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Make In-Store Displays Earn Their Keep with the Metrics That Matter

In-store shopper marketing and merchandising shouldn’t be a guessing game. Discover a data-driven approach rooted in how real shoppers behave the moment they encounter a display - giving you the inside scoop you need to build displays and promotional campaigns that are built smarter and work harder.

This one-pager checklist distills the essential display engagement metrics you need to benchmark, explore, and test your displays — turning traffic into action and merchandising materials into conversion drivers.

What matters in display tracking?

• Display Exposure Rate
• Why it matters: Shoppers can’t buy what they never see. Exposure is your best bet to understand and quantify the value of the opportunity at hand.
• Display Engagement Rate
• Why it matters: Engagement converts attention into intent. This metric shows whether shoppers move from attention to action by pausing, interacting, or adding to cart before walking away from the display.
• Closure Rate
• Why it matters: It’s not just about seeing the display — it’s about what happens next. Closure Rate captures how exposure translates to actual purchases, giving you a clear attribution model to look to.
• The Halo Effect
• Why it matters: A display can influence shopper behavior beyond the primary aisle and the moment of exposure.

How to act on these metrics that matter:

• Quantify the size of the prize: Use these metrics to size the potential uplift and identify the right tactics to meet your target shopper.
• Benchmark and optimize: Establish baseline performance trends, explore the competitive landscape, set meaningful targets, and continually ideate towards solutions that will improve exposure, engagement, and conversion.
• Track total store shopping journey: Assess how shoppers move from start to finish – which placements are magnets for conversions, which promotional copy breaks down barriers to trial, and how to leverage merchandising assets to capitalize on growth opportunities across total store.

Factors that influence performance

• Placement considerations: Front vs. back of store, endcaps, racetracks, and in-aisle positions.
• Package and asset variables: Signage/promotion, number of SKUs featured, seasonal timing, pack sizes, and the size/scale/theme of the point-of-connection materials.
• Test elements that drive lift: Keep promotions, display assortment, fixtures, signage, and seasonal trends in your consideration set when testing.

What other factors influence shopper marketing performance? Click here to view the list of attributes to track.

What’s Next?

 

• Download the full one-pager for the list of metrics that matter in practical display tracking.

 

• Leverage a loop of market research services to continuously Benchmark, Explore, and Test – building upon baseline knowledge and iterating learnings into unstoppable shopper marketing strategies.
• Schedule a quick check-in call to map your current shopper marketing performance to the metrics that matter most for your categories and brands.