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Authors

Ilyenkova K.

Degree
Postgraduate, Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS, Category management and Marketing Department, Ltd Zooland
E-mail
reiz@inbox.ru
Location
Ekaterinburg
Articles

The essence and basic Category management elements

The author in this article formulates seventeen elements of category management, which reflect the essence and content of this approach. Further, five basic elements are distinguished from them and the classification of existing definitions of the concept of category management is carried out, their strengths and weaknesses are described. Based on the analysis, the existing definitions are clarified by formulating a comprehensive category management definition.
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Category management: new view on its implementation in Russian realities

Category management is a breakthrough in retail practice. There are two main category management methods underlying all the existing category management methods. They are described and there is considered the method of the Russian scientists developed according to the main methods. Also by ECR from category management is developed new approach of the retail and manufacturer relationships — Category Captainship. The describing, analysis, characterizing of the category management methods and also experience of the category management implementation in the Russian regional retail helps to develop new category management method with changing some of the stages sequence, specification and addition of four new stages. All the stages of the new method are described and compared with the main methods.
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