face chaude

English translation: hot display area / hot spot

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French term or phrase:face chaude
English translation:hot display area / hot spot
Entered by: Kevin Oheix

04:57 Sep 1, 2018
French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / Merchandising
French term or phrase: face chaude
From merchandising guidelines for a fashion retailer (in the strategy section):

Afin de faire évoluer la *face chaude* qui était continuellement figée par l’opération commerciale, nous allons implanter...

It then goes on to outline what changes will be made to how the various collections are merchandised in store.

I have never come across "face chaude" before. Is it a marketing/merchandising term? Hot side??? Any help much appreciated!
Paula McGowan
Australia
Local time: 03:43
hot display area (hot spot)
Explanation:
I couldn't find "hot side" in this context but if you look at the definition of "face":

"partie antérieure, qui se présente aux regards".
http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/face

If you display something, people can see it it easily, it makes it visible and area is the particular part of a surface, etc, the location.


“Hot Spot Cross” Merchandising

"Every fixture has what’s called a “Hot Spot Cross” – the part of the fixture that sells the best. Most shoppers tend to stop and look at the center of a display, exactly where the hot spot silently highlights important merchandise.

You can locate the hot spot on any fixture by drawing an imaginary cross through its center. Imagine a 12’ gondola that’s 4’ on center: there’s a hot spot in the center of the 12’, and a hot spot in each of the four individual 4’ sections.

Remember this: “Hot Spot and One to the Right”. We know that most shoppers will reach for product with their right hand, so the position just to the right of the center of the cross is an equally hot display area. Use this space to feature new items or to energize product that might be suffering from sagging sales. These are simple retail display solutions that work!"
https://medallionretail.com/increase-your-shelf-esteem-5-way...

face chaude = face visible, partie la plus vendeuse

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"La face positive d’un linéaire ou d’une gondole (shelf) désigne la partie la plus visible pour les clients en fonction du sens de circulation dans un magasin.

La face positive fait face au sens de circulation dominant des clients et constitue donc une zone chaude sur laquelle on privilégie éventuellement les produits à achat d’impulsion".
https://www.definitions-marketing.com/definition/face-positi...

"les zones chaudes sont plutôt situées au milieu du rayon et en face positive.

Lorsqu’on souhaite mettre en avant des produits correspondant à un achat d’impulsion, on les place souvent en zone chaude".
https://www.definitions-marketing.com/definition/zone-chaude...
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Kevin Oheix
France
Local time: 21:43
Grading comment
Thanks, Kevin. I did go with hot spot in the end.
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hot display area (hot spot)


Explanation:
I couldn't find "hot side" in this context but if you look at the definition of "face":

"partie antérieure, qui se présente aux regards".
http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/face

If you display something, people can see it it easily, it makes it visible and area is the particular part of a surface, etc, the location.


“Hot Spot Cross” Merchandising

"Every fixture has what’s called a “Hot Spot Cross” – the part of the fixture that sells the best. Most shoppers tend to stop and look at the center of a display, exactly where the hot spot silently highlights important merchandise.

You can locate the hot spot on any fixture by drawing an imaginary cross through its center. Imagine a 12’ gondola that’s 4’ on center: there’s a hot spot in the center of the 12’, and a hot spot in each of the four individual 4’ sections.

Remember this: “Hot Spot and One to the Right”. We know that most shoppers will reach for product with their right hand, so the position just to the right of the center of the cross is an equally hot display area. Use this space to feature new items or to energize product that might be suffering from sagging sales. These are simple retail display solutions that work!"
https://medallionretail.com/increase-your-shelf-esteem-5-way...

face chaude = face visible, partie la plus vendeuse

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Note added at 5 heures (2018-09-01 10:55:31 GMT)
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"La face positive d’un linéaire ou d’une gondole (shelf) désigne la partie la plus visible pour les clients en fonction du sens de circulation dans un magasin.

La face positive fait face au sens de circulation dominant des clients et constitue donc une zone chaude sur laquelle on privilégie éventuellement les produits à achat d’impulsion".
https://www.definitions-marketing.com/definition/face-positi...

"les zones chaudes sont plutôt situées au milieu du rayon et en face positive.

Lorsqu’on souhaite mettre en avant des produits correspondant à un achat d’impulsion, on les place souvent en zone chaude".
https://www.definitions-marketing.com/definition/zone-chaude...

Kevin Oheix
France
Local time: 21:43
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks, Kevin. I did go with hot spot in the end.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, Kevin. I was thinking along those lines myself - like "zone chaude" and "zone froide". I've just never seen it with "face" before.

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à la première vue il me semble que 'hot side' n'est pas mal i.e. la partie commerciale où l'on vend le plus.
Other hot sides , according to Fred Sipiora at Singer, were: "Surfin' USA," - https://books.google.pt/books?id=YwsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50&lpg=PA...

José Patrício
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

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disagree  David Sirett: Completely different context (side of a vinyl record)
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