Building Stronger Category Stories

 

Overview:  Help teams turn analysis into a clearer, more compelling category story that connects shopper insight, business opportunity, and recommended action. This topic helps participants strengthen how they frame, organize, and communicate category thinking in ways that are more relevant and persuasive. 

How This Can be Tailored:

This session can be delivered virtually or in person and customized to the audiences, business situations, and communication needs most relevant to your team. Depending on your goals, the session can incorporate your retailer/customer context, internal presentation expectations, available data, current deck structure, strategic priorities, or common communication challenges so participants can work with examples that feel familiar and useful.

Possible Takeaways:

  • Participants may leave with:

    • storytelling frameworks
    • category story templates
    • slide structure examples
    • insight-to-recommendation planning tools
    • examples of how to move from analysis to a stronger narrative

Possible eLearning Prework:

  • Possible eLearning prework may include:

    • Developing a Category Story
    • Creating Selling Stories for Retail Customers
    • Identifying Growth Opportunities

Delivery Format:
Available virtually or in person, and can also be integrated into a broader blended learning solution. 

 

Prepare your team for success in the ever-changing industry by mastering adaptive category management techniques tailored to contemporary challenges and opportunities.

 

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 Instructor-Led Training FAQ:

  • What will individuals learn? Each training session (in-person or virtual) has well-defined learning objectives that focus on the most important elements of the topic area.  This is tweaked to meet the unique and specific needs of your team or organization.
  • What is required of individuals? Instructor-led training is designed to be highly interactive, requiring individual engagement online through features like chat, whiteboards, breakout rooms, contests, quizzes, and more. Participants may also have prework assignments and/or post-class homework.
  • Want to customize your training?  Opt for customized training to zero in on areas for skill enhancement. Tailoring your training allows a focus on precise needs, offering flexibility with extended or additional sessions. Customized sessions can also be integrated and complemented with other topics to create a bespoke custom training program.