
BOLD STRATEGIC PARTNERS and Winston Weber & Associates Establish Strategic Alliance to Enhance Leading Edge Solutions Capabilities
August 20, 2019
BOLD STRATEGIC PARTNERS and WWA have complimentary capabilities and are philosophically aligned with an unparalleled understanding of the inter relationship between consumer products manufacturers and retailers. This strategic alignment will significantly enhance and uniquely position BOLD STRATGIC PARTNERS ability to provide leading edge thinking, strategic solutions and practical application.
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ES Outlook: Winston Weber Associates is one of the 10 Most Recommended Retail Service Providers 2019
June 6, 2019
ES Outlook, a print magazine reaching out to 48,000 qualified subscribers involved in sourcing and managing of business services for medium to large enterprises, has selected Winston Weber & Associates as one of the "10 Most Recommended Retail Service Providers 2019". This selection follows a three month evaluation process by ES Outlook’s panel of customer service and outsourcing experts. They analyzed a myriad of companies focused on providing Retail Services and shortlisted the companies that are at the forefront of tackling the challenges of the Retail sector. Winston Weber & Associates was shortlisted based on merit to be part of this of “10 Most Recommended Retail Service Providers 2019, and the one to be highlighted on the cover of the magazine.
The digital version of the Retail Service 2019 edition on the ES Outlook website. Here is the link to the digital version:
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Today and Tomorrow…Shopper-Centric Retailing White Paper
November 6, 2018
In his recently released White Paper Win Weber reinforces the need for retailers to move beyond category management to the new Shopper-Centric Retailing business model. Shopper-Centric Retailing is an all-encompassing and transformative business model which focuses all functions within a retailer on increasing sales by exceeding shopper expectations. This means evolving beyond ingrained business policies and practices to a fully integrated top-down, cross-functional focus on the shopper, shopper solutions and enhancements to the shopping experience.
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Precima and Win Weber & Associates Partner to Provide Shopper-Centric Services to Retailers and CPG Marketers
October 28, 2018
“Precima adds an important dimension to our new Shopper-Centric Retailing business model with their total store analytics capability. When combined, we provide a comprehensive approach that enables retailers to become truly shopper-centric. Precima’s technology applies deep analytics to optimize the outcomes and deliver actionable insights to the points in the organization where they will have the greatest impact,” said Win Weber, Chairman, CEO and Founder of WWA.
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December 15, 2017
In today’s intensely competitive and challenging environment, retailers have no choice but to make this paradigm shift to a new shopper-centric business model if they are to remain relevant in the marketplace. The benefits will include increased basket size, enhanced shopper loyalty, improved store execution and increased capability to differentiate in the marketplace. Importantly, it will be a significant contributor to sales and profit growth.
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Retail Wire Webinar: Total Store Optimization…How Category Management Must Evolve
November 17, 2017
This combined WWA and Precima webinar focuses on the importance of moving beyond category management, using total store optimization for competitive differentiation and how a retailer can become shopper-centric.
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Food Retail Industry Study Urges Shopper-Centric Approach Versus Category Management
December 18, 2015
The 2015 FMI WWA Deloitte Consulting Shopper-Centric Retailing Study focuses on the gaps between merchandising practices common in today's Consumer Package Goods (CPG) manufacturer-retail environment and the practices that can be applied for the industry to become more effectively shopper-focused. This study draws on the perspectives of a proprietary Shopper-Centric Retailing Survey, submitted to the CPG manufacturer and retail trade, which resulted in 68 responses (34 retail and 34 CPG manufacturer). It also draws on the collective client engagement experience among FMI, WWA, and Deloitte Consulting in addressing merchandising challenges in the food, drug, and mass-merchandising sectors.
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Winston Weber & Associates and NextOrbit Announce Strategic Alliance
July 7, 2015
Winston Weber & Associates, Inc. a management consulting resource for retailers and CPG manufacturers, today announced a strategic alliance with NextOrbit, a leading expert in predicting and mitigating retail out-of-stocks.
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Category Management in the Age of Transparency Study-key findings suggest significant grocery industry change ahead
July 7, 2015
Conducted jointly by the Food Marketing Institute, Deloitte Consulting and Winston Weber & Associates, we received insight from 70 contemporary industry thought leaders regarding their view of Category Management’s usefulness and gaps, and from our proprietary surveys and interviews with retailers and suppliers. Based on the above, the elements of change retailers will need to undertake will be communicated in a comprehensive report to the industry this Fall. These key findings were presented at the FMI Connect Annual Conference June 8-12 in Chicago.
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Collaborative Business Planning Getting it Right: The Key to Driving Results
April 2, 2012
Except for a handful of major suppliers and retailers who appear to be getting it right, a vast majority still have a long way to go before they realize the full benefits of joint planning. Most joint planning processes are still focused on near term tactical opportunities in an industry environment that strongly suggests strategic alignment is a must if both parties are to produce the desired results. The alignment of business strategies and capabilities in a solutions oriented environment, with a focus on the shopper and the shopping experience, presents a huge opportunity for many companies.
Download full Article - (Adobe© Acrobat format) ···>Precima and Winston Weber & Associates Attention Shoppers: Parts One and Two
July 1, 2010
As leading retailers intensify their quest for rich, data-driven insights into their best shoppers, manufacturers have a unique opportunity to bring their own analytical strengths to the cause. Viewing today’s marketplace challenges through a common lens – the perspective of the individual shopper – CPGs can collaborate with their retail partners to transform deeper intelligence into...
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DemandTec, Inc. and Winston Weber & Associates Announce Strategic Partnership
July 14, 2009
DemandTec, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMAN), a leading provider of on-demand optimization solutions for retailers and consumer products manufacturers, today announced an alliance with Winston Weber & Associates (WWA), a management consulting firm that specializes in the retail and consumer products industries.
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April 1, 2009
CPGmatters feature article. Retailers can use some help when transforming their organization from traditional category management to a process driven by shopper insights. Developing this shopper-centric model is easier when done when retailers collaborate with their trading partners, says a noted category management expert. That is why a solid shopper insights function is a must for suppliers, according to Winston Weber, Chairman and CEO of Winston Weber & Associates, a Memphis-based consultancy.
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Galleria and Winston Weber & Associates Announce Strategic Partnership to Provide Advanced, Shopper-Centric Merchandising Strategies
April 1, 2009
Galleria, the leading provider of customer-centric merchandising solutions, today announced it has formed a strategic alliance with Winston Weber & Associates (WWA), a management consulting resource for retailers and CPG manufacturers. This partnership combines WWA’s extensive category management business process expertise with Galleria’s merchandising solutions to enable retailers to operate at a shopper-centric level and generate profit from executing optimized, store-specific merchandise plans.
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Shopper Insights and Shopper Marketing "Getting It Right"
March 16, 2009
In his recently published White Paper, Win Weber, says “There is no question that shopper insights will become the primary driver of the collaborative process between consumer products companies and their retail customers while shopper marketing will become an increasingly important component of a brands marketing mix. But, let’s put this in perspective. Shopper marketing is not an end-all by itself as so stated by some industry experts and by those who are trying to “productize” it for self benefit. It is simply one component of a fully integrated business management process designed to build brand equity and enhance the effectiveness of the shopping experience.
Download full Article (Adobe© Acrobat format) ···>Shopper –Centric Model Poised to Emerge as New Process
March 2,2009
CPGmatters features interview with Win Weber, who says…“ The challenge in category management today is transforming a retail organization skewed heavily toward the traditional process to one that is driven more by skills and capabilities in shopper insights. Retailers can meet this challenge by deploying a shopper-centric model that relies on collaboration with trading partners, but many hurdles remain in the path forward.”
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It’s Time for the TURTLES to Fly
January 2008
In Grocery Manufacturer Association Forum Magazine Win Weber says that unless immediate and significant change is made in retail structure and supplier support thereof, many companies will not be able to make the critical transition to shopper centrism. What’s standing in the way? Nothing less than category management.
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Winston Weber & Associates Introduces Shopper Centric RetailingSM
July 24, 2006
In an industry wide announcement, WWA has again demonstrated its leadership commitment by introducing a new business model called Shopper Centric RetailingSM. Moving well beyond the aging textbook definition of category management, Shopper Centric RetailingSM builds on the favorable aspects of category management, removes its limitations and better positions the retailer to align with consumer wants and needs. It emphasizes the shopping experience, aligns strategies and tactics across the store, encourages innovation and differentiation and renews focus on being good merchants.Shopper Centric RetailngSM will necessitate varying degrees of change in retailer organizational structures and business processes as well as how suppliers align with their retail partners.
Implementation is expected to be an evolutionary process that may take some time to institutionalize as a way of conducting business.WWA Chairman & CEO Win Weber is credited with introducing retailer/supplier partnering in the U.S., Latin America, Australia and Asia. He has a worldwide reputation as an original architect of category management.
Thought Leaders Roundtable
June 12, 2006
Joining twenty other contributors to Grocery Manufacturer Association Forum Magazine roundtable on retailer/supplier collaboration, Win Weber expresses point of view.
Implementation is expected to be an evolutionary process that may take some time to institutionalize as a way of conducting business.WWA Chairman & CEO Win Weber is credited with introducing retailer/supplier partnering in the U.S., Latin America, Australia and Asia. He has a worldwide reputation as an original architect of category management.
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November 15, 2005
In a one-on-one interview, Progressive Grocer taps Win Weber's expertise on 21st century retailing...
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November 13, 2005
Winston Weber & Associates’ client Supermercados Rey from Panama is breaking the mold in Latin American Retailing.
Download full Article (Adobe© Acrobat format) ···>Category Management Needs New Life
May 2005
Category Management, as currently defined, is no longer adding incremental value for a growing number of retailers.
Download full Article (Adobe© Acrobat format) ···>National Association of Chain Drug Stores/American Greetings Research Council Report facilitated by WWA
June 16, 2002
A new industry report is now available from WWA, ''Selling One More Thing... Proven Ways to Build the Market Basket''. This report provides a range of ways in which drug chains can generate incremental sales to current customers. It has just been issued by the third National Association of Chain Drug Stores/American Greetings Research Council. Richard Briscoe, Senior Associate of WWA, has served as the Facilitator for this and two previous Councils. Each Council consists of approximately ten executives of regional and national drug chains, members of NACDS.
The Councils oversee independently conducted consumer research and market tests which together provide the foundation for increasing profitable sales of front-end merchandise (all products offered in drug stores except prescription drugs). The Councils' work is sponsored by the NACDS and expenses are underwritten by American Greetings Corporation. For copies of this report (or for the reports of the two previous Research Councils), please contact WWA.
Convenience Store News Recognizes WWA Client
Monday, May 06, 2002
Convenience Stores News has announced their annual Category Management Best Practices suppliers for the industry based on retailer ratings. United States Smokeless Tobacco Company, a WWA client, has been rated top company for the Moist Smokeless category and one of the top five practitioners of category management across all categories. WWA, in conjunction with USSTC's project teams, designed the company's Category Development Strategy and Plan, including its value based category management capabilities. WWA is the one consulting firm that continues to demonstrate its ability to translate category management theory to practical, value based application. This approach enables both CPG Manufacturer and Retailer clients to maximize category management ROI."
Trade Channel Optimization
rev. September 1, 2002
WWA assumes a leadership role as trade channel development becomes a priority with a growing number of consumer products companies. The following outlines the content of a new brochure outlining WWA's extensive experience and capabilities in this area."
Download full Article (Adobe© Acrobat format) ···>The First Practical Workshop on Category Management "A Resounding Success in Chile"
December 5-6, 2001
The jointly sponsored WWA/AC Nielsen industry seminar, recently conducted in Santiago, Chile, was attended by over 100 participants from the supplier and retailer community. An actual case study, fueled by information from AC Nielsen's Category Expert Templates, provided for an extremely interactive and participative seminar. Several similar sessions are planned for 2002 in Argentina, Brazil, Columbia and Mexico. For specific details on these seminars and other training seminars on Category Management, please contact WWA.
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September 1999 - Web Article
Win Weber's "Leading Edge Perspective"
Read ArticleClearing Hurdles to Implementation
December 1998
Here's a look at the most common problems, and what the future may hold if we'll just pay attention.
The Future of Category Management
1997 - Web Article
Win Weber's "Leading Edge Perspective"
A Top Pro Offers Advice To Ease Implementation
November 1996
Don't just run category financials;
Get to know who shops you, and why!
Sharpening Category Management Focus
September 1995
Drug Store News Asks The Experts
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December 1991 and January 1992
Win Weber's two-part series appearing in Drug Store News
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