AOC
One of the geographies available from Nielsen, it stands for All Outlet Combined (and used to be known as “FDMx”). It includes the following channels: Food/Grocery, Drug, Mass Merchandisers excluding Walmart. See also xAOC.
Attribute
A product’s attributes are what makes it distinct from other products. Attributes include things like size, color, flavor, package type and other features that are relevant to the category. From a consumer perspective, these attributes are what determine the consideration set and influence the ultimate purchase decision. From a retail perspective, product attributes help define […]
Average Items Selling
See Average Items Carried.
Average Price
What a shopper pays, on average. Calculated as Total Dollars/Total Volume (or / Total Units). Note that nobody really pays this price, since it is a blend of promoted and regular prices.
Base Price
Best measure to use for the “regular” price a shopper pays when a product is not on sale. This is derived from Base $ / Base Units (or / Base Volume), so includes all stores every week whether or not the product is on sale. Because Base Price includes all stores, it is usually a […]
Base Sales
Key measure of the health of the business. Amount that would have been sold if there was no merchandising. Drivers of base sales (sometimes called base volume) are distribution, regular price, advertising, consumer promotions, competition, consumer trends. Base sales are derived from weighting and smoothing the sales in non-promoted stores for the weeks before and after each […]