{ "id": 8250, "title": "Chain, company, brand etc.", "url": "/competitions/acquire-valued-shoppers-challenge/discussion/8250", "author_name": "", "post_date": "2014-05-22T08:56:34.627Z", "votes": null, "comment_count": 3, "views": 1562, "content": "

Hi,

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I just want to know if I get it right.

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Company - This is the Company selling the product e.g. Walmarkt or BestPrice

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Chain - This is the explicit BestPrice store @ fakestreet 1337

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brand - This is the brand name. Like if I purchase Ketchup from Heinz

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productmeasure - this is like liter, kilogramm or ounces

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productsize vs. purchasequantity 

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Is it like productsize - is the size of the item. Like there are e.g. 20 Bottles of beer in one beer case? And

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purchasequantity - is like I bought 3 beer cases?

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what is the difference when I buy one steak? Would it be e.g. productsize 18, productmeasure oz, purchasequantity 10; for 10 steaks each 18 oz?

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offerdate - is it the date the customer bought a offered product? Or when the customer received a mail telling him: "Beer just 3$"

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Thanks and regards

", "messages": [ { "id": "46049", "postDate": "05/22/2014 08:56:34", "content": "

Hi,

\n

I just want to know if I get it right.

\n

Company - This is the Company selling the product e.g. Walmarkt or BestPrice

\n

Chain - This is the explicit BestPrice store @ fakestreet 1337

\n

brand - This is the brand name. Like if I purchase Ketchup from Heinz

\n

productmeasure - this is like liter, kilogramm or ounces

\n

productsize vs. purchasequantity 

\n

Is it like productsize - is the size of the item. Like there are e.g. 20 Bottles of beer in one beer case? And

\n

purchasequantity - is like I bought 3 beer cases?

\n

what is the difference when I buy one steak? Would it be e.g. productsize 18, productmeasure oz, purchasequantity 10; for 10 steaks each 18 oz?

\n

offerdate - is it the date the customer bought a offered product? Or when the customer received a mail telling him: "Beer just 3$"

\n

Thanks and regards

", "rawMarkdown": "", "votes": null }, { "id": "46145", "postDate": "05/23/2014 20:05:47", "content": "

I too have some real questions about this, though my reading of Company and Chain was a bit different - I figured Chain would be the retailer i.e. Walmart, and company was the company that makes the good.  

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however that can't be correct, because then brands should only ever be associated with a single company (General Mills never produces Special K - only Kellogg can do that).  

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For example brand 875 occurs in transactions with company 102969525 as well as company 103320030.  Also worth noting, company 104460040 occurs in transactions with brand 3718 as well as 6608, as well as others.  

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And of course brands co-occur with a wide variety of chains and companies and vis versa.  

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I'm not sure how to interpret "brand," "company," and "chain" if there aren't any direct links between them.  I'm also not sure why they bother even roughly defining these things if we can't ask questions about them.  

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Does anyone think they've made sense of this?

", "rawMarkdown": "", "votes": null }, { "id": "46146", "postDate": "05/23/2014 20:17:45", "content": "

I guess you must be right, Schäfer, about chain being an individual outlet.  Pretty sure the normal definition of "chain" is the entire set of outlets that share common central management, but whatever :).  

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I assume that's the case because each chain is associated with only one market.  

", "rawMarkdown": "", "votes": null }, { "id": "46227", "postDate": "05/26/2014 00:22:24", "content": "

"chain" is the retail outlet, e.g. Walmart, Safeway, etc. Note that chains may have common owning corp's. chain is effectively the retailer's brand

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"company" is the product manufacturer, e.g. General Mills.

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Brand is the main labeling, e.g. Chevrolet (company = General Motors)

", "rawMarkdown": "", "votes": null } ], "comments": [ { "id": 46145, "author_name": "kczar6", "author_url": "", "post_date": "05/23/2014 20:05:47", "content": "

I too have some real questions about this, though my reading of Company and Chain was a bit different - I figured Chain would be the retailer i.e. Walmart, and company was the company that makes the good.  

\n

however that can't be correct, because then brands should only ever be associated with a single company (General Mills never produces Special K - only Kellogg can do that).  

\n

For example brand 875 occurs in transactions with company 102969525 as well as company 103320030.  Also worth noting, company 104460040 occurs in transactions with brand 3718 as well as 6608, as well as others.  

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And of course brands co-occur with a wide variety of chains and companies and vis versa.  

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I'm not sure how to interpret "brand," "company," and "chain" if there aren't any direct links between them.  I'm also not sure why they bother even roughly defining these things if we can't ask questions about them.  

\n

Does anyone think they've made sense of this?

", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 46146, "author_name": "kczar6", "author_url": "", "post_date": "05/23/2014 20:17:45", "content": "

I guess you must be right, Schäfer, about chain being an individual outlet.  Pretty sure the normal definition of "chain" is the entire set of outlets that share common central management, but whatever :).  

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I assume that's the case because each chain is associated with only one market.  

", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 46227, "author_name": "rsteger", "author_url": "", "post_date": "05/26/2014 00:22:24", "content": "

"chain" is the retail outlet, e.g. Walmart, Safeway, etc. Note that chains may have common owning corp's. chain is effectively the retailer's brand

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"company" is the product manufacturer, e.g. General Mills.

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Brand is the main labeling, e.g. Chevrolet (company = General Motors)

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