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Macro Space Consultancy

Strategic Macro Space Management

Strategic macro space management is a key component of our comprehensive retail decision support offer. WGS have developed an analytical process, state of the art space elasticity modelling techniques and a uniquely effective management toolset for our clients.

Our fixed price macro space consultancy applies all of this expertise with one aim; to deliver increased bottom line profits through category reviews and space allocation optimisation. We have a proven approach to delivering this specialist consultancy service:-

Data collation

We build a client specific collation database for each study, taking feeds from sales, planogramming , CRM and many other client systems and data sources, supplemented with external data as required. The WGS collation database pulls together data from these disparate sources into one data resource, often for the first time.

Data analysis and cleaning

Compliance, missing data points, outliers and skewed distributions are some of the many potential pitfalls and distorting factors that we encounter and resolve as a matter of routine.

Our statistical analysis and cleaning processes, eliminate, filter and isolate "noise" within the data sets to deliver a comprehensive report on the current status and a clean data set for further work.

Space elasticity

We build very accurate customer-centric models of the relationship between space and revenue, profit and densities. The models are unique; they are store specific and season specific, taking into account the local trade environment of each and every store in the estate. They define and quantify space elasticity in the form of space - revenue elasticity curves.

These category, subcategory and SKU level elasticity curves are then deployed within our optimisation toolsets to automatically reallocate space to deliver maximum revenue/profit.

Non Linear Optimisation

Using our space elasticity curves and a unique set of optimisation tools, we deliver a detailed, store specific, seasonal space allocation for each category / subcategory. The WGS optimisation process flags over and underspacing, automatically trading space to achieve maximum returns within policy constraints.

Store clustering

Our toolsets autmatically deliver a store clustering at category level. We cluster on the basis of perfomance potential rather than store size or sales, taking into account all aspects of the store's local trade environment. The result is a detailed category review and an optimised store clustering and planning guide (SPG).

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Space Optimisation & Category Reviews

  • Allocate optimal space to every category / subcategory
  • Best fit space allocation to local trade conditions - customer centric merchandising
  • Automatically hit available planogram module build sizes
  • Determine planogram and module size break points for the estate - create the optimal store planning space matrix
  • Implement and test consistent estate wide policy decisions
  • Add - remove - increase - decrease space limits and re-optimise
  • Extend / reduce store size and re-optimise
  • Comprehensive Reporting and Export facilities

Ema Sim...

  • Merchandise new 'virtual' stores without any trading history
  • Quantify the impacts of changes to trading conditions
  • Understand and explore the sensitivity and impact of key business drivers