Tapping into beer connoisseurs – crafting the microbrew offer

November 30, 2009

What’s the role of craft and microbrews to a venue? Norrelle Goldring from Shopportunity compares Australian offers and executions to those of some overseas markets.

-  By ShopAbility for Drinks Magazine 2009.

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Tell tale symptoms of a business in crisis

October 25, 2009

In the second of a series of 5 articles, Shopportunity discuss how to recognize if your business is in trouble, and ways to regenerate it.

By ShopAbility for Retail World Magazine

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Retailing in the UK part #1: the role of theatre

September 16, 2009

ShopAbility’s Lee McAllistair recently went on a retail tour of the UK. Part #1 in this series looks at how UK retailers are enticing and exciting shoppers with theatre in store.

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Stores we've seen July 09: Coles St Agnes, Foodland Adelaide's Finest Fairview Park

September 16, 2009

Our regular review of what’s happening in the retail channel continues with Norrelle Goldring’s visits to new format Coles and Foodland stores in Adelaide.

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Regenerating Your Business – what, how and why?

September 14, 2009

By Margaret Haseltine of  ShopAbility for Retail World MagazineRegeneration image

This is the first in a series of five articles about Regenerating Your Business from the team at ShopAbility. Our first article centres on what ‘Business Regeneration’ is, how it differs from improving your everyday operations, and the types of areas Business Regeneration considers.

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Thinking inside the box – making the most of your store space

September 14, 2009

By ShopAbility for Retail Pharmacy

If the average pharmacy ranges up to 4000 skus, and they’re mostly small bottles and boxes, what’s the best way to lay it all out? ShopAbility discuss getting best return from your store ‘box’ in this latest article in the series.

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Cherry picking your wine list

September 11, 2009

By Norrelle Goldring of ShopAbility for Drinks Magazinedarenberg label

Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of commercial, substandard, wishy-washy wines on lists in pubs and restaurants, where it’s obvious the range is based on whichever supplier threw the most money to provide and produce the list.

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Getting best bang for your buck from your range: efficiency and effectiveness

August 14, 2009

The average pharmacy ranges up to 4000 skus, the majority of which only move 1 item per week, often indicating inefficient ranging. In this third article in the series, ShopAbility discuss how to tweak your existing range for best return and improved run rates.

By ShopAbility for Retail Pharmacy Magazine

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Stores We've Seen: New Coles & Franklins Formats

July 22, 2009

Our regular review of what’s happening in the retail channel begins with Peter Huskins’ visits to new format Coles and Franklins stores.

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Leveraging Retail Objectives to Drive Growth

July 21, 2009

A key to achieving better and deeper retailer relationships is to understand and align your  business activities with retailer objectives. But what are the fundamental retailer goals and how do you do this? Shopping

Check out this series of articles ShopAbility wrote for Retail World Magazine on this very topic:

#1: Introducing retail objectives: frequency and inter purchase interval
#2 Average Weight of Purchase (AWOP)

#3 Basket Penetration and Incidence
#4 Traffic Driving

Final article coming soon, on Trial Management! Let us know what you think / what you’d like to hear more about: enquiries@sh-opportunity.com.au