RETAIL LINK^® 3:
ANALYSIS

Maximize sales as you sharpen your analytical skills and find trends and insights in your data. You’ll review true case studies and then explore your own data. Experience the thrill of uncovering root causes, discovering new opportunities and developing solutions, including how to communicate more effectively with your Walmart buyer. An exciting and highly productive class!

All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of Mississauga, Ontario. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart Canada, organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® courses of study and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers. 

Who should take this Retail Link® class:
Analysts wanting a deeper understanding of Retail Link® data, product managers.

You Will Learn

How to:

• Determine if your items are in the right stores
• Create a Current Replenishment Instock Report
• Run a sell-thru on your promo items
• Build a story about your customer
• Plan for demand of product needs
• Tell a story that can be used to help your Walmart business
• Communicate effectively with Walmart
• Organize your reports and develop a plan

How to create and retrieve 9 valuable reports:

• Item Store Level Sales
• Store of the Community
• Sell-Thru on Promo Items
• Replenishment Instock
• Market Basket Summary
• Sales by Hour Summary
• Sales by Hour
• Supply Plan by Case
• Forecast to Sales
  

THIS CLASS RUNS FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M. EASTERN TIME.
IT IS A LIVE ZOOM MEETING WITH A MAXIMUM OF 10 PARTICIPANTS/INSTRUCTOR.
PRICE: $650 USD

SAVE 10% WHEN YOU PURCHASE 3 CLASSES AT ONE TIME.

Registration closes at 3 P.M. Eastern Time on the last business day prior to the class. Please use your supplier email address to register.

Requirements and Notes

• Each student must register; one participant per registration.
• Each student must use his/her camera throughout class.
• You must have authorized access to Retail Link®.
• You must have a Retail Link® ID and password.
• Please have Excel ready to use.
• NOTE FOR NEW WALMART SUPPLIERS: In order to produce valid reports, your company should be shipping to Walmart prior to taking this class. Since our classes do not use dummy data, if you are not shipping to Walmart, you will have no data with which to produce reports.
• Prior to class, you will be sent a Supplement with information pertinent to your class.
• Within three days after your class, you will receive a Certificate of Completion in your email. Many suppliers post this on LinkedIn because it keeps a profile fresh and exciting as well as up-to-date.
• 8th & Walton classes and seminars are exclusively for Walmart suppliers; only a supplier who works directly with Walmart may register.
• With its goal of improving content and presentation, 8th & Walton records each class. This is used strictly for its own edification and then only on an as needed basis. The recordings are not shared outside 8th & Walton. 8th & Walton always treats the privacy of its students, any comments students may make during class, and Walmart’s proprietary information with utmost respect. 
• Students are not allowed to record using a note-taker. 8th & Walton values the privacy of its students and adheres to confidentiality always. We also honor proprietary information from Walmart. Furthermore, class materials are written and copyrighted by 8th & Walton, and recording them is an infringement of copyright laws.
• 8th & Walton, LLC, Bentonville, AR is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Walmart or its affiliates. All references to Walmart, as well as its affiliates, trademarks, and brands, are not intended to imply that 8th & Walton LLC is a Walmart vehicle for advertising or any other commercial purposes. Retail Link® and Walmart Luminate™ are registered trademarks of Walmart.