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Difficulties and Payback of Evaluating Trade Promotions

This seems to be a simple question with a straightforward answer.  Of course it's neither. ...
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Statistical Analysis

Trade promotion evaluation systems focus on the process, potential benefits, types of information and reports. ...
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Company Fiscal Year and Calendar Year

The use of a Company’s fiscal year is an obvious requirement.  But like many obvious...
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Impact of Shipping Days

The number of shipping days in a company calendar is sometimes ignored.  Usually Wall Street...
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Set-Up File

Evaluating Promotions is a complex and difficult task.  In the real world, anything and everything...
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Promotion Profit and Loss Report

Initially a P&L by promotion sounds very simple.  Calculate the incremental dollars from a Trade...
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3 Most Important Reports for Promotion Evaluation

Numerous reports are needed for reporting, analysis and forecasting purposes.  At SPAR we have found...
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How Does the SPARLINE Model Work?

The SPARLINE model is the most sophisticated and accurate model for calculating a baseline and...
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Use of Daily Data

I’ve often been asked if daily data should be used for trade promotion analysis.  My...
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Sales Database for Trade Promotion Analysis

To determine what is in a sales data file I will discuss the minimum requirements...