The phrase "channel check" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used in business or retail contexts to refer to a process of verifying inventory levels or checking on product availability within a specific retail channel, such as a store or online platform. Example: Before placing a large order with our supplier, we conducted a thorough channel check to ensure that the products were in stock and would be available for timely delivery to our customers.
And it's fine to ask the manager of a local Best Buy about the store's iPod sales (this is called a channel check).
"In the Shadow of the Sun" — directed by Harry Freeland, to be shown Sunday night on the World channel (check local listings) as part of the "Global Voices" documentary series — follows Mr. Torner over six years as he educates Tanzanians about the plight of albinos and campaigns for their rights.
Driven by new features and higher speed processors, the sales of laptops are increasing, according to a channel check conducted by Forbes.com.
Season three of Defiance is currently running on SyFy channel check local listings.
The inmates began to do siren noises to let us know that an officer might be coming in to do a channel check.
Additional channels are available for download from the Wii Shop Channel through WiiWare, and appear with each Virtual Console title; these include the Everybody Votes Channel, Internet Channel, Check Mii Out Channel and the Nintendo Channel., Wii owners can download the Netflix Channel from the Wii Shop Channel.
It said: Our channel checks lead us to believe that Smith & Nephew's wound division is currently operating below its potential.
For example, questions have arisen over time-tested techniques like "channel checks," in which investors try to see how, for example, local stores are performing.
He lives in the western suburbs of Houston, where he sleeps only four hours a night, and gets up in the morning to the Weather Channel, checking for heat waves.
"We've been doing channel checks for a week now, and we're seeing softness in copiers, printers, digital cameras, all kinds of equipment," said Gibboney Huske, an analyst with Credit Suisse First Boston.
Analysts at Piper Jaffray said: Based on our channel checks and view that Stryker does not want to be third in the orthopedic market where it competes (behind Zimmer Biomet and Johson & Johnson), we do believe that the company will indeed purchase S&N.
