merchandising: Unrelated items added to
generate more revenue and lift profit margins (Like
florist carrying umbrella or Cyber café offering Cold
drinks)
Complementary goods and services: Retailer sells
related offerings along with basic items. For e.g.
Cassettes along with Stereos.
Substitute goods and services: Retailer keeps
competing brands of a product. In this case, sales may
keep shifting from one brand to other but have little
or no impact on overall sales
Brand Mix A mixture of different types of
brands included in merchandise mix of a
retailer like - Manufacturer’s Brands, Private
labels/Store Brands and Generic Brands.
Advantages:
Produced and controlled by manufacturers
Pre-sold –Supported by manufacturer’s
advertising.
Provides credibility to retailer.
Advantageous for Small Retailer.
Disadvantages: Low margins for retailer.
: Pantaloon -Bare, Honey, Ajile, UMM,Rig,
Biba,Anokhi , West Side-Nuon
Advantages:
More profits for retailer;
No competition;
Less expensive to customers;
Leads to customer loyalty.
Disadvantages:
Retailer has to: line up suppliers, Arrange for
warehousing, Bear marketing expenses and
absorb losses from unsold items
Generic Brands
Product’s generic name is used as brands. For
e.g. Basmati Rice, Battery Water, and
Eucalyptus oil etc.