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Visual Merchandising: Visual Merchandising i livsmedelsbutiker med fokus på ekologiska livsmedel
University of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business.
University of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business.
University of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business.
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 180 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Visual Merchandising in grocery stores with a focus on organic foods (English)
Abstract [en]

An extensive number of previous studies have examined the consumption of organic foods from a consumer perspective, and previous studies that have examined Visual Merchandising have primarily focused on the fashion industry. The purpose of this study is to investigate how three physical grocery stores work with Visual Merchandising when displaying organic foods. Furthermore, the marketing strategies Visual Merchandising and the Marketing Mix were combined through a model illustrated in Figure 1. It was considered useful to combine these two marketing strategies as they complement and reinforce each other. The two theories have common characteristics and they therefore contribute to a comprehensive strategy that was considered valuable for the development of how organic foods are displayed in grocery stores. This multiple case study adopts a qualitative design to contribute to an in-depth understanding of the subject and the collected data. The data collection took place through semi-structured interviews with representatives from three different grocery stores in Sweden, who worked as sustainability managers or supermarket managers. The interviews were supplemented with structured observations in each store, where the departments investigated were fruit and vegetables, dairy, and colonial. The results showed that the stores studied have a beneficial display of organic food on regular shelf space, but rarely display organic food on special surfaces. Conclusions that can be drawn from the study are that the stores that were investigated worked with Visual Merchandising of organic foods to a certain extent, but that the conventional products were prioritized. The results of the study provide practical implications for grocery stores by reporting and clarifying how they work with display of organic foods, as well as how they can develop their work with Visual Merchandising desirably. The study's theoretical implications contribute to the revised theories in Figure 1. There a combination of Visual Merchandising and the Marketing Mix is proposed to examine the phenomenon from a new perspective. The study is written in Swedish.

Abstract [sv]

En stor och omfattande andel tidigare studier har undersökt konsumtionen av ekologiska livsmedel ur ett konsumentperspektiv, och många av de tidigare studierna som har undersökt Visual Merchandising har främst fokuserat på modeindustrin. Denna studiens syfte är att undersöka hur tre fysiska Stora Coop-butiker arbetar med Visual Merchandising vid exponering av ekologiska livsmedel. Vidare kombinerades marknadsföringsstrategierna Visual Merchandising och Marknadsmixen tillsammans genom en modell som illustreras i Figur 1. Det sågs användbart att slå ihop dessa två marknadsföringsstrategier till en kombination då de förstärker varandra. De två teorierna ansågs besitta gemensamma egenskaper och bidrar därför till en heltäckande strategi för utvecklingen av exponering av ekologiska produkter i livsmedelsbutiker. Denna flerfallsstudie erhåller en kvalitativ design för att bidra till en djupgående förståelse av ämnet och den insamlande datan. Datainsamlingen skedde genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med representanter från tre olika Coop-butiker i Sverige, de arbetade som hållbarhetsansvarig eller stormarknadschef. Intervjuerna kompletterades med strukturerade observationer i respektive butik, där avdelningarna som undersöktes var frukt och grönt, mejeri och kolonial. Resultaten visar att de undersökta butikerna har en fördelaktig exponering av ekologiska livsmedel på ordinarie hyllplats, men exponerar sällan ekologiska livsmedel på specialytor. Slutsatser som kan dras av studien är att de butikerna som undersöktes arbetade med Visual Merchandising av ekologiska livsmedel i viss omfattning, men att de konventionella produkterna prioriterades. Studiens resultat ger praktiska implikationer för livsmedelsbutikerna genom att redovisa och tydliggöra hur de arbetar med exponering av ekologiska livsmedel, samt hur de kan utveckla sitt arbete med Visual Merchandising på ett önskvärt sätt. Studiens teoretiska implikationer bidrar med de omarbetade teorierna i Figur 1. Där föreslås en kombination av Visual Merchandising och Marknadsmixen för att undersöka fenomenet ur ett nytt perspektiv.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023.
Keywords [en]
Organic foods, grocery stores, Visual Merchandising, Marketing Mix, display
Keywords [sv]
Ekologiska livsmedel, livsmedelsbutiker, Visual Merchandising, Marknadsmix, exponering
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-30041OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-30041DiVA, id: diva2:1780675
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Business Administration
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Available from: 2023-07-06 Created: 2023-07-06 Last updated: 2023-07-06Bibliographically approved

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