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Temporary Price Reduction (TPR)

July 1, 2012 By Robin Simon 4 Comments

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Retail merchandising condition executed by retailers and measured using the retailer’s POS system.  This measure is calculated (from prices obtained from the POS system) not collected from retailer features or from what is displayed on a shelf price tag. A TPR is a temporary price cut of at least 5% from the regular price.  In […]

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Total Distribution Points (TDP)

July 1, 2012 By Robin Simon 37 Comments

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Most comprehensive measure of distribution, accounting for both the %ACV Distribution (reach) and Average # of Items Carried (depth, sometimes abbreviated as AIC).  TDP is often available right on your database but it can be calculated for a brand (or category) by summing the %ACV Distribution of the individual items that make up the brand (or […]

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Total Points of Distribution (TPD)

July 1, 2012 By Robin Simon 2 Comments

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See Total Distribution Points (TDP).

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Trade Promotion

July 1, 2012 By Robin Simon Leave a Comment

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When a manufacturer pays a retailer to execute specific in-store tactics in order to sell more product.  This is often the largest part of many brands’ budgets. Reference articles: The Beginner’s Guide to Trade Merchandising Measurement

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Trading Area (TA)

July 1, 2012 By Sally Martin 19 Comments

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Both Nielsen and IRI construct retail geographies in consultation with individual retailers. Nielsen calls these geographic areas Trading Areas (TAs). IRI calls them Retailer Marketing Areas (RMAs). A TA/RMA is constructed by county.  A TA/RMA can cross state borders. In many cases, Nielsen and IRI will offer multiple TA/RMA options for a particular chain.  For […]

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Unit Sales

July 1, 2012 By Robin Simon Leave a Comment

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Physical volume of product sold at retail expressed in packages.  This is the unit that the shopper buys in the store.  Use when comparing products of the same size.  Most often used by Operations, also in pricing analyses.  Also, in some databases, used as a substitute for a volume when no volume measure (e.g. pounds, […]

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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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