The Perfect Store | Podcast with Conversations on Retail

The Perfect Store: When the Game Plan Hits the Field

The "Perfect Store." It’s a beautifully crafted blueprint of the ideal shelf, the right product, in the right place, at the right price. But as every CPG leader knows, it's wishful thinking to stop there. There’s a massive difference between a meticulously planned strategy in headquarters and the messy reality of the retail floor.

In this episode, Henry Ho and Marc Yount dive into why the "Perfect Store" often feels more like a corporate myth than a measurable reality. Using a high-stakes football analogy, they explain how CPG teams are like coaches who spend all week drawing up a winning playbook, only to lose visibility the moment the whistle blows.

They break down the five foundational pillars of the Perfect Store, which are On-Shelf Availability, Share of Shelf, Planogram Compliance, Pricing, and Promotion. From there, there discuss how modern AI and "always-on" retail intelligence are finally giving brands the "second-half adjustments" they need to win.

In This Conversation, You’ll learn how Storesight engages the toughest challenges of CPG:

• The Execution Gap: Why 90% of effort goes into planning, while the 10% spent on execution determines the actual winner.

• The Coach’s View: How near real-time visibility allows teams to move from weeks-old data to "game-time" adjustments.

• The 5 Pillars of Perfection: A deep dive into the metrics that actually move the needle on the bottom line.

• Competitive Intelligence: Why the most mature CPG brands are now measuring their competitors' execution as closely as their own.

• Scaling the "Why": How Storesight uses AI and a massive shopper crowd to bridge the gap between corporate KPIs and ground truth across thousands of locations.

• Tailored Strategies: Whether you are an enterprise giant or an emerging brand, how to start building a measurable scorecard today.

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