Build the set that sells.
Decide what earns a place, test it without betting the shelf, and run the review that keeps it honest. The same numbers a premium operator works from.
Tools and guides are open to every member. Add your store and the top of this page becomes yours: what needs a look this week, and what stores like yours are adding.
Tell us what your set is missing.
Mark the trends you want to fill and the ones you've covered. This page then points you to what needs a look: a trend you carry that is fading, a shortlist that is ready, products new in what you're filling.
Adding, and passing on
Stores on Introductions see which trends stores like theirs are filling and which they're passing on, counted three or more at a time.
No store is ever named.
Work it out
Product mix and the numbers behind it.
- Ready to use
Facing calculator
Margin dollars per facing per week, the number that settles a review.
- Ready to use
Shelf price calculator
A brand's wholesale to your shelf price at your margin.
- Ready to usePro
What stores like yours are adding
How other independents marked each trend: adding, carrying or passing, beside where you stand.
- Coming soonPro
Margin mix planner
Set each department's share of sales and see the store's blended margin against the goal.
- Coming soonPro
Assortment balance
Core, differentiated and discovery in one category. Shows where the set is heavy or thin.
- Coming soonPro
Keep or cut scorecard
Units, margin dollars per facing and shrink in; keep, move or cut out.
- Coming soonPro
Minimums and freight
Group orders across brands to clear minimums and free-freight lines.
Use it as written
Templates you can copy, fill and send. They fill in from your store where they can.
- EmailFills in
A polite no to a brand
Three versions: not now, not a fit, come back when.
- One pageFills in
Trend test plan
What comes in, where it sits, for how long, and the line it has to clear.
- ChecklistFills in
New vendor checklist
Everything to collect before a first order.
- Sheet
Category review sheet
Keep, move or cut, one row per item.
Learn it, in the order the work happens
Short reads from the operator's side.
- 01
Decide the mix
What earns a place
- 02
Test it
Without betting the set
- 03
Run it
Operations behind the choice
- 04
Review it
Keep it honest