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]]> By: Karen 'Kitty' Carroll http://eckertagrimarketing.com/blog/2009/02/what-are-retail-atmospherics/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Karen 'Kitty' Carroll Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:09:08 +0000 http://eckertagrimarketing.com/blog/?p=44#comment-8 I agree, cleanliness, organization and clear signage are important. Not the product. One joke about the super size stores (like Wal-Mart) was always the crying/tantrum filled child. (Are we in Wal-Mart?) But, with 'better' (like Meijers) stores that did not happen as frequently, just as many parents with kids were there. I noted at one particular poorly organized Wal-Mart in New England, there were several difficult children with their parents. But, in the other stores, just as many kids, but quiet and well-behaved. I have come to the conclusion it is the store creating a confusing and frustrating shopping experience. (Hurried parent wants to get home and cannot find the product they had intended to purchase). This frustration is picked up by the child and tempers become short. Our local Wal-Mart is changing, a more pleasant layout, larger isles (IMPORTANT). Modification and a gentler 'herd mentality' for the customers. Which means fewer crying kids disrupting other customers. These ideas work if you are a small farm stand, or a large package store. I agree, cleanliness, organization and clear signage are important. Not the product. One joke about the super size stores (like Wal-Mart) was always the crying/tantrum filled child. (Are we in Wal-Mart?) But, with ‘better’ (like Meijers) stores that did not happen as frequently, just as many parents with kids were there. I noted at one particular poorly organized Wal-Mart in New England, there were several difficult children with their parents. But, in the other stores, just as many kids, but quiet and well-behaved. I have come to the conclusion it is the store creating a confusing and frustrating shopping experience. (Hurried parent wants to get home and cannot find the product they had intended to purchase). This frustration is picked up by the child and tempers become short.

Our local Wal-Mart is changing, a more pleasant layout, larger isles (IMPORTANT). Modification and a gentler ‘herd mentality’ for the customers. Which means fewer crying kids disrupting other customers.

These ideas work if you are a small farm stand, or a large package store.

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