MEGATHREAD Signing Tips, Tricks and Quips (along with howls of despair)

[Alexbegt]

🙄🙄 my Christmas magic morning overhead is coming this upcoming Monday… why even bother at this point. It won’t be going up

 

[IceIceBaby]

🙄🙄 my Christmas magic morning overhead is coming this upcoming Monday… why even bother at this point. It won’t be going up

The instructions are horrible on how to set up the tracks (bad image quality and left a lot of steps out). We finally got it working after an hour of troubleshooting and it only lasted a day or two. Waste of money honestly.

 

[Sisyphus]

I am hearing scuttlebutt about presentation being heavy next year anyone else hear anything?

 

[BKop16]

I am hearing scuttlebutt about presentation being heavy next year anyone else hear anything?

Yes. Its called "consumer activation". The transition guide page talks about it with a link to a special projects page. Its designed to add space to rapidly growing categories (think wellness and health stuff in OTC and sporting goods).

From what Ive picked up on it will be personal care (probably the smallest of the projects), baby hardlines, OTC (potentially adding taller gondolas in front of CVS, a major reflow of snacks, maybe toys in the summer, and the biggest project being sporting goods/tech/entertainment which will probably be the biggest transition we've ever done at store level.

 

[vendordontmesswithme]

Yes. Its called "consumer activation". The transition guide page talks about it with a link to a special projects page. Its designed to add space to rapidly growing categories (think wellness and health stuff in OTC and sporting goods).

From what Ive picked up on it will be personal care (probably the smallest of the projects), baby hardlines, OTC (potentially adding taller gondolas in front of CVS, a major reflow of snacks, maybe toys in the summer, and the biggest project being sporting goods/tech/entertainment which will probably be the biggest transition we've ever done at store level.

Please reduce the amount of books we carry.

 

[SigningLady]

Please reduce the amount of books we carry.

For all the times we've reduced space for books on the salesfloor over the years, we've never shrunk the backstock space; it remains the same and is always packed full. 🤷🏻‍♀️

 

[BKop16]

Please reduce the amount of books we carry.

I think thats part of the plan. Pretty sure they're expanding collectibles/trading cards and moving the adult/party games (like Cards Against Humanity) into current entertainment.

 

[jenna]

I am hearing scuttlebutt about presentation being heavy next year anyone else hear anything?

we are doomed.

 

[Sisyphus]

we are doomed.

Truer words were never spoken.

 

[Alexbegt]

Yes. Its called "consumer activation". The transition guide page talks about it with a link to a special projects page. Its designed to add space to rapidly growing categories (think wellness and health stuff in OTC and sporting goods).

From what Ive picked up on it will be personal care (probably the smallest of the projects), baby hardlines, OTC (potentially adding taller gondolas in front of CVS, a major reflow of snacks, maybe toys in the summer, and the biggest project being sporting goods/tech/entertainment which will probably be the biggest transition we've ever done at store level.

There is a list of the months for each category (if they happen)? And i definitely saw toys on the list for July and some preview images of what they imagine if they do it.

Home msg be getting some too.

They want more tms to know how to build gondolas - tv wall is shrinking again in the Jan revision and Vizio TVs are coming off to put shelves and flex them out to sell them….

 

[BKop16]

There is a list of the months for each category (if they happen)? And i definitely saw toys on the list for July and some preview images of what they imagine if they do it.

Home msg be getting some too.

They want more tms to know how to build gondolas - tv wall is shrinking again in the Jan revision and Vizio TVs are coming off to put shelves and flex them out to sell them….

I think it's all during their normal time of year. Baby in March, toys in July, tech in fall. You're right about home. Fan central moves back to specialty with many stores getting a shop in bedding near style.

 

[FlowTeamChick]

Hmm, sounds like so much not fun. I like doing POGs but such massive changes ... yikes.

 

[Sisyphus]

Where do I find all this info?

 

[oath2order]

For all the times we've reduced space for books on the salesfloor over the years, we've never shrunk the backstock space; it remains the same and is always packed full. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Right?? And so much of it was NOP for like, years.

 

[oath2order]

There is a list of the months for each category (if they happen)? And i definitely saw toys on the list for July and some preview images of what they imagine if they do it.

Home msg be getting some too.

They want more tms to know how to build gondolas - tv wall is shrinking again in the Jan revision and Vizio TVs are coming off to put shelves and flex them out to sell them….

I mean, lowkey yeah everyone should know how to build gondolas.

 

[Alexbegt]

I mean, lowkey yeah everyone should know how to build gondolas.

Certain team members at my store should know- the rest.. not so much, since i wouldn’t trust them to do it correctly with how they already take shortcuts with other work.

I think I’m the only team member who knows how to do gondolas since I always used to do the swaps with my PML every seasonal set and built a few myself