C
calculation context
A configuration setting that forecasts a promotion in a specific context in order to account for historical levels of promotion on non-promoted products.
cannibalization
The negative effect on the sale of a product when a consumer purchases one product instead of another. For example, when a new flavor of yogurt is introduced the increased sales of the new flavor affect the sales of the other flavors of yogurt.
case allowance
A discount of a fixed dollar amount on the price of a case of a product. For example, the manufacturer offers a reduction in the price per case of product in order to offload inventory quickly.
case cube
The volume of a product when packed in a case form.
case list cost
The manufacturer's cost of a product in case form.
case pack
The number of units of a product when packed in case form.
case volume lift percentage
The percentage of cases that will be sold as a result of a promotion.
category
A group within a system of classification whose contents share similar properties.
category management
The process of determining the price, promotions, assortment, and the shelving of a product category.
category manager
A person responsible for all merchandising activities for a category of products, including price, promotion, placement, and assortment.
category plan
All promotions for one category that intersect in time with a specified date range.
chain
A branded collection of stores with a single owner.
client
The user interface application installed at the customer site.
client product key
The customer's unique SKU identifier for this product.
club card
See
loyalty card program
.
coefficient
A number representing the relationship between a dependent variable (for example, sales volume or share) and an independent variable (for example, base price or discount).
COGS
See
cost of goods sold
.
comparative shopping (comp shop)
The act of verifying the price of a product or service of a competitor.
competitive price
A product price that is perceived to be a good value compared to what the competition is charging for the same product.
competitive product
A product that is sold profitably and is able to maintain its place within a market of similar products.
competitor
A retailer who is identified when price matching an item, and who may be offering the item at a lower price than that offered by the corresponding enterprise.
competitor price rule
A constraint imposed on the price of a product or service in order to stay within the price range of a retail competitor.
complementary product
An item that a consumer buys because it is related to another product. For example, consumers who buy hot dogs will usually buy hot dog buns.
comp shop
See
comparative shopping
.
consideration set
The set of brands that a consumer considers when making a product purchase decision.
constraint
See
business rule
.
consumer
An individual who purchases products or services from an enterprise.
consumer demand model
A system of equations that predicts how much consumers will buy depending on factors such as price, seasonality, and promotions.
consumer loyalty
The affinity that a consumer has for a product or a retailer that makes them more likely to purchase a specific product, or shop at a specific store.
consumer response model
See
consumer demand model
.
consumer unit
An abstracted sales unit that can aggregate multiple unique UPCs into what a consumer considers a single item. For example, different UPCs for the various brandings of the same product can be linked by a consumer unit.
contribution margin
The remaining dollar amount in an adjusted gross margin after variable costs are subtracted.
cost
The amount of money paid to a manufacturer for a product.
cost class
A collection of products with similar or related costs.
cost family
A subset of a cost class.
cost of capital
The amount of money associated with carrying merchandising inventory.
cost of goods sold (COGS)
The amount of money that a retailer pays a manufacturer for a product.
cost type
The highest-level category to which costs are assigned in budgeting and accounting, for example, hardware, software, people, accommodation, external and transfer.
CQD
See
cumulative quantity discount
.
cross elasticity
A measure of relatedness among the purchase of products that is expressed in terms of a numeric value. The relationship is expressed by a positive value if the products are related and a negative value if they are unrelated.
cross elasticity of demand
See
cross elasticity
.
cumulative quantity discount (CQD)
An allowance that varies with volume. For example, the retailer will receive a payment of $1.00 per case for the first 1000 cases, or $2.00 per case for the next 1000 cases.
customer
A person or organization, internal or external to the producing organization, who takes financial responsibility for the system. In a large system this may not be the user. The customer is the ultimate recipient of the developed product and its artifacts.
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