Sophisticated point-of-purchase material drives impulse purchase, influences consumer decisions and projects brand image. Our Merchandising business helps retailers and global brand owners increase their sales and profits by managing brand, space and finance for in-store merchandising programs which deliver clear benefits in sales uplift and margin improvement. Our investment in consumer, retailer and distribution channel research enables us to add significant value in many global retail sectors – from cosmetics to automobile showrooms and consumer electronics.

Our Artform and DCI Marketing businesses provide deep insight that consumer brand leaders can rely on. In bulk dispense and grocery stock management systems, Display Technologies and Cannon Equipment bring improved inventory control, theft reduction and labour benefits as well as sales uplift. Cannon Retail Technologies leads the development of profit-enhancing products and services for major retailers.

Retail insight combined with advanced engineering and logistics expertise enables us to handle major customer product programmes to demanding timescales. Strong relationships with our customers are extending our market sector expertise globally, bringing our powerful merchandising proposition to the world's leading brands and retailers.

You can visit the merchandising websites at:

www.imimerchandising.com
www.cannonequipment.com
www.dcimarketing.com
www.display-technologies.com
www.artform.co.uk

*employee numbers stated as at 31 December 2009.