No more flat-earthing: the Path to Purchase is round

Topics: Business Strategy, E-Bulletins / Newsletters, FMCG, Point of Purchase, Shopper, Shopper marketing

The recent Path to Purchase Summit held in Sydney brought together a host of international and national speakers to explore what a 360 degree view of shopper marketing means now, in the most rapidly-changing period in retail history. The team from ShopAbility share their key take-outs from the event, for Retail World Magazine.

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Internal alignment: same story – so don’t expect a different answer!

Topics: Business Strategy, Capability and Training, Featured, Structure and Process Change, Sustainability

It may not be new, but it’s still one of the biggest factors holding back FMCG suppliers from achieving business potential – a lack of internal alignment amongst Marketing, Sales, Category and Field Teams. How to get these silo functions ‘singing from the same hymn book’ is a conundrum and a never-ending challenge for many FMCGs, and the focus of this article, by Peter Huskins, for Retail World Magazine.

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The Business Operating Model. What is it and why should I be interested?

Topics: Business Strategy, Structure and Process Change, Sustainability

ShopAbility has partnered with the Bevington Group, Australian structure and process change leaders. Here, Bevington’s Roger Perry discusses the ‘Business Operating Model’, why and how it is applied, for Retail World Magazine.

In my last article I discussed the importance of thinking about the design of a business. I encouraged you not just to rely on fast cost cutting, but to think about what the real drivers of low value activity are. I encouraged you to think about whether there were better ways to design your business.

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Back to thinking about unit costs

Topics: Business Strategy, Structure and Process Change, Sustainability

Here in our second of a series of six insightful  articles about business structure and process change, Roger Perry the CEO of the Bevington Group discusses the fundamental principles behind restructuring your business in a changing and improving trading environment. For Retail World Magazine.

ShopAbility has partnered with the Bevington Group, Australia’s most experienced process and productivity improvement specialists.

Coupling the experience of ShopAbility’s senior strategy team, all of whom have decades of CEO and Board level experience in Retail and FMCG companies, with the Bevington Group’s experience in improving business operational processes, we can deliver a unique suite of services that centre on real Organisational Insight using XeP3.

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The Seven Principles of a Successful Restructure

Topics: Business Strategy

Even as the economic outlook appears to brighten, the fact remains that many organisations can no longer operate as they had been.  A key feature of this changing landscape is the need for organisations to restructure. ShopAbility and the Bevington Group discuss, for Retail World Magazine.

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The Seven Principles of a Successful Restructure

Topics: Business Strategy, Capability and Training, FMCG, Structure and Process Change, Sustainability

What are the fundamental principles behind restructuring your business in a changing and improving trading environment? ShopAbility and the Bevington Group discuss, for Retail World Magazine.

ShopAbility has partnered with the Bevington Group, Australia’s most experienced process and productivity improvement specialists.

Coupling the experience of ShopAbility’s senior strategy team, all of whom have decades of CEO and Board level experience in Retail and FMCG companies, with the Bevington Group’s experience in improving business operational processes, we can deliver a unique suite of services that centre on real Organisational  Insight using XeP3.

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Running a lean, mean, marketing machine

Topics: Business Strategy, FMCG, Structure and Process Change, Sustainability

How do you run your Marketing department for optimum efficiency? ShopAbility and the Bevington Group discuss, for Retail World Magazine.

ShopAbility has partnered with the Bevington Group, Australia’s most experienced process and productivity improvement specialists.

Coupling the experience of ShopAbility’s senior strategy team, all of whom have decades of CEO and Board level experience in Retail and FMCG companies, with the Bevington Group’s experience in improving business operational processes, we can deliver a unique suite of services that centre on real Organisational  Insight using XeP3.

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