MAR312 RETAIL MARKETING
TRIMESTER 3 2024-2025
Assessment 4 (A4): Retail Project (20%)
❖ Suggested content of Retail Project Report
Project Title
Table of Content
1. Executive Summary (5%)
• Brief overview of the project
• Purpose and scope (New retail concept or revamp of existing brand)
• Summary of key decisions and strategies
This is not the introduction, but a comprehensive one-slide summary of the whole report/
presentation including the objective, strategy and expected results.
2. Target Market and Customer Analysis (10%)
a. Market overview (Market size/ trends/ growth/offline/Ecommerce, etc.)
b. Customer analysis (customers profile: age, income, shopping behavior, etc.)
c. Competitor analysis
• Identify key competitors
• Highlights and lowlights
• Our positioning vs. competitors
3. Retailer Overview (15%)
a. Introduction
• Type of retailers (specialty store, department store, online, omni-channel…)
• Type of Merchandise (fashion, electronics, groceries, etc.)
• Retail Vision & Mission
b. Current performance & positioning in market (apply for option rebuild an existing retailer)
c. SWOT analysis
• Strength/ Weakness of the Retailers: Location, Finance, People, Brand
reputation etc.
• Opportunity/ Threat from macro economy, market, competitors, trends…
All are foundations to justify for the selected Retailer strategy (es)
4. Retail Strategy (50%)
a. Retail Strategy summaries (5%)
b. Retail Mix:
i. Location strategy (5%)
ii. Merchandise strategy (10%)
• Product Assortment: depth and breadth of inventory
• Sourcing Strategy: local, international, private label
• Category Management: layout, shelf placement, fast/slow movers
iii. Pricing strategy (10%)
• Pricing Objective: profit maximization, market penetration, etc.
• Pricing Tactics: EDLP (everyday low pricing), high/low, dynamic pricing
• Pricing vs. cost structure
• Comparison with Competitors
iv. Store design & Layout (5%)
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MAR312 RETAIL MARKETING
TRIMESTER 3 2024-2025
v. Promotion & Communication Strategy (10%)
• Advertising Channels: digital, print (post, leaflet), TV ads, website
• Offline Promotion: coupons, discount, PwP, B1G1, loyalty programs
• Online / Social Media Marketing
• Influencer/Events/ Activation
vi. Others / Differentiations (5%)
• Customer Experience Strategy
• Retail Technology Integration (POS, Merchandise management systems, E-
commerce, Data analysis…)
• Sustainability & CSR
• Financial Overview (basic)
5. Conclusion & Suggestion (20%)
• Summary of key insights
• Long-term vision
• Suggestion plans / improvements
6. References
7. Appendix