Increasing sales is based on knowing “what items are bought together” so that retailers and distributors can improve merchandising and drive more sales through all channels. As shoppers, we all buy items in groups. It is the task of the retailers to figure out what kind of items are bought together, to optimize merchandising and increase revenue.
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Assortment Planning And Upselling
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Assortment Planning and Up‐selling
based on “This Sells With That”
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ABSTRACT
Increasing sales is based on knowing “what items are bought together” so that
retailers and distributors can improve merchandising and drive more sales through all
channels. As shoppers, we all buy items in groups. It is the task of the retailers to
figure out what kinds of items are bought together, to optimize merchandising and
increase revenue.
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SKU Classification Based on Frequency of buys and Product Relationships
SKU analysis for assortment planning is based on two key metrics:
The frequency of buys. This is a metric that measures true popularity of an item
based on how often customers buy this product. For measuring popularity, it
is better metric than volume as it is not skewed by one‐time large volume
purchases by a few customers.
Correlation Or How often this item is bought with other items. This metric is a
measure of how strongly correlated this item is with other items that you
sell. If an item is always purchased with another item (like bagels and cream‐
cheese), it is very important to know the "often bought with" items, and
ensure that they are stocked together and in the right proportions. Not
having one item from a basket of high affinity products will result in loss of
the customer.
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The second chart presents a more detailed discussion of the SKUs based on
frequency, how often the product is bought, and its affinity with other products.
(Affinity simply means, "This items sells with that".)
I ‐ Items that have low‐frequency/ high correlation are important to detect.
These are troublemaker SKUs. As companies goes though SKU rationalization
projects, these items often end up on the chopping block, only to brought back again
because they caused lost sales. These items are difficult to identify and there is a
need for sophisticated analytics to easily identify these items.
II ‐ Items that are bought in high quantities, but always with other items are
great candidates for merchandising and bundling. They are a natural for creating
sales lift and revenue lift. It is often counter‐intuitive, but your #1 top seller may
not be in the #1 pair of top selling items. That is why linear analysis of the SKUs
based on volume or frequency results in incorrect merchandising.
III ‐ The low frequency/ low correlation items are the targets for SKU
rationalization projects. However, these items are very difficult to identify. Hence
SKU projects typically end up cutting the wrong SKUs. We call these items Low‐
Loners. If you are a distributor, you do not want to carry these items. They are
perfect candidates for drop‐ship.
IV ‐ Items that sell in high frequency, but usually on their own, require high
service levels. We call these Hi‐Loners. Examples of these items are cigarettes and
gas at a convenience store. And by the way, beer also falls in this category. And
please do not believe the beer and diapers myth! It is a myth!
The challenge with SKU management is that companies make decisions based single
SKUs in a linear fashion. On the product relationship, decisions are made based on
hearsay, industry veterans or tribal knowledge. I think that's how the beer‐diapers
myth was started! And it is a myth!
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