CASE STUDY / 04 — RETAIL + CATEGORY GROWTH

Designing assortments that grow the category, not just your brand.

Turning product strategy, consumer insights and retail execution into stronger sell-through and long-term growth.

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01 / THE CHALLENGE

A collection of SKUs isn't a category.

The business had plenty of products, but the collection wasn't translating into a compelling retail story. Individual items were being developed successfully — the assortment needed to work harder as a category, across price points, shelf space, consumer need and retailer objectives.

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MORE PRODUCTS → A DESIGNED SHELF

MORE SKUS
NO STORY
EVERY SKU
WITH A ROLE
“ Design the shelf before finalizing the line.

02 / THE APPROACH

Design the shelf before finalizing the line.

Instead of asking "What products should we make?", the strategy looked at the entire retail system: shopper → assortment → price architecture → hero products → shelf execution → retailer story.

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03 / HOW WE DID IT

Every SKU with a reason to exist.

THE SYSTEM

Shopper → assortment → price architecture → hero products → shelf execution → retailer story

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04 / THE RESULT

A shelf that earns its space.

A clearer assortment, stronger product hierarchy, better retail execution and a much more compelling buyer presentation. Product development became connected to how the consumer actually encounters and shops the line.

THE BIGGER LESSON

Retail readiness isn't simply having finished products and packaging. It's having a commercially coherent assortment that deserves the space you're asking the retailer to give you.

Retailers don't need more products.
They need a better reason to give your products space.

05 / WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU

If your line is a list of SKUs, it isn't a category story yet.

PRG helps you define the shopper mission, build the assortment architecture, prioritize hero items and design for the fixture — so your line walks into the buyer meeting with a category story, not a product list.

LET'S DESIGN YOUR SHELF. Start a conversation →

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