C/04 · MEGACHIM — PAINTS & COATINGS
Knowing every rival's price before you set yours
Megachim has made paints and varnishes since 1996 — four brands, three plants, and products sold to households, trade and industry. In that market, a product is judged on a shelf beside its rivals, while the price next to it can change whenever a retail chain decides it should.
Finding out a week late is much the same as not finding out at all.
Every week, Megachim now gets a clear view of the prices that matter. The system checks published prices across Bulgaria's major DIY chains and competing brands, then matches each one against the Megachim product it competes with.
The difficult part is not collecting the prices. It is knowing which products are genuine alternatives on the shelf, so the comparison reflects the choice a customer is actually making — and can be trusted when a pricing decision has to be made.
We also build and run Megachim's trade webshop, bringing orders, invoicing and courier delivery into one place. The system underneath is being redesigned without interrupting the sales operation.
OUTCOME —Pricing meetings start with this week’s real shelf prices, not last week’s assumptions — and nobody has to walk a store to collect them.