Do they love us and want to be sure we get the grand tour and thereby the opportunity to buy more stuff than we came in for?
2006-11-09 07:59:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Hey, Koalat,etc. - chill. I'm not knockin' it. just askin' 'do you love us?'
2006-11-09 10:16:30 · update #1
They do know that the longer that you are in the store, the more that you will buy, so yes, taking the grand tour every other week to look for the things that you "need" you will see things and think "oh my, that looks good" and buy that as well.. very sneaky of them
2006-11-09 08:04:12 · answer #1 · answered by Just Me 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They move it around because humans are creatures of habit. If everything stayed in one place you'd never explore the store. They're hoping you'll pass something you didn't come in for and buy it. Why do you think Milk is in the furthest back corner of the store? So you have to go all the way through to get it and hopefully buy something you didn't come in for. It's all marketing strategy.
Same thing with the large size box of whatever. The Family size is always at arm's level, the smaller ones either up high or down low where you won't reach. You're more apt to just grab the closest one - the super huge one.
They get you with colors and circles too. Yellow is the most eye appealing. So are circles & curves. Ever wonder why a box of Tide soap is yellow with circles?
2006-11-09 21:28:20 · answer #2 · answered by Jim C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, It is a good selling point. I also own a retail business. On slower days, we move stock around. It is really surprising the customers that come in and say, "wow, got a bunch new stuff, cool" It started out as part of the job, and now me and my employees do it, just to see how many people notice. And if you went in to get something and knew right where it was, you probably wouldn't look at other stuff. But if something new is there, and you have to do a little shopping to find what you wanted, you'd also buy more. ps...........buy more, now I like that.
2006-11-09 16:47:13 · answer #3 · answered by Speedbuggy43 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stores are not there to make your life easy in as much as everything they do is geared towards marketing, and selling their goods to the consumer. Its all strategy
2006-11-09 16:05:32 · answer #4 · answered by Thankyou4givengmeaheadache 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh come on...im the manager of a market and i can tell you the first thing thats on your mind when you walk in the door is where are the deals...if we dont put cereal on sale for example and your a big cereal eater, eventually you go somewhere else..the specials are rotated to go after everyones interests...
enough with the hillary/ mean spirite republican conspiracy ok..its marketing, not subterfuge.
2006-11-09 16:08:21 · answer #5 · answered by koalatcomics 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah! they always change where they put there foods. I hate it and my mom says that its hard to finy everything when she is doing shopping. They should keep it all in 1 spot lol
2006-11-09 16:02:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes I think supermarkets are organized by psychopathic maniacs who get their sick pleasure from watching people looking for things that were there yesterday.
2006-11-09 16:02:43 · answer #7 · answered by thezaylady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL I think they want to confuse us and therefore make us spend longer time in their store and realize that we forgot something else that we need.....it is just a vicious cycle.
2006-11-09 16:07:23 · answer #8 · answered by aloneinga 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never thought of that. You could be right.
2006-11-09 17:25:03 · answer #9 · answered by Maggie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋