Known 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...
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If 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,...
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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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Do you remember Y2K? Legacy computer systems were built to handle years that went as high as 1999, but not years that began with a 2. As the year 2000 approached, people worried that airplanes would...
READ MOREGross Margin Return on Investment (GMROI)
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...
READ MOREWalmart and Target in Canada
Target launched in Canada in March, and Walmart was there to welcome them. However, Canadian shoppers haven’t taken to Target as well as the retailer might have hoped. The Wall Street Journal...
READ MOREReplenishment & Inventory Management Add Ons
8th & Walton provides the best and most expert training for Walmart suppliers. We’re pleased to announce two new add-on courses to complement our Replenishment and Inventory Management...
READ MOREStock Keeping Unit (SKU)
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...
READ MOREWalmart’s SPARC Program
Walmart’s brand new SPARC program is rolling out nationally this month. SPARC, or Supplier Portal Allowing Retail Coverage, is a new app developed by Rockfish which gives suppliers access to...
READ MOREThe Walmart Supplier’s Last Hundred Yards
The last hundred yards, for the Walmart supplier, is getting from the loading dock to the shelf. It can be a frustrating part of the equation, since it’s not under the control of the supplier...
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