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The Commerce Department reported that October ’10 sales for the retail industry jumped 1.2 percent from the previous month, the most important gain since March. The rise was driven by a 5 percent spike in auto sales, which analysts said was particularly encouraging because it showed consumers were ready to tackle big-ticket purchases. Moreover, September’s... Read more »

If you are a vendor supplying to Macy’s, you are eligible to receive product sales activity and inventory data via EDI 852. Preparing to setup and receive the EDI 852 files can be confusing, and creating usable reports for your team can be very time consuming. Fortunately, Accelerated Analytics® provides a simple, outsourced service for... Read more »

If you are a vendor supplying to Walgreens, you are eligible to receive product sales activity and inventory data via EDI 852. Preparing to setup and receive the EDI 852 files can be confusing, and creating usable reports for your team can be very time consuming. Fortunately, Accelerated Analytics® provides a simple, outsourced service for... Read more »

Time and time again, when setting up new vendors with Accelerated Analytics®, the same dilemma is expressed in some form or other: “We know that this product sells well here, but our buyer won’t listen to us.”  To determine why, the return question is invariably, “What evidence are you giving the buyer to back up... Read more »

If you are a vendor supplying to Belk, you are eligible to receive product sales activity and inventory data via EDI 852. Preparing to setup and receive the EDI 852 files can be confusing, and creating usable reports for your team can be very time consuming. Fortunately, Accelerated Analytics® provides a simple, outsourced service for... Read more »

The bullwhip effect is a serious problem for vendors. The article below will provide a comprehensive introduction to the problem and impact. After you finish reading the article do this exercise: calculate the total number of stores stocking your products [# of retailers * average total stores], then multiply by 2%, which is an average... Read more »

Retail Link is an internet based tool created by Wal-Mart, which allows suppliers to access point of sale data and other important information. The benefits of analyzing sales data cannot be overstated – there are case studies documenting sales increase by more than 40% per SKU. Yes! That’s the power of utilizing your POS analytics.... Read more »

Lowe’s provides vendors with the opportunity to receive product activity data via EDI 852. The EDI 852 data is used to report actual unit sales, on-hand, on-order and order receipts. Vendors are expected to use the data to identify items deserving increased service levels and fill rates as well as those targeted for inventory reduction.... Read more »

If you are a vendor supplying to ShopKo, you are eligible to receive product sales activity and inventory data via EDI 852. Preparing to setup and receive the EDI 852 files can be confusing, and creating usable reports for your team can be very time consuming. Fortunately, Accelerated Analytics® provides a simple, outsourced service for... Read more »