Martha Stewart Called To Carpet For Benefiting From A Legal Trade
- Jul
- 11
- Posted by Ben Smith
- Posted in Blog, Brand Case Studies, By Ben Smith, Examples of Leverage, Home Depot, Lowes, Offer Exclusivity

I wanted to provide an update to Vince Young’s prior coverage of Stainmaster carpet’s move to Lowe’s and share an article by Chris Burritt that just appeared in Business Week detailing how the dust has settled. The net is that Martha Stewart now has the featured brand of carpet at the #1 carpet retailer in the US, Home Depot.
In today’s environment it is rare that a brand drops a major retailer. Once the shock wears off, you can see how major moves by competitors, particularly exclusive deals, can create retail leverage opportunities.
read moreSTAINMASTER Carpet Goes Wall-to-Wall at Lowe’s
- Mar
- 01
- Posted by Vincent Young
- Posted in "How To" Get Leverage, Blog, By Vincent Young, Challenger Brand Strategies, Examples of Leverage, Lowes, Offer Exclusivity, Pent-Up Demand, Strategies To Offer Retailers Financial Growth
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While the STAINMASTER brand has considerable equity in the home furnishings and flooring industries, the team at INVISTA was able to gain distribution at the world’s second largest DIY/Hardware chain by thinking like a challenger brand and adopting two key strategies to gain Retail Leverage.
Retail Leverage Principle #1: Bring Pent-up Demand to Stores
Retail Leverage Principle #2: Offer Product or Program Exclusivity

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