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Here's how you can sharpen your decision-making skills as a retail marketing professional leader.

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As a retail marketing professional leader, your ability to make sharp decisions can significantly impact your team's performance and your business's bottom line. Decision-making in retail marketing involves choosing strategies that will enhance customer experience, drive sales, and build brand loyalty. It requires a keen understanding of consumer behavior, market trends, and the competitive landscape. To excel in this dynamic field, you must refine your decision-making skills, ensuring they're as precise and effective as possible. Let's delve into how you can polish these crucial abilities to lead your team to success.

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Johnny Morris

Global marketing leadership | Strategy x Digital x CRM | MBA. FCIM

1 Gather Data

In retail marketing, decisions should be data-driven to minimize risk and maximize outcomes. Start by collecting relevant data from various sources like sales figures, customer feedback, and market research. Analyze this information to identify patterns and trends that can inform your marketing strategies. By grounding your decisions in solid data, you'll be able to justify your choices and convince stakeholders of their validity. Plus, you'll be better equipped to predict outcomes and adjust your tactics proactively.

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There is a big difference between Qualitative and Quantitative data -both are important. Example: you've decided to rebrand your digital footprint with fresh imagery and colors -it's a huge effort and a big deal. You are SURE it is working because customers surveyed are telling you they like the new colors and are using words like 'beautiful', 'clean', 'approachable' (qual). This is not the same as the customers showing you that they will now be shopping more often and spending more money at your company. A great way to see the immediate $$ impact is to run an A/B test of old v. new imagery (quantitative). Learning and measuring how your customers FEEL as well as how they ACT is critical to making the best decisions.

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2 Know Goals

Clear goals are the compass that guides your decision-making process. As a leader, you must define what success looks like for your marketing campaigns and overall business objectives. Whether it's increasing brand awareness, boosting sales, or improving customer retention, having well-defined goals helps to focus your decisions and measure their effectiveness. When you're faced with a choice, ask yourself which option aligns best with your goals and will move the needle in the right direction.

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Johnny Morris

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As a marketing leader, you're often given the primary objective by the board to grow top-line sales in the current year. Check in with them to ask if it's short-term sales or profit they want, as the approach is really different. In growing sales, I often try to identify a product that is in the initial baskets of some valuable high frequency customers, and then search for some new prospects that match the profile of these customers, using a story around the product (with perhaps a limited-time-offer) to bring them onboard. Look after them and their repeat visits should follow with considered messaging and engaging content. Plus the right products, of course!

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3 Assess Risks

Risk assessment is a critical component of decision-making in retail marketing. Every choice carries potential risks and rewards, and it's your job to weigh them carefully. Consider the worst-case scenarios and how they could affect your business. By anticipating possible setbacks, you can develop contingency plans and make more informed decisions. Embrace calculated risks when they offer significant potential benefits, but always be prepared for the possibility of failure.

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4 Seek Input

Collaboration can greatly enhance the quality of your decisions. Seek input from team members who have diverse expertise and perspectives. This not only fosters a collaborative culture but also provides a more comprehensive view of the situation at hand. Remember, a decision that considers multiple viewpoints is often more robust than one made in isolation. Encourage open dialogue and constructive criticism within your team to refine ideas and arrive at the best possible decisions.

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Jude Brown, CPCC

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A collaborative mindset is really a super power in the workplace. It's very easy to become territorial or emotionally attached to your own perspective or idea. If you can keep curious and reach out to relevant stakeholders across functional areas, you can not only gather useful inputs that may improve your project, but also gather useful champions. It's human to like to be asked so people will want to share their feedback. And of course, if we ask, we need to be ready to listen :).

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5 Trust Instincts

While data and collaboration are important, sometimes you also need to trust your instincts. Your experience and intuition can be powerful tools when making decisions in uncertain or time-sensitive situations. If something feels off, even when the data says otherwise, it might be worth exploring further. Balancing analytical thinking with instinctual insight can lead to innovative solutions that set your retail marketing strategies apart from the competition.

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Susan Coelius Keplinger

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Leverage your experience and intuition when making tough calls. Sometimes, gut feelings can lead to innovative and successful strategies.

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6 Reflect Often

After making decisions, take the time to reflect on their outcomes. What worked well? What didn't? What lessons can you learn for future decisions? This reflective practice helps you understand the impact of your choices and continuously improve your decision-making skills. Keep a decision journal to track the reasoning behind your decisions and their results. Over time, you'll develop a deeper understanding of your decision-making patterns and how to optimize them for success in retail marketing.

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Jude Brown, CPCC

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The Tech world is very familiar with the concept of a 'retrospective' -it's part of Agile process. A great discipline following any significant projects or launches, is to gather those team members who contributed and have an honest dialog about what went well and what didn't go so well. This can include not only a reflection on deliverables and impact, but also on 'ways of working', efficiencies, behaviors (both the 'doing' and 'being' of the workplace). It's also a great opportunity to call out individuals who made strong contributions to deliverables or process. And if you are the Manager or Leader, make sure you bring your humility to the discussion...great opportunity for you to learn what you can do better or do more of going forward.

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1 Gather Data

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4 Seek Input

5 Trust Instincts

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6 Reflect Often

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