Responding to the competitive pressure of community group buying Diversification of channels for FMC

Mondo Finance Updated on 2024-02-05

In the current market environment, the community**, with its convenient and efficient shopping methods and highly competitive strategies, has posed significant competitive pressure on traditional FMCG dealers. In the face of this challenge, FMCG distributors need to actively seek transformation and upgrading, and one of the key links is to diversify sales channels to broaden their business scope and enhance market adaptability and risk resistance. Here's how to diversify your channels from several perspectives:

1.*Online integration and offline (O2O model)**FMCG dealers should take the initiative to embrace the Internet, build online sales channels with the help of e-commerce platforms, social networks, small programs and other tools, and combine the original offline sales network to form an online and offline integrated O2O model. For example, by developing its own ** or entering mainstream e-commerce platforms, it provides online ordering, store pick-up or door-to-door delivery services, which can not only meet the immediate needs of consumers, but also cover consumers in a wider region.

2.*Deep Cooperation Community**Platform**: Rather than seeing the community as a competitor, it is better to see it as a partner. FMCG dealers can try to carry out in-depth cooperation with the community** platform to provide a stable and high-quality supply of goods, and use its strong community base and fast delivery advantages to further expand product coverage and influence.

3.*Layout of unmanned retail formats**: FMCG products have a natural fit with new retail formats such as unmanned vending machines and self-service convenience stores. Dealers can set up unmanned retail terminals to meet the immediate consumption needs of consumers, while reducing labor costs and improving operational efficiency.

4.*Expand direct supply channels for enterprises and institutions**: For large institutions such as enterprises and institutions, schools, hospitals, etc., open special direct supply channels to provide customized procurement solutions and services, which can not only ensure stable sales, but also effectively avoid direct competition with the community.

5.*Deepening service value**: In addition to commodity sales, FMCG dealers can also extend to the field of value-added services, such as providing one-stop solutions such as marketing planning, brand promotion, and after-sales service, so as to enhance their comprehensive competitiveness.

6.*Strengthen regionalization**: While maintaining a national layout, we pay attention to the deep cultivation of the regional market, formulate targeted sales strategies and product portfolios according to the consumption characteristics and habits of each region, and establish a deep localized user base.

In summary, in the face of the competitive pressure of the community, FMCG dealers need to change their thinking, not only to make full use of emerging technology to expand online sales, but also to strengthen the deep integration and cooperation with various channels, and respond to challenges with a comprehensive and diversified channel strategy, so as to continue to develop and gain advantages in the fierce market competition.

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