Resources, articles, and podcasts that focus on the needs and interests of suppliers working with Walmart or aspiring to do so.
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 MOREPurchasing 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 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 MORE8th & 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 MOREPBI 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 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 MOREWe’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 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...
READ MORERetail 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...
READ MORESince 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...
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