Any Retail merchandisers out there?

[drumandthebass]

I've been offered a job doing the above and wondered if anyone out there has done this or currently does this? The recruitment agency gave me the good sell but how hard is it really? I don't meant physically but how the supermarkets and their staff feel about merchandisers. I worry that there will be a lot of resistance from the shops to have promotional displays and basically they just don't like merchandisers very much. Any comments and advice would be most welcome

I work in a supermarket, we have a merchandiser come in regularly. He's part of the job, we accommodate his displays, he takes a photo and he leaves. We then decide if it can actually stay there or if its right in the way, in which case it will get moved or chucked. Then we hope we don't get an audit from the company. So we're helpful and polite, but we both know the display isnt going to stay how it is...

Thanks @muddledmidget. I guessed that's what happens. I'm just wondering how much and how often I'll be met with resistance and whether I'm
cut out for it! Thanks for replying

Lol, i work for a beauty pharmacy retailer, we also have a merchandiser who builds some lovely stands, takes a photo to prove hes done it and leaves.....we then do exactly as @muddledmidget does, 9 times out of 10 it gets taken off the shop floor!
We dont resist him doing it, hes just doing his job at the end of the day!