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ROWLAND HEMING STORE CHECK FORM© 2011 The aim of this form is to give some guidance and methodology, in order to make your future storechecks both effective and useful to understanding the market context and aiding the design and marketing process. Rowland Heming Business Development Director – Design Board: [email protected] 1. Sales Channels List of the type and names of stores you should visit, in order to get a complete picture of where consumers meet your product and packaging. Take into account your distribution dynamics and plan to visit the different types of stores where your product, and your key competitors products, are found, Distribution channels can be unique to different markets and the display situation may radically change between store types. When you visit small stores, it’s always best to ask permission to look around, small storekeepers are generally friendly and accommodating, whereas most supermarkets will not allow you to openly do storechecks, so you will need to be prepared to use your iphone (or equivalent), to take notes making it less likely that you will be challenged instore. Hyper/Supermkts Corner stores Small stores Kiosks Other… List any observations and differences observed: – displays, specific advantages or disadvantages 2. First Moment of Truth Take a quick look and then walk away and record what you see. Register which packages stood out and your general impression of the shelf display and the ‘findability’ of your brand. 3. Product/Category Location Analysing the shelf in detail: How the shelf is filled? : Are products displayed by product types, or blocked together as brands?

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ROWLAND  HEMING  -­‐  STORE  CHECK  FORM©  2011  The  aim  of  this  form  is  to  give  some  guidance  and  methodology,  in  order  to  make  your  future  store-­‐checks  both  effective  and  useful  to  understanding  the  market  context  and  aiding  the  design  and  marketing  process.    Rowland  Heming  Business  Development  Director  –  Design  Board:    [email protected]  

1.  Sales  Channels  List  of  the  type  and  names  of  stores  you  should  visit,  in  order  to  get  a  complete  picture  of  where  consumers  meet  your  product  and  packaging.  Take  into  account  your  distribution  dynamics  and  plan  to  visit  the  different  types  of  stores  where  your  product,  and  your  key  competitors  products,  are  found,  Distribution  channels  can  be  unique  to  different  markets  and  the  display  situation  may  radically  change  between  store  types.  When  you  visit  small  stores,  it’s  always  best  to  ask  permission  to  look  around,  small  storekeepers  are  generally  friendly  and  accommodating,  whereas  most  supermarkets  will  not  allow  you  to  openly  do  store-­‐checks,  so  you  will  need  to  be  prepared  to  use  your  iphone  (or  equivalent),  to  take  notes  making  it  less  likely  that  you  will  be  challenged  in-­‐store.    Hyper/Supermkts     Corner  stores     Small  stores     Kiosks                                                                                                    Other…      

 List  any  observations  and  differences  observed:  –  displays,  specific  advantages  or  disadvantages                        2.  First  Moment  of  Truth  Take  a  quick  look  and  then  walk  away  and  record  what  you  see.  Register  which  packages  stood  out  and  your  general  impression  of  the  shelf  display  and  the  ‘findability’  of  your  brand.                        

3.  Product/Category  Location  Analysing  the  shelf  in  detail:      How  the  shelf  is  filled?  :  Are  products  displayed  by  product  types,  or  blocked  together  as  brands?                  

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Opportunities:  Is  there  an  opportunity  to  create  ‘colour  blocking’  or  is  there  a  need  to  create  a  strong  range  design  that  can  easily  identify  your  brand  when  it’s  mixed  up  with  all  the  others  and  displayed  by  flavour?              Where  is  your  brand  placed,  in  comparison  to  the  competitive  packs?  :  On  the  left  or  the  right  (in  western  society  we  read  from  left  to  right,  so  packs  placed  on  the  left  will  often  have  a  visual  advantage  over  others)?  Are  the  packs  placed  high  (at  eye  level,  where  visibility  scores  are  high),  or  lower  down  (where  a  design  will  have  to  work  harder  to  gain  attention)?              How  many  facings  are  awarded  to  each  brand  and  private  label?  :  This  is  important,  because  it  gives  the  designer  an  idea  of  the  ‘stand-­‐out’  challenge,  it  also  exposes  if  there  is  an  opportunity  to  make  a  repeating  design  or  not.                  One  facing                                         Two  facings                                               Three  facings                                           Four  facings                                                                    More?      4  Packaging  advantages:  Make  a  note  of  the  physical  packaging,  this  is  the  moment  to  see  if  competitors  have  any  physical  packaging  advantages,  these  may  be  in  display,  use,  transport  or  storage.  Advantages  may  also  take  the  form  of  original,  innovative  packaging  or  printing  innovations.                                                            

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5  Sensation  Transference  How  does  your  brand,  and  the  competitive  brands,  fit  within  the  context  of  the  whole  category,  Take  a  moment  to  examine  how  each  package  interprets  the  visual  stimuli  of  this  communication,  and  look  for  points  of  difference  or  possible  advantages  that  can  be  exploited.    Does  your  brand  (competition),  look  like  it  belongs  to  the  category:  Does  it  deliver  on  product  and  consumer  expectations  –  if  so  how,  if  not  why?                      What  are  the  emotional  cues  employed  by  the  category  and  how  is  emotion  expressed  via  the  design:  This  may  be  from  the  way  a  product  is  shown  to  be,  for  example:  hot  and  steamy  or  cold  and  fresh,  to  how  a  brands’  quality  level  is  expressed.                      6  Shopper  Experience  Watch  how  people  ‘shop  the  category’,  is  this  group  of  products  bought  on  impulse  or  is  a  more  reflective  purchase.  Take  this  opportunity  to  observe  consumer  gender  and  age,  watching  also  to  see  what  seems  to  draw  their  attention  and  how  they  interact  with  the  packages  that  are  in  front  of  them.    Gender:    Age  group:    Impulse  or  reflective  purchase:    Other  observations:  Example  do  consumers  pick-­‐up  touch  the  product?                          

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7  Read  the  Labels  Observations  on  the  total  packages,  are  there  trends  in  the  way  information  is  presented  both  on  the  front  and  other  panels  of  category  packaging?                                          8  Price  and  Content  Observe  and  note  how  your  brand  is  positioned  within  the  category,  from  both  the  price  and  the  quality  communication,  in  order  to  discern  if  you’ve  got  the  mix  correct!                                                                

Brand            Content/Weight       Price   Price  per  Kilo          Other  observations