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How To Identify Distribution Opportunities When Your Brand Is Already “Everywhere”

July 22, 2013 By Robin Simon 8 Comments

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As mentioned in a previous post, shoppers cannot buy something if it’s not in the store!  That’s why having good distribution is so important to your business.  What can you do to increase distribution when your brand is already in at least 90% ACV distribution? Let’s look at an example.  Say there are 3 brands […]

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How to Calculate Average Items Carried

July 22, 2013 By Robin Simon 28 Comments

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If Average Items Carried (or Average Items Selling) is not available on your database, it is easy to calculate in Excel.  It is just the sum of % ACV Distribution of all the items divided by the % ACV Distribution of the brand. Here is an example: Say a brand is made up of 4 […]

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The 2nd Most Important Measure: % ACV Distribution (Part 2)

November 26, 2012 By Robin Simon 10 Comments

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Want to know how the heck % ACV Distribution is actually calculated?   Read Part 1 here. % ACV Distribution is a really basic measure but it can be tricky to use in analysis.  Here are the 5 most important things to remember about % ACV Distribution: It gets triggered by a SCAN, not by […]

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The 2nd Most Important Measure: % ACV Distribution

November 7, 2012 By Robin Simon 53 Comments

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You probably consider dollars the most important measure and it IS the bottom line.  But the number one driver of dollar sales is distribution.  After all, shoppers cannot buy something that’s not in the store! Used properly, % ACV Distribution will give you the answer to crucial business questions like: Are there any retailers that […]

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% ACV Distribution

July 1, 2012 By Steven O'Sullivan 6 Comments

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Measures the breadth of distribution of a product.  Kind of like % of stores selling, but bigger stores get heavier weight. A point of distribution in the Total US is worth more than a point of distribution in Chicago, which is worth more than a point of distribution in Des Moines.  Keep in mind that […]

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% Stores Selling (PSS)

July 1, 2012 By Robin Simon Leave a Comment

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Percent of Stores Selling is also called Numeric Distribution (especially outside of North America).  Within a given geography the % of stores where a product has scanned.  For example, if Retailer X has 90 stores and Brand A sold in 72 of those stores then % Stores Selling = 72/90 = 80%.  While this is […]

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We (Sally Martin and Robin Simon) first met in business school and bonded over our interest in geeky marketing stuff. Eventually we both started independent consulting practices. Now we’ve reunited to share with you some of what we’ve learned in our decades of experience working with syndicated CPG data.

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