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Finding a Brand's Top Expansion Opportunities

Use BDSA's Best Opportunity Finder to identify potential store expansion opportunities for brands

 

 

Key Steps

1. Accessing the Best Opportunity Finder 0:00

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  • Navigate to BDSA's Best Opportunity Finder.

  • Understand that this tool helps brands identify their best opportunities based on store size and product portfolio.

 

2. Analyzing Current Brand Distribution 0:17

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  • Review the current distribution of the brand in top stores.

  • Assess the challenge of finding new opportunities due to existing distribution.

 

3. Utilizing the Find Best Opportunities Tab 0:35

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  • Click on the 'Find Best Opportunities' tab.

  • This tab provides metrics to help determine the next steps for store expansion.

 

4. Understanding Opportunity Scores 0:51

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  • Familiarize yourself with how total opportunity scores are calculated for store openings and product categories.

 

5. Evaluating Category Sales Rank 1:08

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  • Analyze the total sales for each store.

  • Identify the sales rank of categories based on sales data.

 

6. Identifying Under-saturated Stores 2:10

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  • Compare the share of store sales to the share of store products.

  • Rank categories by the difference between these two values to find under-saturated stores.

 

7. Summing and Re-ranking Opportunities 2:32

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  • Sum the ranks from the share of store sales, the difference rank, and overall store rank.

  • Re-rank to identify top opportunities for product expansion.

 

8. Exporting Data 3:15

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  • Use the export feature to send the opportunity data to the sales team for further analysis.

 

9. Reviewing Existing Store Relationships 3:24

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  • Check for existing store relationships to identify potential new product additions.

 

10. Exploring New Store Opportunities 3:34

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  • Look for new stores to expand into, based on the analysis.

 

11. Accessing Definitions and Algorithm Information 3:53

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  • Refer to the 'how to read this table' tab for definitions and algorithm details.