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Store grading

Retailers grade stores by size, often by weekly sales. Here: A at $10,000 or more, B from $5,000, C below that.

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The idea

Retailers grade stores by size, often by weekly sales. Here: A at $10,000 or more, B from $5,000, C below that:

Key points

Store gradeA, B or C by weekly sales, or by space and footfall.
Store groupsStores that should carry the same range.
Why gradeBig stores can carry the full range. Small ones need the best sellers.

Grades decide how many SKUs each store gets.

Practice

Try each one in your head first, then open the answer.

1. In C2, grade Toronto: "A" if weekly sales are 10,000 or more, "B" if 5,000 or more, otherwise "C".
=IFS(B2>=10000,"A",B2>=5000,"B",TRUE,"C")
2. Tap the C store.
Regina, at $3,500 a week.
3. Make a pivot table of total weekly sales by store grade.
Rows: Grade, Values: Sum of Weekly sales

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