Retail, Wholesale & E‑commerce

Smarter promotion mix, leaner leaflets

Logio deployed Veritico PROMO to select profitable promo items and assemble periodical leaflets for METRO Slovakia.

Velkoobchodní prodejna s regály

Outcome

The promotional leaflet was reduced by a quarter while keeping the same sales, improving promotional margin and overall profit on promoted items.

Leaflet size

-25%

Promotional margin at the same sales

+1 pp

Profit on promoted items

+3%

About Metro

METRO Slovakia is the Slovak subsidiary of METRO AG, a leading international food wholesaler serving HoReCa and traders. METRO operates in more than 30 countries. METRO Slovakia runs six wholesale stores that cover the country.

6 wholesale stores across Slovakia

180,000+ business customers served in Slovakia

METRO operates in 30+ countries

Initial challenge

METRO Slovakia wanted to bring promotions under control and ensure that featured items were both sensible and profitable.

Ikona růstu – stoupající kruhy se šipkou

Project goal

Design a balanced, periodical promotional leaflet using data‑driven selection to maintain sales while improving promotional profitability.

Circular diagram illustrating continuous optimization

Solution

Building a data‑led promo engine

Logio implemented Veritico PROMO to evaluate promo candidates and automatically assemble the optimal leaflet for each period.

Ikona propojení – kruhy se šipkami

01

Analyze assortment

and historic promo performance across a 40,000+ item portfolio.

02

Score items for promo suitability and profitability,

 then shortlist the best candidates.

03

Auto‑build a balanced leaflet

per period based on business rules and margin impact.

04

Enable buyers

with automatic suggestions and approve‑through workflow.

Solutions implemented

Unified Pricing & Markdown Management

Promotion Planning & Effectiveness

Ikona digitalizace – zelené kruhy se šipkami

Impact

Leaner promotions, stronger profitability

Thinner leaflet, same sales

A 25% reduction in leaflet size without reducing sales.

Higher promo margin

Promotional margin increased by 1 percentage point at unchanged sales.

High adoption of automation

Up to 80% acceptance rate of automatic suggestions by the team.

Stronger profit on promoted items

Profit on featured items improved by 3% thanks to a smarter mix.

Repeatable promo process

The data‑driven leaflet assembly can be replicated across other METRO countries and B2B retail chains.

Make your promotions work harder

If your promo calendar is busy but margins are thin, we can help you optimize the mix and automate the leaflet. Let's talk about how Veritico PROMO improves profitability without adding pages.

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