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Category Management

Range Optimization • Planograms • Pricing • Stock Turn

“Your shelves are your most expensive real estate. If a product isn’t paying rent through turnover and margin, it must be evicted. We replace emotions with data.”

1. Range Optimization

“More choice often means less profit.”
Why?

The 80/20 rule is brutal in retail. We use data to cut the “long tail” of slow sellers, freeing up cash and simplifying the shopping experience.

We Deliver:
  • Sales vs. Space Analysis
  • De-listing “Dead” Products
  • Identifying Missing KVIs (Known Value Items)
  • Category Role Definition
⏱ Time: 3 – 5 Weeks Contact Us For A Quote Value: Frees up massive working capital tied in bad stock.

2. Planogram Implementation

“Eye level is buy level.”
Why?

Customers buy with their eyes. We scientifically structure your shelves to drive impulse purchases and push higher-margin house brands.

The Science:
  • Strategic Brand Blocking
  • Hotspot Merchandising
  • Cross-Merchandising (Basket Building)
  • Flow & Adjacency Planning
⏱ Time: 2 – 4 Weeks Contact Us For A Quote Value: Immediate uplift in basket size and GP %.

3. Pricing Strategies

“Turnover is vanity, Profit is sanity.”
Why?

You can’t be cheap on everything. We engineer your pricing architecture to be competitive on KVIs while recovering margin on the “Blind Items.”

We Optimise:
  • KVI (Bread/Milk) vs. Long Tail Pricing
  • Competitor Price Benchmarking
  • Promotional Margin Management
  • Psychological Price Points
⏱ Time: 2 – 3 Weeks Contact Us For A Quote Value: Stops you from trading dollars for pennies.

4. Stock Turn Improvement

“Stock velocity equals cash flow.”
Why?

Slow stock is just cash sitting on a shelf collecting dust. We implement ordering formulas to ensure you sell before you pay the supplier.

The Strategy:
  • Days Cover Optimization
  • Just-In-Time (JIT) Ordering Logic
  • Supplier Lead Time Analysis
  • Reducing “Back Up” Stock Holding
⏱ Time: 4 – 6 Weeks Contact Us For A Quote Value: The secret to positive cash flow without an overdraft.

Is your stock working for you, or against you?

Let’s optimize your shelf profitability. Contact RIDBS today.

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