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As a retailer, do you know what’s eating up most of your money? You may immediately think in areas of overhead or shrink. But when it comes to available cash in assets, financial analysts...

Do you ever feel like the only person in a meeting who doesn’t know what any of the acronyms mean? It can be a nightmare when you first start supplying to Walmart! “Are we EDLP for...

What Is Open to Buy? Open to Buy (OTB) is a financial planning tool something like a budget, but focusing specifically on inventory. OTB considers not only inventory on hand, but also merchandise in...

OTC drugs are those sold “over-the-counter” the same as other products, as opposed to those that require a prescription. While OTC is one of the Walmart acronyms that is used widely...

RPC stands for Reusable Plastic Container. When you ship produce, the conventional options are wood or corrugated cardboard. Let’s follow these packages. Regular corrugated cardboard shipping...

Your first mental association with the acronym IRC might be  the International Rescue Committee or Internet Relay Chat – but if you’re a Walmart supplier, IRC means “Instant...

Health and Beauty Care (HBC) or Health and Beauty Aids (HBA) products are non-food CPGs associated with looking and feeling good. They include items like these: OTC (Over the Counter) medicines...

A universal product code (UPC) is a type of bar code. The code includes 12 numerals, plus a “guard bar” at the beginning that specifies the system being used, a bar that identifies the...