slider – Blue Sky Retail Support http://www.blueskyretail.com Uniting Product, Sales and Support For Suppliers. Help for your Walmart Retail Link, Sams sales and business planning needs. Tue, 07 Aug 2018 12:21:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Retail Structures and Culture http://www.blueskyretail.com/2011/07/retail-structures-and-culture/ Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:38:00 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=94
  • Understanding Walmart and Sam’s culture and supplier expectations
  • Understanding organizational structures
  • Networking
  • Meeting preparation with buyers
    • ]]>         Business Planning http://www.blueskyretail.com/2011/07/business-planning/ Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:37:05 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=92
  • Buy plan and promotional budgets
  • Pricing strategies
  • Price mapping competitive products
  • Business review
  • Supplier scorecard review
    • ]]>         Sales http://www.blueskyretail.com/2011/07/sales/ Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:36:33 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=90
  • Commissioned sales
  • Buyer communications and follow up
  • PowerPoint presentations
  • Track purchase orders
    • ]]>         Product Analysis http://www.blueskyretail.com/2011/07/product-analysis/ Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:35:51 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=88
  • Retail link reports daily, weekly or as needed
  • Exception reports with summary
  • Market basket reports
  • SWAS, CWAC, CPFR
  • Intro to Retail Link and automated reports
    • ]]>         Product Development http://www.blueskyretail.com/2011/07/product-development/ Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:33:53 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=86
  • Trade show travel and summary
  • Trend reports
  • Trend boards
  • Develop product “Hit List”
  • Package design, POP
    • ]]>         Business Support http://www.blueskyretail.com/2011/07/business-support/ Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:33:07 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=84
  • People development
  • Receive, process, ship samples
  • Product delivery and layout
  • Paperwork completion
  • Manage local showroom
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