Friday, April 09, 2010

What an Impact!


IIPM: An intriguing story of growth and envy

so it turns out that Walmart’s ambitious five-year long ‘Project Impact’, to redesign the overly cluttered stores and to create a shopper-friendly environment by reducing the merchandise, has resulted in declining sales of the Bentonville retail major. Reason: Less merchandise on display and losing on to millions of square feet of merchandise space has affected per square feet sales. So what should be the way forward for Walmart? Abandon the project, or continue with it? “Changes generally don’t go too well with consumers. Starbucks’ sales were impacted similarly when it underwent a transformation last year and Starbucks was forced to go back to its original positioning. Cutting down on unwanted merchandise may be impacting sales currently, but in the long run, it will help Walmart to rationalise its SKUs,” avers Beth Higgins of Euromonitor.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2010.

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