SpendEdge, a leading provider of procurement market intelligence solutions, has announced the completion of their free downloadable article on the approach adopted by companies to create winning category plans. The article offers a comprehensive overview of how category planning help companies to drive sales of a specific group of products within stores and gain a competitive edge in the retail market. The free resource also highlights challenges faced by category managers and offers an effective three-step approach to create a potent category plan.

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Steps to Create an Effective Category Plan. (Graphic: Business Wire)

With the changing consumer behavior, the need for an effective category plan has increased tremendously. The traditional 8-step category management process focusing on categories is proving inefficient and companies need a strategy that can respond to a more complex environment. Download this free article to know the approach adopted by top companies to create a winning category plan.

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Steps to Create an Effective Category Plan

Step 1: Conduct Category Assessment

Companies need to start with a category assessment to develop an effective category plan. This requires them to collect data through various sources and standard templates. The assessment conducted helps companies to conduct a SWOT analysis and identify gap opportunities.

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Step 2: Create a Category Plan with Insights

After conducting category assessment, businesses need to develop a plan that can address key areas of category management involving category strategies, gaps and opportunities, category goals and private labels, and targets. The plan developed should include product assortment, placement, promotion, and pricing.

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Step 3: Develop a Strategic Implementation Plan

Once the category plan is developed, companies need to engage with all cross-functional teams and communicate the plan to them. They also need to analyze the effects it will have on stores, costs, and profit margins of the company.

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