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CPG Data 911: What to Do in an Incremental Volume Emergency

February 1, 2014 By Sally Martin 3 Comments

If you’ve worked with CPG data for a while, you probably know that incremental volume estimates can fluctuate and look a little funky (especially in weeks with little or no trade promotion). I wrote a post about this phenomena a few weeks ago. As I stated then, usually these fluctuations are small relative to total volume […]

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For Aspiring CPG Data Gurus: Incremental Volume Unveiled

December 16, 2013 By Sally Martin 12 Comments

If you are a CPG company with significant trade promotion spending, you probably already buy IRI/Nielsen data or are seriously considering it.   Both IRI and Nielsen measure Incremental Volume: how much extra volume you sold due to trade merchandising. If you’re not sure what incremental volume is, read this first.  If you’ve already got the […]

Filed Under: How To Understand Your Database, Know Your Measures: Pricing and Promotion, Know Your Measures: Sales Tagged With: base, incremental

3 Important Facts About Incremental Volume

December 2, 2013 By Sally Martin 8 Comments

Trade promotion evaluation is a big selling point for Nielsen and IRI data.  Both vendors provide a key piece of the promotion evaluation puzzle: estimates of Incremental Volume.  Incremental Volume tells you how much extra volume you sold due to trade merchandising.  Here are a few things you should know about this important but sometimes […]

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Subsidized Sales: The Missing Link

October 28, 2013 By Sally Martin 27 Comments

Do you debate which Circana/Nielsen measures to include in your trade promotion analysis?  To make the right choice, you need a clear understanding of both your business questions AND the measures themselves.  In my last post, I discussed the important distinction between presence measures and impact measures.  Now I’ll illustrate how these measures tie together […]

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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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