SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING A SALES CHANNEL IN A BRICK AND MORTAR STORE

摘要

Methods and systems for determining a sales channel for a product include offering a product for sale in a first sales channel of a plurality of sales channels in a brick and mortar store; calculating a product profitability profile indicative of product profitability in the first sales channel; comparing the calculated product profitability profile to stored criteria to be met by products offered for sale in the first sales channel in the brick and mortar store, and if the calculated product profitability profile is outside the criteria, offering the product for sale to a customer in the second sales channel in the brick and mortar store and removing the product from the first sales channel in the brick and mortar store.

主权项

1. A method for determining a sales channel for a product, comprising:
offering a product for sale in a first sales channel of a plurality of sales channels in a brick and mortar store; calculating a product profitability profile indicative of product profitability in the first sales channel, wherein the calculating comprises: detecting, via a wireless network at the brick and mortar store, a number of wireless connections established between the wireless network and a portable wireless device of a customer entering the brick and mortar store; comparing the calculated product profitability profile to a stored criteria to be met by products offered for sale in the first sales channel in the brick and mortar store, and in response to a determination that the calculated product profitability profile is outside the criteria based on the comparing, performing:
offering the product for sale in a second sales channel of the plurality of sales channels in the brick and mortar store; andremoving the product from the first sales channel in the brick and mortar store.