5 Changes in Walmart Post Audit Claims
Walmart has announced some changes in the way it deals with chargebacks or post-audit claims. The retailer makes deductions to correct pricing discrepancies or to offset costs arising from shipping...
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10 Ways to Revamp Packaging and Lift Sales
You might wish that shoppers would come to your product aisle, stand squarely in front of the shelf, peruse all the packages, and give you an opportunity to prove that your product is better than the...
READ MORESupplier Evaluation Risk: Determining a Supplier’s Trustworthiness
Purchasing a product or service from a business for the first time can require a certain degree of risk evaluation. The consumer who is comparing quality and pricing with competing products and...
READ MORERetail Link and Demographics
Retail Link gives you huge amounts of data about your products. You know where they’re most likely to sell, when, in what quantities, and with which other products. This data can be connected...
READ MOREThird Party Services for Suppliers
8th & Walton provides essential third party services for suppliers, so we were naturally interested to see what suppliers had to say on the subject in the 2014 Supplier Survey. Nearly half of the...
READ MOREPromotional Base Index (PBI)
PBI stands for Promotional Base Index. You know that DDs are about deseasonalized demand – what you would expect to sell, all things being equal. One of the times that things aren’t all...
READ MOREWalmart Suppliers and Fertilizer Optimization
Walmart has identified fertilizer optimization as a top priority sustainability initiative this year. “Rising to the challenge of feeding 9 billion people,” their sustainability hub says,...
READ MOREAre You INFOREM or GRS?
We’re not asking if you’re for ’em or agin ’em. You just need to know whether you’re using INFOREM or GRS for replenishment. INFOREM, IBM’s Inventory Forecasting...
READ MOREWalmart’s Sustainability Initiatives
Walmart’s Annual report is out, and Doug McMillon’s introductory letter is clearly still embracing sustainability as a key commitment: Walmart’s initiatives, in partnership with many...
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