Tag: Retail Execution

Aptean BI – Business Intelligence Review
Articles, Data Analytics, Retail Space ManagementAptean announced at its Edge conference a corporate BI platform in QlikView. One size will fit all. Pre-integrated dashboards ready to go; you could change them but then that is your responsibility. These were the messages regarding Aptean…

Aptean Edge Review – From Behind the Sign
Articles, Data Analytics, Trade PromotionRoughly 1000 customers from a dozen computer systems have come to Aptean Edge at the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas, most happy to be out of the office and eager to hear the Aptean updates. Like most user conferences, Aptean Edge has sessions…

Business Impact Launches a Cloud BI Solution
Articles, Data Analytics, NewsThis week we launch our Business Intelligence solution for the cloud – Business Impact’s SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) solution. Clients often ask us, why BI in the cloud? What does business intelligence in the cloud do for my organization? …

How to use Surveys to Improve Execution at Retail
Articles, Retail Space Management, Sales Execution
Lots of companies do surveys. Surveying is important, especially at the beginning of key selling periods to drive execution, but most companies do it all wrong and waste the effort they put into the survey.
You have…

Convenience Stores Perform Market Basket Analysis To Increase Profitability
Articles, Data Analytics, Retail Space ManagementOne of the most valuable pieces of information in the Convenience Store industry revolves around your customers’ buying habits, their market basket analysis. Understanding your customers’ behaviors to develop effective merchandising strategies…

Take Control of Your Convenience Store Purchasing Data
Articles, Data Analytics, Retail Space ManagementThe glory days where distributors offered full guarantee on all spoilage seems to be gone and in general we see a trend of more and more activities being pushed downstream and your convenience store purchasing data is becoming more and more…

Convenience Stores Increase Profits Through Waste Management & Spoils
Articles, Data Analytics, Retail Space ManagementAll convenience stores are aware of the impact of waste on profitability. At the corporate level, are you getting access to the waste data in a timely fashion so you can quickly remedy the situation? Store Managers are often head down busy,…

How To Improve Your Results by “Getting in the Game”
Articles, Retail Space Management, Sales Execution
Many companies in our industry are doing things the old fashioned way. Their common practice is to review monthly reports of sales summarized by geography and or product, then react by applying pressure to “do better” down the chain…

6 ways to avoid scope creep in your next BI project
Articles, Data Analytics, Sales ExecutionOne of the greatest threats to a successful Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence project is scope creep, and the consequence is often a poor return on investment – or even failure, if not managed properly. We define “scope creep” simply…