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Practical perspectives on retail analytics, shelf execution, and data strategy for consumer goods teams.

Assortment

Assortment Rationalization: The Step-by-Step Method

The companion piece to the warning signs: the actual six-step method — data, thresholds, the four verdicts, and the shelf translation that makes cuts stick.

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Analytics

Share of Shelf vs Share of Market: Reading the Difference

When your shelf share and market share disagree, one of them is telling you what to do next. The four quadrants and the move each one calls for.

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Data Strategy

Working With Distributor Data: What to Ask For and How to Use It

Your distributor's sell-through file is the closest thing to POS you'll get in many channels — if you ask for the right fields, at the right grain, on a schedule.

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Analytics

Retail Math Refresher: Margin, Markup, and GMROI

The four calculations that settle most retail arguments — margin vs markup, contribution, GMROI, and velocity per point of distribution — with the honest reasons each one gets misused.

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Data Strategy

Distribution Voids: The Cheapest Growth in Retail

Stores that should carry your product and don't are growth with no new buyer meeting, no slotting fee, and no launch risk. How to find voids, rank them by value, and close them.

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Execution

Out-of-Stocks: The Revenue Leak Everyone Underestimates

An empty facing doesn't file a complaint — it just sells nothing, quietly teaches your shopper a substitute, and vanishes from every report that averages by month.

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Execution

The Eight-Minute Store Audit: What to Measure and Why

A store audit that takes thirty minutes doesn't scale, and one that captures opinions doesn't inform. The eight-minute structure that makes field data worth analyzing.

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Data Strategy

Sell-In vs Sell-Out: The Gap Where the Money Hides

Your invoices say one thing, the register says another, and the difference is inventory sitting somewhere between you and the shopper. How to read the gap and what it pays to fix.

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Assortment

5 Signs Your Assortment Strategy Is Costing You Shelf Space

Low-velocity SKUs don't just sit on shelves — they actively push out higher-performing products. Learn the warning signs that your portfolio needs rationalization.

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Data Strategy

What Store-Level Data Tells You That Syndicated Data Cannot

Syndicated data shows market trends. Store-level data shows what's actually happening on your shelves. Here's why the distinction matters for execution teams.

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Execution

Planogram Compliance: Why 68% Is Not Good Enough

Most brands accept two-thirds compliance as normal. But every point below 100% is lost revenue. We break down the real cost of imperfect execution.

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Analytics

How Mid-Market CPG Brands Can Compete With Enterprise Analytics

You don't need a $500K analytics platform to make data-driven decisions. Here's how mid-market brands are closing the intelligence gap with the right partner.

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Getting Started

The Retail Health Check: A Smarter Way to Start a Data Partnership

Long onboarding cycles kill momentum. Our 30-day Retail Health Check delivers dashboards, baselines, and growth opportunities before you commit to a full engagement.

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Fixed Scope · 30 Days

30-Day Retail Health Check

We map your data sources, build your first live dashboards, establish KPI baselines, and deliver 3–5 specific growth opportunities backed by your own data.

Included: Dashboards, KPI baseline & growth opportunities
Optional add-on: In-Market Store Audit Sprint
Book Your 30-Day Health Check