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Channel & Store-Type Planner
The same brand shops differently in every kind of store. Match the item, the pack, and the price to the shopper.
- Start with the shopper’s mission. Convenience, grocery, club, drug, dollar, and online each need a different lead item.
- Mission, hero, pack, price. Four questions for your top target store type.
- Cost the way product reaches the shelf. Vendor requirements, freight, and chargebacks, account by account.
- Broker or distributor? Write the job on one page and know what to keep in-house.
- A first-time-shopper shelf audit for the stores you are already in.
Seven printable pages from a consultant with 34 years of launching consumer brands. Based on our Retail and distribution playbook articles.
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