Noah’s Bagels
What is Local Store Marketing?
Local Store Marketing is a specific plan targeted to a specific
group or groups of potential customers within a trading area to
create awareness and initiate trial purchases of your product or
service with potential customers right in your own backyard
-the three to five-mile radius around each store location.
Local Store Marketing efforts were a major part of growing Noah's number of stores. Duke Marketing developed a template to use in any new store location and programs to replicate and provide overall
consistency and drive traffic to the stores.
Grand opening materials and events were customized for each store and followed a chain-wide formula, which made each store part of its community from day one.
Duke Marketing directed store opening special events for Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland markets.
Local Store Marketing is one of the most valuable tools a sales
plan arsenal and is frequently overlooked. Many companies
budget their local marketing efforts around Advo's, Val-Paks,
and door hangers without examining the trade areas for sales
opportunities. While using other marketing resources can
produce results, Local Store Marketing is one of the most cost
effective and proven tools to achieve long-term business
relationships with customers and the community.
Starbucks Coffee Company
Why is Local Store Marketing important?
Duke Marketing developed a strategic marketing plan for Starbucks Southwest region.
This plan included the development and execution of community relations plans and promotions.
We also consulted on Starbucks Local Store Marketing template.
Rubio’s Fresh Mexican Grill
Local Store Marketing programs are created to:
Enhance the store's image in the community
Increase customer loyalty
Build brand awareness
Grow store traffic, sales and awareness
Develop involvement and recognition within the local
community
Duke Marketing handles public relations and Local Store Marketing for the 150-unit, publicly held, quick-casual restaurant chain, Rubio’s. Duke Marketing develops specific target store
marketing programs, provides General Manager training, and new menu introduction promotions as well as grand openings.
Duke Marketing created a business to business catering program for Rubio's locations in Orange County and Los Angeles for the holidays. The sales, following the General Manager regional training and execution of the program increased 15%.
Duke Marketing executed the grand opening programs for new stores. Their most recent, Folsom, has the most successful sales in the system.
McKesson Corporation
HealthMart & Valu-Rite Pharmacies
Local Store Marketing Partners
The key to success with Local Store Marketing is creating community
partners. Partners should include all of those business and
non-business organizations that interact with potential customers in the
trade area. One can choose to reference the Yellow Pages, the
Chamber of Commerce, local community newspapers, and even the
building department to gather this information.
Select businesses or non-profit organizations that fit with the
type of service or products that business offers.
Determine what kind of potential customers frequent the
potential partner's place of business or interact with the
activities of the potential partner.
Focus on partner's whose customers/employees you would
want to make their own.
Duke Marketing directed marketing, advertising and public relations for 5,500 Valu-Rite and 800
HealthMart pharmacies nationwide for the retail marketing group of McKesson Corporation, a Fortune 100 company.
HealthMart and Valu-Rite pharmacies are licensed locations which sell branded products made by McKesson Corporation. The licensees are independent pharmacists.
Duke Marketing created new brand positioning, national television, print and radio advertisements, and the first website for the brands and licensees. We created a Local Store Marketing plan,
materials, advertisements and led regional
Strings Italian Restaurants
Public Relations and Local Store Marketing
An effective public relations program consists of regular,
and consistent contact with the editorial community.
Regular contact with the editors to keep them informed
about the product, business and direction, keeps the
business in the news and the brand top of mind with
customers.
Duke Marketing created a Local Store Marketing guide for this multi-unit (30) franchise/company-owned Italian Restaurant chain's franchisees including logos, artwork for advertisements, press releases and materials to assist each store with their marketing efforts.
Duke Marketing produced radio and television commercials, and supplied each franchisee with locally tagged copies to run in their own markets. Duke Marketing also placed the media buys for the franchisees.
HQ Business Centers
How does Local Store Marketing work?
Local Store Marketing is an on-going process intended to build sales
over time in new stores, target stores or any store. It requires a
consistent on-going effort and commitment.
Local Store Marketing plans need to be specific, measurable, planned,
coordinated, executed all year long, with every store, consistently. This
process ingrains the brand in the local community and the customer's
minds.
If one builds or opens a store expecting guests to come in
automatically becoming loyal guests immediately - the store will suffer.
Local Store Marketing needs to be part of the store's life. It is about
building relationships, giving back to the community, creating a venue
for activity or entertainment, and serving the needs of customers
within the 3-5 mile radius around the store for many, many years.
Duke Marketing directed all marketing and sales aspects of HQ Business Centers, a 186-unit, $250 million, global franchise network of executive business suites. Local Store Marketing
manuals, programs and tools were created for franchisees.
Duke Marketing created a packet to attract new franchisees as well as a multi-media CD-Rom. The CD-Rom attracted new franchisees and worked as a PR tool. It generated so much interest that Tri-Com Pictures did a national television program "International Business Perspectives" with HQ Business Centers which aired in the U.S. and abroad.
Il Fornaio Restaurants
Local Store Marketing plans and programs must be done with
the operations team--regional, district, store managers, and
franchisees. Determining their needs and ability to execute as
well as timing is crucial to success with Local Store Marketing.
The Local Store Marketing efforts should not burden the
operators, but support them. Many marketing teams do not
include this crucial role of operations, and the best plans and
programs never see the light of day. Ultimately, it is about
buy-in.
Duke Marketing manages Il Fornaio, the 28-store Italian restaurant chain, public relations and Local Store Marketing in specific markets.
One Local Store Marketing project was the reopening of the Hyatt Sainte Claire in San Jose, CA. Duke Marketing worked with the Hyatt Hotels, the City of San Jose and the redevelopment department of San Jose to create a 250 person event including a ribbon cutting by Mayor Ron and seven of his council members.
The most recent Local Store Marketing project Duke Marketing is handling for Il Fornaio is the re-introduction of a 100 year old historic landmark hotel, Il Fornaio at the Alta Mira in
How do you execute Local Store Marketing plans and
programs?
Round Table Pizza
If Local Store Marketing is so great, why doesn’t every chain use it?
Local Store Marketing is challenging. In fact, most advertising agencies do not offer this service to its multi-location clients because it is difficult and is a long term project and requires a great deal of effort. It takes on-going commitment, creativity, and lots of work. However, the best part of Local Store Marketing is its rewards. Local Store Marketing can make such an impact on a community and drive sales, frequency, loyalty and awareness, that it can eliminate the need for other forms of advertising expenditures.
Here is an example:
Duke Marketing provided Local Store Marketing and
developed programs for Round Table Pizza corporate stores, the fifth largest pizza franchise firm in the nation, with
over 500 franchised and company owned stores operating in the Western U.S.
We directed focus groups and research studies to determine the trade area market needs and created promotions and materials for events and programs.
McDonald’s
McDonald’s has a tremendous advertising budget to create awareness, drive
traffic, and increase sales. They spend little resources on
local store marketing activities. Advertising is more short term. Stores in non-media markets suffer.
Savvy Company
The Savvy Company spends more effort on LSM to drive sales and awareness
than it does on advertising. For one location or non-media
markets, LSM is more cost effective.
Advertising mediums are becoming more & more segmented, LSM is more cost effective. LSM is long term.
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GET LOCAL STORE MARKETING STARTED!
To get particular locations sales to grow and to generate awareness, a Local Store Marketing plan needs to be developed for store locations or trade areas.
Objectives:
Determine locations needing Local Store Marketing. Research areas and locations for plan development.
Meet with GM's, franchisees, area managers to determine what has worked in the past, and gather information regarding store area, customer profile, etc. Create a test area of stores to test programs with strong store managers. Provide feedback from test stores.
Develop specific Local Store Marketing tactics for stores/areas.
Put together communications plan for store and work with GM to plan and communicate particular events to staff.
Provide training for execution and implementation of programs. Execute Local Store Marketing plans per store and area. Evaluate results and determine next steps.
Provide feedback to headquarters.
