INVENTORY PRICING BASED ON PRICE ELASTICITY DEMAND FROM MOVEMENT TRENDS
First Claim
1. A method for selectively adjusting a price associated with an inventory stock keeping unit (SKU) stored in a catalog database of a plurality of inventory SKUs, the method comprising:
- retrieving at least a subset of the plurality of inventory SKUs in the catalog database, each of the retrieved inventory SKUs having associated therewith one or more sales transaction history records and an original price value;
deriving for each of the inventory SKUs a numerical growth rate percentage and a growth trend corresponding to one of one or more classifications based upon the retrieved sales transaction history records;
receiving categorical price adjustment percentages for the one or more classifications of growth trends;
assigning an actual price adjustment percentage for predefined increments of the numerical growth rate percentages derived for each of the inventory SKUs; and
generating a revised price value for each of the inventory SKUs based upon the corresponding actual price adjustment percentage for the associated numerical growth rate percentage thereof.
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Abstract
A method for selectively adjusting a price associated with an inventory stock keeping unit (SKU) is disclosed. Each of the inventory SKUs has associated therewith one or more sales transaction history records and an original price value. A numerical growth rate percentage and a growth trend corresponding to one of one or more classifications are derived for each retrieved inventory SKU. The classifications are based upon the sales transaction history records. Categorical price adjustment percentages for the one or more classifications of growth trends are received. An actual price adjustment percentage is assigned for predefined increments of the numerical growth rate percentages. A revised price value is generated for each of the inventory SKUs.
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1. A method for selectively adjusting a price associated with an inventory stock keeping unit (SKU) stored in a catalog database of a plurality of inventory SKUs, the method comprising:
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retrieving at least a subset of the plurality of inventory SKUs in the catalog database, each of the retrieved inventory SKUs having associated therewith one or more sales transaction history records and an original price value; deriving for each of the inventory SKUs a numerical growth rate percentage and a growth trend corresponding to one of one or more classifications based upon the retrieved sales transaction history records; receiving categorical price adjustment percentages for the one or more classifications of growth trends; assigning an actual price adjustment percentage for predefined increments of the numerical growth rate percentages derived for each of the inventory SKUs; and generating a revised price value for each of the inventory SKUs based upon the corresponding actual price adjustment percentage for the associated numerical growth rate percentage thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22)
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17. An article of manufacture comprising a program storage medium readable by a data processing apparatus, the medium tangibly embodying one or more programs of instructions executable by the data processing apparatus to perform a method for selectively adjusting a price associated with an inventory stock keeping unit (SKU) stored in a catalog database of a plurality of inventory SKUs, the method comprising:
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retrieving at least a subset of the plurality of inventory SKUs in the catalog database, each of the retrieved inventory SKUs having associated therewith one or more sales transaction history records and an original price value; deriving for each of the inventory SKUs a numerical growth rate percentage and a growth trend corresponding to one of one or more classifications based upon the retrieved sales transaction history records; receiving categorical price adjustment percentages for the one or more classifications of growth trends; assigning an actual price adjustment percentage for predefined increments of the numerical growth rate percentages derived for each of the inventory SKUs; generating a revised price value for each of the inventory SKUs based upon the corresponding actual price adjustment percentage for the associated numerical growth rate percentage thereof; and assigning the respective revised price values to each of the inventory SKUs for storage in the catalog database.
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18. A method for selectively adjusting a price associated with an inventory stock keeping unit (SKU) stored in a catalog database of a plurality of inventory SKUs, the method comprising:
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retrieving at least a subset of the plurality of inventory SKUs in the catalog database, each of the retrieved inventory SKUs having associated therewith one or more sales transaction history records and an original price value; deriving for each of the inventory SKUs a numerical growth rate percentage and a growth trend corresponding to one of one or more classifications based upon the retrieved sales transaction history records; receiving categorical price adjustment percentages for the one or more classifications of growth trends; assigning an actual price adjustment percentage for predefined increments of the numerical growth rate percentages derived for each of the inventory SKUs; generating a revised price value for each of the inventory SKUs based upon the corresponding actual price adjustment percentage for the associated numerical growth rate percentage thereof; assigning each of the retrieved inventory SKUs to a one of a plurality of first predefined elasticity influence categories based upon associated first elasticity influence values, each of the predefined first elasticity influence categories having a corresponding first price adjustment percentage; deriving price change values between the original price value and the revised price value for each of the retrieved inventory SKUs; generating an adjusted price change for each of the retrieved inventory SKUs by applying a corresponding aggregate price adjustment percentage including the first price adjustment percentage to the price change values; and generating a second revised price value for each of the inventory SKUs based upon the corresponding adjusted price change. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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