What every Category Analyst should know (4 sessions)
Retail Link Intro
- "Canned" Queries
- Ad Hoc Queries
- Time Frames
- Customized Lists: Store groups, column groups,
- Calculations / Helpful Formulas
- Scheduling Queries; watchouts
- Sharing queries (with your buyer!)
- Product Characteristics
- MCAPS
- Download formats
Store of the Community
- Traits - Select Store Trait & Select Store Trait Description
- Future Traiting
- Maps
Electronic Modular Maintenance & Analysis
- Rankings and Indices
- Item / Mod Matrices
- Store Clustering Strategies
- Profitability tools
- Item Additions / Deletions analysis
- Final Walk Through Analysis
- Adobe Photoshop Basics
- Managing the ProSpace Image Library
- ProSpace Highlights / Tables / Charts
- Uploading Images
Managing Monday Morning
- Begin with the end in mind: Assess current responsibilities
- Schedule "Master" queries
- Establish the "dumping ground"
- Automatically Update Charts & Templates
- Disable Links / Macros
- Create Smart Text to drive your email
- Maintain reference tables (dates, store lists, item segmentations)
Communication of Results
- Less is best: Say it succinctly & use "smart text" where possible
- A picture is worth 1,000 words; a chart is worth 1,000 numbers
- Show me the money; put a dollar on everything!
- Always remember the "elevator speech"; make your boss look good
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