METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE SALES ESTIMATES
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- generating a first data structure to store market data, the first data structure comprising a first plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells being associated with a store;
identifying a second plurality of cells within the first plurality of cells that are associated with a channel of interest; and
placing a representation of the second plurality of cells in a cohort data structure, the second plurality of cells within the cohort data structure being arranged based on relative similarities between the stores in the second plurality of cells with respect to a characteristic of interest.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to facilitate sales estimates are disclosed. An example method includes compiling, in a market intelligence database, point of sale (POS) data collected at stores using a first data collection system, compiling, in a market intelligence database, consumer purchase data collected from panelists using a second data collection system, compiling, in a market intelligence database, geographically informed demographic data collected with a third data collection system, and compiling, in a market intelligence database, store characteristic data collected with a fourth data system in a market. The example method also includes organizing at least a subset of the POS data, the consumer purchase data, the geographically informed demographic data, or the store characteristic data into a first multi-dimensional volume of cells. Additionally, each cell corresponds to at least one store associated with at least one channel and the cells are arranged in the first volume based on their relative similarities with respect to a first characteristic of interest.
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39 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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generating a first data structure to store market data, the first data structure comprising a first plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells being associated with a store; identifying a second plurality of cells within the first plurality of cells that are associated with a channel of interest; and placing a representation of the second plurality of cells in a cohort data structure, the second plurality of cells within the cohort data structure being arranged based on relative similarities between the stores in the second plurality of cells with respect to a characteristic of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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19. An apparatus to determine sales estimates comprising:
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a market intelligence database to store data indicative of a plurality of merchants; and a cohort system to develop at least one spatial cohort based on the data. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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31. An article of manufacture storing machine accessible instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to:
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generate a first data structure to store market data, the first data structure comprising a first plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells being associated with a store; identify a second plurality of cells within the first plurality of cells that are associated with a channel of interest; and place a representation of the second plurality of cells in a cohort data structure, the second plurality of cells within the cohort data structure being arranged based on relative similarities between the stores in the second plurality of cells with respect to a characteristic of interest. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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