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About Andrea

Andrea Syverson is a customer-centric listener, connector and creator. As a right and left-brained creative marketing strategist with over 20 years experience, she holds customers in highest regard in all decision-making processes. By actively and intuitively listening to customers, she's created and developed best-selling products across a variety of categories, from gifts and stationery to books to gourmet food to apparel to spirituality, and many in between.

Her clients include large and small companies: Hallmark, Hershey Foods, Ben & Jerry’s, Celestial Seasonings, Wolferman’s and Boston Proper, just to name a few. While she holds an MBA, Andrea acknowledges that her true expertise comes from continuous hands-on customer experiences. Her new book, "BrandAbout: A Seriously Playful Playbook for Passionate Brand-Builders and Merchants," will be out in spring 2010. She's president of IER Partners, a national consulting firm specializing in strategic planning, brand marketing, merchandising, new product development and creative thinking.

 

Return on Inventory

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4 Multichannel Inventory Planning Best Practices
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It seems every retailer I've spoken with recently is scrambling to gain control of their inventory planning, regardless of channel. It's...



Retail Rambles

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SkyMall Helps You Prepare for the End of the World
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Perhaps I've been watching too much of "The Walking Dead" or maybe too many episodes of "Doomsday Preppers," but my paranoia about the...



Retail Rants & Raves

Joe Keenan
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Shoppers want to think they're getting a good deal. By taking advantage of sales and using coupons, they get that...



Shipping Insights

Rob Martinez
Parcel Rate Increases for 2012
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UPS has announced 6.9 percent air increases, partially offset by a 2 percent fuel surcharge reduction. It's also announced a...



Return on Intelligence

Jim Gilbert
The New CompUSA Rights a Wrong
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Two weeks ago in my blog, I totally skewered CompUSA and its warranty company (found out it's Assurant Solutions)...



Creating Positive Customer Experiences

JoAnna Brandi
How to Love Your Customers So They’ll ‘Just Love’ Your Business
Feb 14, 2012

Customer loyalty is customer love for doing business with you. In fact, neuroscientists studying consumer behavior have discovered that when...



Amaze With Your Merchandise

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WRN: [2011-11-04 11:07:38] Invalid argument supplied for foreach() : /var/www/WCM40/business/api/smarty/smartyModifiers.php, line #785 How often do your products astonish your customers? Are you creating products that stop consumers in their tracks and make them say, “I must have that”? How many crave-worthy, swoon-worthy, need-it-now, amazing products are in your current line?

Too many times our merchandising plans fall short of this important component. I realize not each and every product your brand offers is meant to be in the amazing category, but a percentage of your offers should be. Customers don’t like to be bored.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Store offers an entire pay-attention-now “Met Watch Collection” that's downright amazing on several levels. First, this grouping of eight truly unique watches is all on brand in a very big way. These timepieces are all minireminders of the various treasures in the museum’s actual collection. Whether you loved seeing these collections at the museum in person, you're a Klimt or Tiffany lover, or interested in Egyptian or Japanese art, these watches offer wearers a “mini-Met experience” that travels with them wherever they go.

The watches are colorful, eye-catching and priced exceptionally well. No doubt, these bold and artsy watches will become conversation starters — exactly what every brand manager and merchant hopes will happen.

“Being amazing” means different things to different brands. For The Metropolitan Museum of Art Store, it means being artsy, relevant and accessible. Certainly Rolex and Patek Phillipe offer their versions of incredible watches. What does “being amazing” mean for your brand?

Long-time retailer Macy’s has a motto that says, “Never fail to astonish your customer.” Products should impress your customers and give them something to talk about. Why not take an “amazing” inventory of your product line this season to see if there are enough buzz-worthy elements in your offer?
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