Retail Merchandising Blog
Explore Survey’s latest resources, blog posts, and client success stories that will help make an impactful difference to the retain management strategy of your organization. From how to guides and solutions relating to the retail and CPG industry, to all the latest retail news and sector developments, Survey’s retail merchandising blog covers all the areas that you will need to improve the bottom line of an organization and help optimize its retail management implementation.
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I walked into a grocery store for laundry detergent and hair dye. What I walked into instead was a glass enclosure — floor-to-ceiling panels, sliding doors, a separate checkout s...
Locked shelves may reduce theft but they also reduce sales. Learn how retail product lockups distort demand, shrink conversion, and quietly push customers to competitors.
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You have the star product – the investment and effort done in designing, development, production, marketing has paid off! Your product is popular, wanted, you have bagged the big...
Closing the gap between reported inventory and true shelf presence is critical to driving sales. Even when products are “in stock,” they’re often missing from the shelf. Learn how identifying phantom inventory, restocking gaps, and execution issues can improve on-shelf availability and increase sell-through.
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A nationwide execution network driving 100K+ retail visits monthly, capturing 1.4M data points each week and 400K verified in-store photos sounds impressive on paper.
But volume al...
Retail execution moves fast, but shelf conditions change even faster. From misplaced inventory to missed promotional execution, the difference is not who shows up. It is who can identify issues, respond in real time, and turn store-level insight into consistent sales performance.
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Mental Health Awareness Month: Carrying It Forward
As Mental Health Awareness Month comes to a close, it’s an opportunity to reflect not just on what we discussed throughout Ma...
Mental health-focused brands are reshaping grocery retail. Discover how wellness-driven products are earning shelf space, building stronger consumer connections, and proving that thoughtful retail execution drives lasting growth.
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From Cult Classics to Grocery Staples: Scaling AANHPI Brands with Retail Intelligence
Select Survey clients across AANHPI and global heritage brands shaping grocery retail
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AANHPI and Asian heritage brands are transforming grocery retail. Learn how brands scale from cult favorites to national shelf staples—and why execution at retail drives sustained growth.
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Who this is for
If you’re responsible for how products actually show up in-store—not just how they’re reported—this guide is for you.
Retail Execution & Field Team...
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Survey supports merchandising programs across Dollar General as a preferred execution partner, helping brands ensure products are stocked, compliant, and shopper-ready across one o...
Learn how Survey delivers scalable merchandising execution across Dollar General, helping brands improve shelf availability, ensure compliance, and drive in-store performance.
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Most retail execution dashboards report on-shelf availability (OSA) as a single number. But that number doesn’t always reflect what shoppers actually experience in-store. A produ...
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Retail moves fast. Your shelf should too.
But execution gaps happen every day. Out-of-stocks, misplaced products, pricing errors, and missed planograms all impact performance. Th...
Retail execution moves fast, but in-store challenges happen even faster. From out-of-stocks to pricing errors, a retail execution workforce helps brands identify and fix issues in real time, driving more consistent performance at the shelf.
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A sustainability‑minded approach to in‑store execution: fewer trips, fewer repeat visits, and more impact per mile
Earth Day is a reminder that sustainability isn’t a sing...
Earth Day is more than a moment. See how optimized retail execution reduces unnecessary travel, repeat visits, and product waste at shelf.
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Sales data tells a story, but it is only part of the picture. Brands rely on it to measure performance, track trends, and evaluate success. But when something goes wrong, like a mi...
Sales data tells a story, but it is only part of the picture.
Brands rely on it to measure performance, track trends, and evaluate success. But when something goes wrong, such as a missed target, an underperforming SKU, or a promotion that falls flat, sales data rarely explains why.
At Survey, we believe the real answers live inside the store. Through visit data captured in real time, we uncover the conditions that actually drive sales outcomes, giving brands the visibility they need to move from reacting to results to understanding their root causes.
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This International Women’s Month, we’re recognizing the women who help power execution at Survey.
From supporting teams in the field to leading initiatives across our global ...
Meet the women powering execution at Survey. Team members share insights on leadership, empowerment, and career growth.