In today's highly competitive and cluttered marketing environment it becomes increasingly harder for brands to differentiate themselves form others. This is especially pronounced in the retail space. Shopper marketing is a discipline that focuses on shoppers and their needs to create a unique shopping experience and thereby increase in-store communication effectiveness. Keeping in mind the challenges of marketing to children, LEGO aims to communicate to its shoppers as well as consumers through the platform of in-store its core values of creative play, fun and learning. The thesis discusses the effectiveness of LEGO shopper marketing, specifically the engagement elements it uses in various channels. The aim is to test and evaluate the impact of these materials on the target audience and sales as well as define the hierarchy of LEGO in-store communication materials. In the theoretical part shopper marketing concepts, shopper beaviour and marketing in the toy industry are discussed.

O mercado consumidor enseja acirrada competição entre as empresas de bens de consumo nos dias atuais. O grande número de fabricantes inserido no mercado, somado ao grande número de marcas, categorias e subcategorias de produtos faz com que cresça a necessidade da área de Trade Marketing em desenvolver estratégias cada vez mais focadas e específicas para cada canal de distribuição (lojas/varejo). Dessa forma, surge a área de Shopper Marketing com o intuito de proporcionar entendimento do comprador (shopper) de cada canal, compreendendo e desenvolvendo estratégias, por intermédio das pesquisas de shopper, associadas à experiência de compra. Nesse sentido, são considerados os aspectos emocionais relacionados ao momento da compra, e à Jornada de Compra (Path to Purchase) desse shopper. A criação de Conhecimento Organizacional e as inovações provenientes da Tecnologia da Informação são posicionadas como pilares importantes para a difusão do conhecimento desenvolvido na área de Shopper Marketing para toda a organização, potencializado pelo devido alinhamento estratégico entre as áreas e a alta gestão das empresas. Assim, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo compreender como as áreas de Shopper Marketing das organizações estão alinhadas estrategicamente com a área de TI e alta gestão do negócio para a criação de conhecimento organizacional estratégico. / The consumer market entails a fierce competition among consumer goods companies nowadays. The large number of manufacturers, linked to the large number of brands, categories and subcategories of products, increases the necessity of the Trade Marketing\'s area to develop increasingly focused and specific strategies for each distribution channel (stores / retail). Under this line of perspective, the Shopper Marketing\'s area arises with the purpose of providing understanding of the buyer (shopper) of each channel, understanding and developing strategies, through shopper surveys, associated with the experience of these shoppers, apart of considering the emotional aspects at the time of purchase and the Path to Purchase of them. Knowledge creation and innovation provided for Information Technology appears as important pillars for the dissemination of the knowledge developed in the Shopper Marketing area for the whole organization, providing due strategic alignment between the areas and the top managers of the companies. Thus, the present work aims to understand how the Shopper Marketing areas of these organizations are strategically aligned with the IT and the top business management for strategic organizational knowledge creation.

This master thesis deals with possibilities for addressing customers at point of sale. Its objective is to apply current theoretical approaches to the field of research in order to design a concrete solution for increase of communication effectiveness of dermo-cosmetics products at pharmacies.