Home center marketers are targeting specific demographics with specific messages as stores become more restrictive about how P-O-P is presented in their aisles
Package color and shape get brand recognition, but a consumer who touches a package might move it from the shelf to the shopping cart. Jim Peters examines the "try-me" strategy of Ridge Tool Co.
The need for consistency, simplicity and durability in merchandising is leading hardware stores and home centers to rely on vendors more for display maintenance, replenishment and inventory advice.