Showing posts with label Asda strategy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asda strategy. Show all posts

Wednesday 15 July 2015

Asda Move Closer to Walmart - the two-pat approach to ‘Save Money, Live Better’

Further to NamNews' report on Asda's Overhauling Of Its Brand To Bring It More In Line With Walmart, NAMs might benefit from a deeper dig into where Walmart are headed in coping with Aldi/Lidl, and online competition like Amazon Fresh.

In fact, Walmart Food EVP Steve Bratspies' recent presentation to the Bentonville Bella Vista Chamber’s WalStreet (sic) supplier group gives considerable insight re Walmart's food plans, and by inference, a view of where Asda is headed.

Five building blocks that will remain
Bratspies outlined five customer promises that are foundational to Walmart’s strategy in the midst of these shifts.
  • EDLP – Price is still “the decider,” even as the bar is being raised across other customer criteria.
  • Quality you can trust – Customers are smart enough to expect one-dollar quality on a one-dollar item but won’t tolerate one-dollar quality on a five-dollar item. Quality is defined by the item being purchased.
  • Everything you need – Despite its forays into small formats, Walmart is still very much in the supercentre business and is invested in facilitating a one-stop-shopping experience for its customers.
  • Happy to help – Of Walmart’s three sub-promises (a fast, clean, and friendly shopping experience), friendliness makes the biggest difference at the end of the day.
  • Shop your way – Customers must be able to access Walmart online from any device and from multiple locations.
Walmart's Growth Game Plan
1. Win in fresh
2. Re-energize the centre of the store
3. Expand physical-to-digital integration
4. Win on the fundamentals

Above all, Bratspies encouraged global suppliers to bring great ideas from other markets, empowering Walmart-facing teams to make decisions and “come sell us stuff”, pointing out that that their buyers are there to buy.

In other words, make a point and back it up with the numbers...we are listening like never before...

Hat-tip to Carol Spieckerman via Pete Louree and Spencer Booz