Also from Sandy Miller...
Miller Zell, Inc.
Store Brand Equity and Incremental Sales
Activating the store environment to build brand equity & trial (PDF)
March 5, 2010
FROM RETAILWIRE:
Over the past generation, stores lost their individuality, becoming homogenous and undifferentiated. A major factor in this lack of personality came when stores began selling space for advertising. To what degree is co-op advertising responsible for any sameness seen across supermarkets?
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Retailers must step back and first understand what shopper-focused, RELEVANT-Reasons-to-Buy information for products they want to sell. And that includes co-op products.