Ease
of Use - Pricing Integrity
The system is designed for ease of use for maintenance activities, but provides
unique features for the advanced user. Maintenance activity has been reduced
by more than 50% with near perfect pricing integrity.
Gross
Margin Improvement
By being able to target category strategies on a store-by-store basis, Gross
Margin can be increased by at least 1% with the same or improved competitive
image.
Unique Department & Category
Considerations
FOCAL POINT has been designed to consider the uniqueness of different departments
and categories such as Perishables and Soft Drinks Distributors.
Cost Changes
For future cost changes, the user can maintain GM% or Penny Pass Through with
rounding to Price End Points with simple push of buttons.
Multiple Tiers Pricing Methods
Multiple tiered pricing methods priorities can be established with Base, TPR,
and Ad prices. Frequent Shopper prices are then a supplement to the effective
price.
Systems Interfaces
Focal Point will provide the information and files to interface with Warehouse
Billing, POS, Shelf Labels and Frequent Shopper link codes.
ACNielsen PRICEMAN Interface
Saved pricing strategies from PRICEMAN can be imported to Focal Point with
automated Pricing Events.
Develop the professionalism of your staff to manage the Retail Price as an important asset of the business. |
We never know which item a customer is sensitive to, so make sure your pricing strategies make common sense. |
On a Category / Store basis provide the optimal mix of Sales, Gross Profit, Competitive Image, and Value. |
Communicate to your customers that your Price reflects your overall strategy, your category strategy and the item strategy. |