Add Retail Link Data to Google Maps
Retail Link 2.0 is expected to provide some data visualization. What are you doing in the meantime? One option is to upload your data to Google Maps. You might want to see a map view of top and...
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Consumer Testing Laboratories (CTL)
Since 1952, a family-owned company called Consumer Testing Laboratories (CTL) has provided testing of all kinds of consumer products. Is the umbrella you make truly waterproof? CTL can tell you. Does...
READ MORESupplier Scorecard: Do the Math
Derek Ridenoure and Teresa Warren talked about the Walmart Supplier Scorecard in this week’s Saturday Morning Meeting. “It is a one-page document that has every component on it...
READ MOREWalmart Supplier Glossary: POE
Port of Entry (POE) ia a port at which imported goods enter the country is a port of entry. While the term may conjure up thoughts of seaports with big ships, the smell of the ocean, and the cries...
READ MOREWalmart’s Ethical Sourcing Requirements
Walmart made history last year by requiring higher ethical standards of all suppliers when it comes to sourcing. “Saving people money so they can live better encompasses more than merely having...
READ MORESupplier Evaluation Risk (SER) Rating
One of the requirements to become a Walmart supplier is registration with Dun & Bradstreet. Dun & Bradstreet manages data on businesses and calculates what is essentially a business credit...
READ MOREYear-End Reporting with Retail Link
Note: for information about Walmart’s fiscal year, go to Walmart Fiscal Year Calendar. Walmart suppliers get another New Year’s Eve next Friday, January 31st, when Fiscal Year 2014 ends....
READ MOREKnown Value Items (KVI)
What Are Known Value Items? The average consumer has a mental price book for about one hundred items. Those items are the KVIs – the Known Value Items, the ones whose typical price people can...
READ MOREIf It’s Your Off Season…
For most Walmart suppliers, this is the biggest time of the year. For some, though, this is off season. If your assortment includes patio furniture and sand toys instead of sweaters and gingerbread,...
READ MOREWalmart’s Ecosystem
Walmart figures there are three kinds of Walmart shoppers. There are those that come and stock up at Walmart each week. These are the peanut butter, if you will, in the Walmart PB&J sandwich. The...
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