公开(公告)号：WO2016019156A1

公开(公告)日：2016-02-04

申请号：PCT/US2015/042934

申请日：2015-07-30

Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Inventor： CONWAY, Caroline ,  FLETCHER, Charles, Brandon ,  CHOWDHURY, Rahul

IPC: G06Q10/06

CPC classification number: G06Q30/0202

Abstract: A system for promotional forecasting in a retail environment is provided. The system includes at least one processor coupled to a memory storing sales history information associated with a product, an interface configured to receive a promotion configuration profile including an indication of the product and a state of a plurality of promotion variables, and a promotional forecasting component. The promotional forecasting component is configured to determine a base sales quantity of the product based on the sales history information, determine a lift factor for each promotion variable, the lift factor indicative of an effect of the promotion variable on the base sales quantity, determine a total lift factor for the promotion configuration profile based on the lift factor for each promotion variable and the state of each promotion variable, and determine a forecasted sales quantity for the product based on the base sales quantity and the total lift factor.

Abstract translation: 提供了零售环境促销预测系统。 该系统包括至少一个处理器，其耦合到存储与产品相关联的销售历史信息的存储器，配置为接收包括产品的指示和多个促销变量的状态的促销配置简档的接口以及促销预测组件 。 促销预测组件被配置为基于销售历史信息来确定产品的基本销售数量，确定每个促销变量的升幅因子，指示促销变量对基本销售量的影响的提升因子，确定 基于每个促销变量的升幅因子和每个促销变量的状态的促销配置简档的总升幅因子，并且基于基本销售量和总升力因子来确定产品的预测销售量。

公开(公告)号：WO2015061517A1

公开(公告)日：2015-04-30

申请号：PCT/US2014/061869

申请日：2014-10-23

Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Inventor： CHOWDHURY, Rahul ,  FLETCHER, Charles, Brandon ,  CONWAY, Caroline

IPC: G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G06Q30/06

CPC classification number: G06Q30/0211

Abstract: According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a system for identifying inelastic products, the system comprising an interface, a markdown analysis module, and a database, wherein the markdown analysis module is further configured to receive signals from each server of a plurality of retail stores including product sales information, calculate, based on the received information, the total expected markdown for each retail store, identify, based on the total expected markdown of each retail store, an outlier store that has a total expected markdown greater than a threshold, identify a sister store that has at least one similar characteristic to the outlier store and less total expected markdown than the outlier store, compare expected markdowns of the outlier store and the sister store, and identify, based on the comparison between the expected markdowns of the outlier and sister stores, at least one inelastic product in the outlier store.

Abstract translation: 根据一个方面，本发明的实施例提供了一种用于识别非弹性产品的系统，所述系统包括接口，降价分析模块和数据库，其中所述降价分析模块还被配置为从多个 包括产品销售信息在内的零售商店，根据收到的信息，计算每个零售商店的总预期降幅，根据每个零售商店的总预期降幅确定一个总预期降幅大于阈值的异常商店 ，识别与离群商店至少有一个类似特征的姊妹商店，比离群商店的总预期价格下降更少，比较离群商店和姐妹商店的预期降幅，并根据预期的降价 离异和姐妹商店，在异常商店中至少有一个非弹性产品。