Assignment
A large consumer products company wanted to reduce trade spending while minimizing any negative impact reductions might have on merchandising effectiveness. The DHC Merchandising Effectiveness Model^SM (MEA) was used to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the company’s promotion practices over a two-year period. The result was the identification of a set of best practices for promotion effectiveness and recommendations for where and how trade dollars should be spent to increase the return on the marketing investment. The customer was able to cut trade spending by 20% while incurring only a 2% loss in volume.