Method for performing retail sales analysis
First Claim
the. the project provides rates at which products associated with the vendor identification code are cross-purchased by the consumer associated with the consumer identification code.
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Abstract
The invention provides a user with substantial flexibility in requesting and generating analysis projects on transaction and/or consumer data that is stored in one or more databases. Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a method for retailers and other authorized users, such as suppliers, to access and perform sophisticated, highly specialized analysis on transaction and/or consumer data, such as retail sales and consumer data, from a remote location using an internet connected computer. The transaction and/or consumer data that is accessed can be a compilation of retail transaction data (collected from EPOS systems, for example) and/or consumer data (which has been collected from frequent-shopper or loyalty cards used by consumers when they shop, for example). Projects are generated as spreadsheet based interactive reports, which are easy to manipulate for further analysis and presentations. Insights from these projects can lead to better decisions on new product launches, sampling, merchandizing, assortment, distribution, and other sales and marketing priorities. Exemplary projects may be interactive, allowing the user to manipulate and extract information which is specific to the user'"'"'s particular needs.
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83 Claims
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the. the project provides rates at which products associated with the vendor identification code are cross-purchased by the consumer associated with the consumer identification code.
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1. A method for performing a transaction-related analysis, comprising the steps of:
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providing one or more computerized databases that include transaction and/or consumer data for one or more establishments, the transaction and/or consumer data including one or more transaction records associating at least a product identification code with a consumer identification code;
formulating an analysis project request via a user interface that is operatively coupled to a computer system having access to the database; and
generating, by the computer system, an analysis project on the transaction and/or consumer data in response to receiving the analysis project request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for performing a transactional analysis, comprising the steps of:
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providing one or more databases that include transaction and/or consumer data for one or more establishments, the transaction and/or consumer data including one or more transaction records associating at least a product identification code with consumer identification code;
generating, by a computer system having access to the database, a project on the transaction and/or consumer data; and
transmitting, by the computer system, the project to a user interface operatively coupled to the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method for performing a transactional analysis, comprising the steps of:
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providing one or more databases that include transaction and/or consumer data for one or more establishments;
providing a computer system having access to the one or more databases;
obtaining from a user, through a computer interface provided by the computer system, parameters for analysis of the transaction data and/or consumer data;
feeding, by the computer system, the obtained parameters into an executable job file;
executing, by the computer system, the executable job file on the transaction and/or consumer data to return results; and
presenting to the user a project reflecting the returned results. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. A computerized system for performing analysis comprising:
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one or more databases having transaction and/or consumer data for one or more establishments, the transaction and/or consumer data including one or more transaction records associating at least a product identification code with a consumer identification code; and
a computer system having access to the database, the computer system being configured to perform the steps of;
generating a project on the transaction and/or consumer data; and
transmitting the project to a user interface operatively coupled to the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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