Business method for influencing consumer purchase of retail sales items
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A business method for influencing consumer purchase of retail sales items. An electronic consumer database is created for a plurality of retail stores. The database indicates a purchase history of items purchased by consumers at the retail stores. It is then determined when a common item is offered for sale by each of the retail stores at a reduced retail sales price. The reduced retail sales price is effective for a promotion period determined by the individual retail store. Based on the promotion periods for the common item at respective retail stores and the purchase history of the consumers, the common item or a complementary item is offered to a predetermined select group of consumers with a price discount established by a manufacturer of the common item. The manufacturer price discount results in a target sales price adapted to influence purchase by the consumer.
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40 Claims
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21. A business method utilized by a manufacturer of retail sales items for strategically manipulating timing of manufacturer incentives to effect a net retail sales price of the retail sales items supplied by the manufacturer to a plurality of retail stores and offered at the retail stores for sale to consumers, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) creating an electronic consumer database for each of the plurality of retail stores, the database indicating a purchase history of items purchased by consumers at the retail store;
(b) determining when a common item is offered for sale by each of the retail stores at a reduced retail sales price, the reduced retail sales price being effective for a promotion period determined by each retail store;
(c) considering the promotion periods for the common item at respective retail stores and the purchase history of the consumers; and
(d) after step (c) and based on the promotion periods for the common item at respective retail stores and the purchase history of the consumers, the manufacturer offering a manufacturer incentive to a predetermined select group of consumers for purchase of the common item at at least one of the retail stores, the manufacturer incentive coordinating with the reduced retail sales price offered by the retail store to reach a manufacturer-influenced targeted sales price adapted to influence purchase by the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A business method utilized by a manufacturer of retail sales items for strategically manipulating timing of manufacturer incentives to effect a net retail sales price of the retail sales items supplied by the manufacturer to a plurality of retail stores and offered at the retail stores for sale to consumers, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) creating an electronic consumer database for each of the plurality of retail stores, the database indicating a purchase history of items purchased by consumers at the retail store;
(b) determining when a common item is offered for sale by each of the retail stores at a reduced retail sales price, the reduced retail sales price being effective for a promotion period determined by each retail store;
(c) considering the promotion periods for the common item at respective retail stores and the purchase history of the consumers; and
(d) after step (c) and based on the promotion periods for the common item at respective retail stores and the purchase history of the consumers, the manufacturer offering a manufacturer incentive to a predetermined select group of consumers for purchase of a complementary item at at least one of the retail stores, the manufacturer incentive coordinating with the reduced retail sales price offered by the retail store to reach a manufacturer-influenced targeted sales price adapted to influence purchase by the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A business method utilized by a manufacturer of retail sales items for strategically manipulating timing of manufacturer incentives to effect a net retail sales price of the retail sales items supplied by the manufacturer to a plurality of retail stores and offered at the retail stores for sale to consumers, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) creating an electronic consumer database for each of the plurality of retail stores, the database indicating a purchase history of items purchased by consumers at the retail store;
(b) determining when a common item is offered for sale by each of the retail stores at a reduced retail sales price, the reduced retail sales price being effective for a promotion period determined by each retail store;
(c) considering the promotion periods for the common item at respective retail stores and the purchase history of the consumers; and
(d) after step (c) and based on the promotion periods for the common item at respective retail stores and the purchase history of the consumers, the manufacturer offering a manufacturer incentive to a predetermined select group of consumers for purchase of the common item at at least one of the retail stores, the manufacturer incentive being valid only during the promotion period of the retail store, and the manufacturer incentive coordinating with the reduced retail sales price offered by the retail store to reach a manufacturer-influenced targeted sales price adapted to influence purchase by the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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