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Merchandising Cloud Merchandising Cloud THE CHALLENGE FEATURES Merchandising accuracy drives sales, so you want each one of your stores to be merchandised perfectly. But each store ■ A centralized, extensible model of store attributes, has a different layout and floorplan, and a different optimal floorplans, fixtures and resources assortment plan. In this environment, delivering consistent ■ Campaign planning for promotional items and products merchandising execution and a consistent retail experience in a single application across all your stores can be a huge challenge. ■ Localized in-store messaging and product assortments ■ Accurate POP production and distribution requirements INTRODUCING Merchandising Cloud by location Merchandising Cloud is the only application that combines ■ Integration to third parties for ordering, print, production product and promotional merchandising with detailed infor- and supply chain mation about every store, and provides each store with a ■ unique, unified, and interactive merchandising plan. Fixture-level planograms Merchandising Cloud allows retailers to capture all store infor- ■ Store ordering, tracking and proof of delivery mation relevant to merchandising, and maintain it in a single ■ Store execution guidance place. This includes store details, marketing segments, cluster- ■ Real-time reporting of campaign completion and ing information, floorplans, fixture inventory and locations, compliance store contact information, and any other relevant attributes. For visual merchandisers, Merchandising Cloud enables the BENEFITS rapid placement of products and visual merchandise / POP and the creation of store and fixture specific planograms. ■ Increased Customer Satisfaction: Better assortments, Content can be easily localized based on marketing and mer- allocations, and execution in stores leads to an enhanced chandising needs. In addition to planograms, any relevant customer experience. merchandising information such as training links, notes, com- ments, can be associated to the merchandising plan, local- ■ Reduced Campaign Launch Costs: Calculate accurate ized, and shared. Merchandisers can also use the application production quantities for fewer unused promotional to provide supply chain teams with exact visual merchandising materials. and SKU placement counts to eliminate waste. ■ Address Local Market Needs: Categorize stores based For stores, Merchandising Cloud provides all the information on local demographic data and deliver relevant store- required to execute merchandising plans in a single, mobile- specific promotional and marketing information. optimized, app. Store teams only see exactly the information ■ Localized Assortments: Use localized data to create relevant to their store, removing any ambiguity. Additionally, product assortments that match unique store attributes. store teams can order directly from the app, log issues, submit questionnaire responses, and provide headquarters with real- ■ Clearer & More Consistent Communication: time feedback on merchandising activity. Ensure store managers and retailers are on the same page throughout entire campaign process. Merchandising Cloud tracks merchandising execution and compliance. Teams can log activity, submit photos, and en- ■ Higher Level of In-Store Compliance: Our compliance able the entire organization to track progress, and make con- reporting tool establishes accountability among stores; tinuous improvement to merchandising execution. photo compliance makes the task even simpler. Since it runs in the cloud, Merchandising Cloud can be ■ Reduced Printing and Shipping Costs: Paperless launched rapidly, and with minimal integration requirements system allows for fewer costs related to shipping to existing systems. and printing. www.onedoor.com | [email protected] | 800.532.2468.
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