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Network Interaction & Cannibalization

Evaluate the impact of new touchpoints on your existing network. Understand how expansion, M&As, or development affect performance and customer flow, ensuring optimized operations minimizing or limiting cannibalization.

Mapping Network Interactions & Customer Shifts:
Optimize Growth, Minimize Cannibalization

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40% Overlapping serving area.

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HIGH INTERACTION

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17% Overlapping serving area.

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MILD INTERACTION

Expanding a network—whether through new store openings, mergers, or acquisitions—can create unintended competition between locations. Network Interaction & Cannibalization analysis helps businesses understand how new and existing locations influence one another, ensuring sustainable growth without diminishing overall performance.

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What We Offer:

  1. Customer Flow Analysis: Track how customer behavior shifts when new locations enter the market.

  2. Cannibalization Risk Assessment: Identify stores or touchpoints at risk of underperformance due to internal competition including your digital services and e-commerce.

  3. Optimization Strategies: Recommend adjustments to pricing, product mix, marketing, or location strategy to balance performance across all sites and channels.

  4. Predictive Modeling: Simulate different expansion scenarios to evaluate potential impact before making investment decisions.

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Why You Need This Service:
Unchecked network expansion can lead to self-competition, reducing profitability instead of increasing market share. With this analysis, you can:

  • Identify potential customer migration patterns and adapt accordingly.

  • Ensure each location contributes positively to the network’s overall revenue.

  • Strategically plan future expansions with confidence, avoiding costly redundancies.

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How You Can Use It:

  • Assess the impact of new store openings on nearby locations.

  • Optimize pricing and promotions to reduce internal competition.

  • Make data-driven decisions for store relocations, consolidations, or strategic positioning.

Benefits & Advantages

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Maximized Network Efficiency​

Ensure every location drives growth without undermining existing stores.

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Better Customer Distribution

Prevent excessive overlap and optimize accessibility for customers.

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Smarter Expansion Decisions

Use data to avoid costly missteps in network growth.

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