Гипермаркет - проектирование

In 2006 Mercator rebuilt one of its hypermarkets and for the development of lay out, design and communication concept, invited the company Jos De Vries The Retail Company. The trade area has increased till 8000 m2, the shop demanded a new, modern concept and lay out, but given the already existing infrastructure.

The chain wanted to make the supermarket more up to date, comfortable, increase the proportion of own label products in the volume of sales. Additional 2000 m2 were added on the right side of the building and were scheduled for placement of non-food goods and home decoration. Area of fresh products - fruits and vegetables, breads and pastries, meat, cheese – became the center of the hypermarket. We believe such a lay out plan is effective, since these product categories are most profitable for the chain and the main focus to be made on them, giving most passable areas. High quality products - gastronomy, tasty bread, meat and fresh fish - this is what the customer looking for. For the grocery, or as they are known in Europe - must articles - water, beer, toilet paper, the customers will always reach, so they are appropriate in the back of the room.

The main idea of hypermarket design has been to create an emotional component. Usually hypermarket - is a rational world, focused only on the lowest price. But in order to attract the customers today you need more than just a price. Quality products, their good presentation, tasty food, warm, emotional atmosphere - this is what helps to attract the customers from growing middle class - which is the most prospective target group. To provide a sufficiently large assortment of 60 000 titles, we have used in the design different colors and materials to make a clear zoning and allocate each group of goods. We proposed to use the entire height of the room, placing visual elements with bright focus, specially made for Mercator photos along the perimeter.

Zone of fresh food was underlined by special lay out and equipment, correct display of goods, we used a multi level presentations. This was particularly appropriate for the department «fruit & vegetables». It's no secret that the Slovenes prefer to go to the market on Saturdays for this category of goods, and to involve them in the supermarket the quality of products was not enough, a better atmosphere was needed- baskets, decorative presentation of the vegetables, the correct light. Marketing strategy of a hypermarket - shop for everybody, so you can find here all the most up to date. The most modern trend is the bio-and eco products. Not accidentally this hypermarket set aside nearly 200 m2 for this category of goods. It is important to be first, when there is a clear tendency to care about health and commitment to eco-products, such as in Europe and the U.S., where consumption of this group is growing at 10% per year.