METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND/OR UTILIZING SALES ANOMALIES TO IMPROVE STORE MANAGEMENT

摘要

In some embodiments, systems, apparatus and methods are provided herein useful to improve store management by reducing the instances that may cause lost sales or result in a customer assistance inquiry. The solutions disclosed herein allow users to start with sales frequency to identify potential alerts or anomalies and then optionally allows for further customization and/or prioritization regarding the potential anomalies in a way that will address specific needs or concerns of a particular system user and allows for the system to be tuned or changed over time as desired.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for analyzing sales of retail items sold in a retail sales environment comprising:
by a control circuit, obtaining historical sales frequency data for retail items from a retail item management database; obtaining current sales frequency data for the retail items sold in association with the retail sales environment from a point of sale database associated with the retail sales environment; and comparing the historical sales frequency data to the current sales frequency data to detect potential sales anomalies corresponding to sales of the retail items.