Front-End Focus

Below is a description and link to a series of documents that will provide you with both summary and detailed information on how you can improve the performance of your Front-End.
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Grocery Channel

Maximizing Checkout Performance
The document below was presented by Front-End Focus at FMI 2010.

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Front-End Focus FMI 2010 Presentation	FEF FMI 2010 Presentation.pdf - (6.5MB)

Overall Study
The document below will provide you with a detailed review of the Front-End Focus study results.

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Front-End Focus overall study results presentation	Front-End Focus Overall Study.pdf - (516KB)

Concept of Front-End Department
To maximize sales and profits from your Front-End, we strongly suggest you consider creating a Front-End department. The documents below will provide the rationale for this action. We have also created a Front-End department director position description for your use.

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Whitepaper on the concept of a Front-End department	Front-End Director Whitepaper.pdf - (164KB)
Summary of Front-End department concept	Front-End Director Summary.pdf - (146KB)
Suggested position description for a Front-End department director	Front-End Director Position Description.pdf - (122KB)

Best Practice Front-End Drawings
Based on the study, we have created a series of best practice merchandising drawings. These are included in the file below.

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Front-End Focus best practice drawings	FEF Best Practice Drawings.pdf - (3MB)

Front-End Merchandising and Operations Management
This presentation provides a review of the Front-end focus study along with best practices for front-end merchandising and operations.

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Front-End Focus Merchandising and Operations Management	FEF Merchandising and Operations Management.pdf - (27KB)

Best Practices Worksheet
The Excel workbook below contains a useful template for evaluating the Front-Ends of your stores.

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Front-End Focus best practices worksheet	FEF Best Practices Worksheet.xls - (27KB)

Convenience Channel

Overall Study
The document below will provide you with a detailed review of the Front-End Focus study results.

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Convenience Store Merchandising Study	Convenience Store Merchandising Study Part 1.pdf - (5.8MB) Convenience Store Merchandising Study Part 2.pdf - (245k)
Convenience Retailing Conference Presentation March 2006	Convenience Retailing Conference Presentation.pdf (292)

Drug Channel

Overall Study
The document below will provide you with a detailed review of the Front-End Focus study results.

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Impulse Merchandising in Drug Stores	Impulse Merchandising In Drug Stores.pdf - (4.3MB)

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