the POS (point of sale) advertising market | France

1.1 Presentation and definition of the market

The market for point-of-sale advertising (POS) covers all the advertising techniques and materials used by manufacturers or distributors to promote brands at the point of sale and towards the customer. For example, posters, flyers or exhibition stands are often used.

The issues related to point-of-sale advertising are multiple attract the attention of potential customers, involve the consumer in the brand (many POS methods nowadays propose to create an interaction between the product offered and the potential consumer) and finally succeed in selling the product . It is a matter of promoting a product to the consumer by highlighting it. POP is particularly important in that the customer decides on his purchase at the last moment, i.e. in the store, in 55% of cases . In addition, POS is very important in supermarkets and other large stores because in this type of store, a product must attract the consumer in less than eight seconds.

POP advertising uses a multitude of techniques and tools. Advertisers use visual effects as well as atmospheric effects and sound effects. Thus, the effectiveness of POP is based on its ability to attract the attention of the consumer, involve him and finally be able to sell him a product directly. Despite the development of e-commerce, POP still plays an important role in reaching the customer directly

However, the health crisis and the various restrictions that followed slowed down the activity of the POP sector. Indeed, with the closure of stores and the development of new distribution channels over the period (click