Dimitri wrote:
>
> They already do - End Cap & floor displays not to mention check-out lane &
> counter card placements. Display contests, Spiff's PM'S (Push Money)
>
> I truly believe the Super Market companies are among the most sophisticated
> merchants in the world. The need to be to survive.

Maybe my proposal was too radical. But perhaps
a toned-down version would make sense. How about
slow-moving display shelves that would roam the
aisles. That would get somebody's attention,
for example when you have to walk around them.
They'd always be in a different place, so they'd
provide that element of novelty which attracts
notice.

Might be a problem for blind customers, but so
are people who might be standing in the way.
Come to think of it, I can't remember ever
seeing a blind customer in a supermarket.

It could have a second function, for example
it could clean the floor as it roams, like
a Roomba.