Absolute Change (Abs Chg)
Usually calculated as (this year – year ago). Can be used for all measures.
Glossary
Absolute Discount
Amount that the promoted price is below the regular price, expressed in dollars or cents. Calculated as (Base Price – Promoted Price). Note that a 10¢ discount could be 8% in one year but 7% the next year if the base price increased in the second year.
All Commodity Volume (ACV)
All Commodity Volume, commonly referred to as ACV, is the annual dollar sales of everything sold in a store. Although this measure is rarely used by itself, it is the key component used to calculate how much of the market is covered. Related measures include % ACV Distribution, % ACV with Merchandising and Sales per […]
Any Merchandising
See Any Promotion
Any Promotion
Stores that have either Display, Feature, TPR or any combination of these merchandising conditions at any point during a specific period are counted in measures with “Any Promo.” In Nielsen/IRI, the term “Promo” is comparable to “Merchandising”. So % Dollars Any Promo is equivalent to % Dollars Any Merchandising. Reference articles: Beginner’s Guide to Trade […]
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.