D'Ambrosio adds that the technology is still improving, and he and his team see future versions of their system including even more input from merchandisers about how their customers use their site.
By the time we meet, I feel more like a merchandiser than a journalist.
Knowledge of global sourcing would also help merchandisers become more effective forecasters, planners, and implementers in this highly unpredictable marketplace.
"As prices of all commodities rise, financing of margin levels becomes more difficult for commodity merchandisers and producers.
It illustrates how research on global sourcing would help merchandisers become more effective forecasters, planners, and implementers in this highly unpredictable marketplace.
"We feel we can double our current size and triple our volume over the next seven to eight years," said Robert J. Ulrich, the chairman and chief executive, whose lean and rangy look, complete with black cowboy boots, suggests the Marlboro Man more than a mass merchandiser.
Speaking a recorded version of what sounded like James Earl Jones's voice, the Dark Lord of the Sith sternly upbraided the audience for not inviting him to the summit, but then said that it was actually a good thing he hadn't been invited, because he'd been able to spend the day at "the Ranch" with someone far more important than "you mere merchandisers".
Behind The Numbers Verispan collected the 2006 data from a panel of retail pharmacies (including independent and chain pharmacies, food stores and mass merchandisers found in more than 800 regional zones), third-party payers and other data providers.
More than half 53.6 percent browsed a merchandiser's mobile app instead of accessing its main Web site through their device's Internet browser.
Wal-Mart went into it because consumers visit food stores more often than they do general merchandisers.
