| 摘要 |
In an apparatus for identifying one or more retail merchandise suppliers, a web-based scorecard ( 12 ) is configured to acquire supplier-related information of interest to a retailer ( 16 ). A database ( 42 ) communicates with the web-based scorecard to store the acquired supplier-related information sorted at least by responding supplier ( 30, 32 ). An emailer ( 26 ) is configured to send to at least thirty businesses email content ( 20 ) including at least: a business opportunity description ( 21 ); a URL address ( 14 ) pointing to the web based scorecard; and instructions ( 22 ) to respond via the web based scorecard in order to be considered for the business opportunity. A processor ( 44, 52 ) communicates with the database and is configured to select or facilitate selecting between one and eight of said at least thirty businesses as candidate suppliers ( 50 ) based on the corresponding supplier-related information.
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