Quizzes

These brief quizzes will help you evaluate where you stand in your journey towards a more customer-centric business process. They will help you critically assess your current process and provide insights into what you can do going forward.

IS YOUR STORE ASSORTMENT SET UP TO BRING CUSTOMERS BACK INTO STORE POST CoVID?

Do you take account of a products true sales potential when considering whether to range it in a given store?
(rather than just historical sales)

Do you use a ‘concentric’ ranging approach with space the only differentiator determining the assortment ?

Do you take account of a products true sales potential when considering whether to range it in a given store?
(rather than just historical sales)

Do you cluster your stores to help define the correct range in each store?

Do you take account of a products true sales potential when considering whether to range it in a given store?
(rather than just historical sales)

Do you use a manual / spreadsheet approach to ranging your stores?

Do you take account of a products true sales potential when considering whether to range it in a given store?
(rather than just historical sales)

Do your assortment tools allow you to adjust the weighting given to sales value versus volume or margin for each category ?

Do you take account of a products true sales potential when considering whether to range it in a given store?
(rather than just historical sales)

Do you take account of a products true sales potential when considering whether to range it in a given store?
(rather than just historical sales)

Do you take account of a products true sales potential when considering whether to range it in a given store?
(rather than just historical sales)

Do you believe your assortments are tailored to meet the different customer needs across your store estate ?

Do you take account of a products true sales potential when considering whether to range it in a given store?
(rather than just historical sales)

Are you able to ensure a complete customer offer across all key options in a category? (e.g. through CDT)

Do you take account of a products true sales potential when considering whether to range it in a given store?
(rather than just historical sales)

Do you use data science to analyse detailed store /sku historical sales baskets to identify correlations and sales patterns when ranging stores?

CLUSTERING – THE KEY FIRST STEP TO CURATED CUSTOMER ASSORTMENTS
HOW GOOD IS YOURS?

Do you cluster considering 2 or more attributes together?
(e.g. store revenue, demographic profile, store grade, store size, competition, climate)

Do you cluster by store size?

Do you cluster considering 2 or more attributes together?
(e.g. store revenue, demographic profile, store grade, store size, competition, climate)

Do you cluster Stores at a company wide level?
(rather than for each category or department)

Do you cluster considering 2 or more attributes together?
(e.g. store revenue, demographic profile, store grade, store size, competition, climate)

Do you use a solution to cluster stores?
(rather than manual or spreadsheets)

Do you cluster considering 2 or more attributes together?
(e.g. store revenue, demographic profile, store grade, store size, competition, climate)

Do you cluster using a single measure?
(typically either sales value, sales units or margin) 

Do you cluster considering 2 or more attributes together?
(e.g. store revenue, demographic profile, store grade, store size, competition, climate)

Do you cluster considering 2 or more attributes together?
(e.g. store revenue, demographic profile, store grade, store size, competition, climate)

Do you cluster considering 2 or more attributes together?
(e.g. store revenue, demographic profile, store grade, store size, competition, climate)

Do you cluster by product attributes?
(e.g. brand, price position, material)

Do you cluster considering 2 or more attributes together?
(e.g. store revenue, demographic profile, store grade, store size, competition, climate)

Do you use data science to analyse patterns in detailed store/ sku level sales history to cluster like stores?

Do you cluster considering 2 or more attributes together?
(e.g. store revenue, demographic profile, store grade, store size, competition, climate)

Does your clustering provide unique insight into how your customers shop differently across your estate?