Creativity in
detectivity
(Agreed it’s not a
word )


Amod Damle


                     Assignment# 2
• Lucky Grocery Store
  • Supermarket Chain Majorly in Northern California
• Costco Wholesale
  • 5th Largest retail store and a membership warehouse club
    chain in United States
• Fresh & Easy Grocery Store
  • Latest Grocery chain in California
• Abercrombie
  • Branded Clothing store




Stores Visited
LUCKY GROCERY STORE
I am feeling Lucky
•   Pharmacy
 •   Sea Food
 •   Bakery
 •   Deli
 •   BANK
 •   Coinstar




How CONVEINIENT …or How LUCKY
All under one roof 
Bags n Draw-strings In one place


                                         HAPPY
                                     =   CUSTOMERS




Baked items at
the entrance:
made me buy
some

                                     Going Green
Local and Brand names stacked right besides each other




Huh ?
Nice Try
Beauty Section




Men need to bend it 
But women can stand
Weekend special : In Good taste indeed
Smart Move : Basics of life Milk & Beer




                    • Dairy and beer / liquor section
                      located at the absolute interior
                      of the store
                    • The customer tends to buy a lot
                      of items on the way in and way
                      out
COSTCO
Its all about PLENTY – PLENTY – PLENTY
•   Wholesale items
•   Wholesale price
•   Subsidized Gas
•   Produce
•   Electronics
•   Home furnishing
•   Toiletries
•   Travel
•   Insurance
•   Patio furniture
•   etc

Bulk Large and Beyond......
Perfect design for huge items




                       Ample parking         Huge carts

                                                           Nice ramp




Spacious entry and exits
Smart Entrance




LEFT: Photo center / Eye exams          Right: HDTV and women jewelry
Smart Entrance




Food court just outside the Entry / Exit points
You are bound to grab a pizza / hot dog and a soda




Can you resist a pizza ???
Of course not 
San Francisco Giants




                   • MLB
                   • On the eve of the SF
                     Giants sweeping the
                     world series




Keeping up with the local
happenings
• Already gearing
  up for
  Christmas
Stack Attack
Cleanliness friendly
•   Huge store makes you feel comfortable in spite of crowds
•   People tend to flock in with the entire household
•   Generally see kids occupying cart space as well
•   All ages can spend time and get awed by the quantity
•   Kids love the chocolate section in particular
•   All items easily accessible
•   Weekends are even more fun as lot of food stalls cater to
    different delicacies


There is everything for
everybody
Abercrombie &
Fitch
• High end premium clothing store
• Store looks are plush with wooden louvers and thoughtful
  design
• Night club kind look and feel to it
• Spotlights at distinctive non-sale items which draw your
  attention
• Sale and non – sale items often mixed
• Store is typically modest size but designed in such a way
  that you get lost in the aisles




What’s so special
Black and White Photography

                • Provocative life size
                  posters and beautifully
                  shot photographs of
                  professional models
                  tend to attract attention
                • Very well spoken sales
                  representatives
                • Totally urban
                  experience




      Provocative ?… Yes
• Expensive perfumes as impulse buys at
                  checkout
                • Checkouts located deep inside so as to
                  make you shop as much as you can



Check out ? Not so
easy………..
Entirely different stores for kids and adults




Stark difference
Fresh n easy
Before I enter



•   Not huge compared to other stores
•   Just enough parking lot
•   Clean (Spick and span)
•   Unique shopping carts that don’t need you to bend a lot




Green indeed
Inside the store

•   Very well lit clean environment
•   Green is their color
•   Feels big due to the floor to celling height
•   Evenly spaced aisles
•   Enough room for two carts to pass by
•   Fresh produce at a competitive price
•   Produce packaged in small portions (Reduces wastage)




What’s in - store
Customers


• Customers are generally in one’s and two’s (young
  adults)
• Never seen big families
• Most of the shoppers are people coming directly from
  work with their work ID’s on
• Good store to pick – up that forgotten item
• Quick in  Quick out   I love this




Quick In  Quick Out

Creativity in Detectivity

  • 1.
    Creativity in detectivity (Agreed it’snot a word ) Amod Damle Assignment# 2
  • 2.
    • Lucky GroceryStore • Supermarket Chain Majorly in Northern California • Costco Wholesale • 5th Largest retail store and a membership warehouse club chain in United States • Fresh & Easy Grocery Store • Latest Grocery chain in California • Abercrombie • Branded Clothing store Stores Visited
  • 3.
    LUCKY GROCERY STORE Iam feeling Lucky
  • 4.
    Pharmacy • Sea Food • Bakery • Deli • BANK • Coinstar How CONVEINIENT …or How LUCKY All under one roof 
  • 5.
    Bags n Draw-stringsIn one place HAPPY = CUSTOMERS Baked items at the entrance: made me buy some Going Green
  • 6.
    Local and Brandnames stacked right besides each other Huh ? Nice Try
  • 7.
    Beauty Section Men needto bend it  But women can stand
  • 8.
    Weekend special :In Good taste indeed
  • 9.
    Smart Move :Basics of life Milk & Beer • Dairy and beer / liquor section located at the absolute interior of the store • The customer tends to buy a lot of items on the way in and way out
  • 10.
    COSTCO Its all aboutPLENTY – PLENTY – PLENTY
  • 11.
    Wholesale items • Wholesale price • Subsidized Gas • Produce • Electronics • Home furnishing • Toiletries • Travel • Insurance • Patio furniture • etc Bulk Large and Beyond......
  • 12.
    Perfect design forhuge items Ample parking Huge carts Nice ramp Spacious entry and exits
  • 13.
    Smart Entrance LEFT: Photocenter / Eye exams Right: HDTV and women jewelry
  • 14.
    Smart Entrance Food courtjust outside the Entry / Exit points You are bound to grab a pizza / hot dog and a soda Can you resist a pizza ??? Of course not 
  • 15.
    San Francisco Giants • MLB • On the eve of the SF Giants sweeping the world series Keeping up with the local happenings
  • 16.
    • Already gearing up for Christmas
  • 17.
  • 18.
  • 19.
    Huge store makes you feel comfortable in spite of crowds • People tend to flock in with the entire household • Generally see kids occupying cart space as well • All ages can spend time and get awed by the quantity • Kids love the chocolate section in particular • All items easily accessible • Weekends are even more fun as lot of food stalls cater to different delicacies There is everything for everybody
  • 20.
  • 21.
    • High endpremium clothing store • Store looks are plush with wooden louvers and thoughtful design • Night club kind look and feel to it • Spotlights at distinctive non-sale items which draw your attention • Sale and non – sale items often mixed • Store is typically modest size but designed in such a way that you get lost in the aisles What’s so special
  • 22.
    Black and WhitePhotography • Provocative life size posters and beautifully shot photographs of professional models tend to attract attention • Very well spoken sales representatives • Totally urban experience Provocative ?… Yes
  • 23.
    • Expensive perfumesas impulse buys at checkout • Checkouts located deep inside so as to make you shop as much as you can Check out ? Not so easy………..
  • 24.
    Entirely different storesfor kids and adults Stark difference
  • 25.
  • 26.
    Before I enter • Not huge compared to other stores • Just enough parking lot • Clean (Spick and span) • Unique shopping carts that don’t need you to bend a lot Green indeed
  • 27.
    Inside the store • Very well lit clean environment • Green is their color • Feels big due to the floor to celling height • Evenly spaced aisles • Enough room for two carts to pass by • Fresh produce at a competitive price • Produce packaged in small portions (Reduces wastage) What’s in - store
  • 28.
    Customers • Customers aregenerally in one’s and two’s (young adults) • Never seen big families • Most of the shoppers are people coming directly from work with their work ID’s on • Good store to pick – up that forgotten item • Quick in  Quick out   I love this Quick In  Quick Out