As if we needed another case in point why we continue to be amazed that all retailers are not utilizing the kind of services IPMS offers, this article (Study Sees Average Shopper Not Finding at Least One Item, Supermarketnews.com, December 19, 2008) and the referenced Study “What’s the Deal With Out-of-Stocks” should make […]

It is not very often that you receive a compliment from your customers. It is usually a “quiet is good” scenario. This is why we were very excited to hear from one of our customers that they are now an “Evangelist of the Brand of IPMS”. This means a lot to us […]

The focus on execution, specifically at the retail store level has been getting well deserved and overdue exposure lately. Recently there have been 2 major articles that serve, at least in our opinion, as a warning beacon to all retailers – that is, without accurate store execution, specifically of strategic merchandising plans, even the […]

In regular conversations with retailers, IPMS continues to find store set and reset execution solutions that previously were either “not cost effective” or “too complex” or “required significant work” in order to implement. We find that the first step in providing these solutions is overcoming prior experiences that may have tarnished the view […]

Retail today is down to the hundredth, if not thousandth of a percent in managing costs and maximizing profit. Foreign markets, import/export efficiencies and the migration from national to international to global has forced retailers to primarily focus on the cost of the products they sell as a measure in maximizing profitability. Customer […]