Course MK 222 · Year II · Summer 2021-2022

Merchandising

Compulsory course in Marketing, taught by Mălina Darja.

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Overview

Lecturer
Mălina Darja
Seminar tutor
Ruxandra Lazea
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Marketing
Field of study
Marketing
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, Discussions.
Entry requirements
-

Aims

Initiation into the study of commercial – merchandising. Submission of fundamental, theoretical and methodological elements in merchandising.

Learning the basic concepts of merchandising and understanding their relevance for efficient commercial operation.

Developing and substantiation sales strategy, organization and delivery of relations. Trade between organizations.

Course contents

1. What is merchandising. Merchandising approach. Merchandising and marketing trade 2. Databases Benchmarking. Determination of points of sale. The audit outlets. Customer rating. Quantitative data. Observing outlets 3. Designing a selling point Surface stock analysis. The establishment and management of customer flow. 4. Merchandise design. Making a commercial concept. Installing a merchandise design process 5. Establishing a product category. Group product families 6. Assigning the surface and shelves. The methodological approach. Prior analysis. Curves space allocation. Quantitative adjustments. Qualitative adjustment factors 7. Build and analyze assortments. Mainstreaming marketing of varieties. Market segmentation. Building assortment. Analyze and optimize assortments 8. Establishment of products facing. Anomaly detection on a shelf. Evaluation decrease turnover caused by a rupture. Using computerized merchandising programs 9. Arranging the products on the shelf. Basic rules. Role of the shelf. Applying e-merchandising 10. Communication at the point of sale. Outside the store. Communicating promotional and advertising 11. Merchandising Operations. Establishing organization shelves. Merchandising company.

Learning outcomes

Initiation into the study of commercial – merchandising. Acquiring practical utility regarding merchandising techniques in order to obtain good results in trade.

Assessment

Written test examination - 70%,Verificationduringthesemester (project) - 30%.

Recommended reading

Bridging The Gap Between Merchandising And Marketing
Nikki Baird and Paula Rosenblum
2015
Retail Merchandising
Radhan ·
2010
Visual Merchandising
2018