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As global trade becomes more complex and more, well, global, and as the numbers of products and manufacturers grow, we need longer numbers. So the old UPC is now part of the GTIN system....

Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) is not a special Walmart term but an ordinary accounting term. The cost of goods sold is what it costs to make the items you sell. So far, so simple… but it can get...

Wikipedia thinks EOM stands for “End of Message,” but for Walmart suppliers, it’s “End of Month.” You can probably guess what EOY and EOD mean (End of Year and End of...

High Expectations Are The Key To Everything (HEATKTE), pronounced “Het-Ka-Tee,” is a Walmart-only acronym that has been popularized by motivational speaker Michael Bergdahl, who wrote a...

A large part of Walmart’s Responsible Sourcing initiative is focused on worker safety.  Some aspects of worker safety may be complex – keeping tabs on overseas factories to make sure...

Tire and Lube Express (TLE) is one of those acronyms that can probably stump a lot of people, yet when they give up and you tell them what it stands for, they’ll groan in disbelief. How could...

Our word “shroud” comes from the Old English word for “clothing,” and the first listing in the dictionary is for burial clothing. We say that something is shrouded in mystery,...

Walmart actually uses the term “Always On Shopper,” but “omnichannel” is a sufficiently popular buzzword that it gets thrown around in meetings and at conferences, and a lot...

What Is Search Engine Optimization? Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of increasing the quality and quantity of traffic to a website through the organic or “un-paid” search...