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Data Mapping Stats - Music to My Ears

Posted by Stacy Jackson Do you ever get songs stuck in your head? I do. Today’s song is “Surf City” by Jan & Dean. “Two girls for every boy” and “I’m going to Surf City where it’s two to one. Yeah, I’m going to Surf City. Gonna have some fun.” It’s kind of annoying, yet it got me to thinking about ratios. Surf City apparently had a 2:1 ratio of girls to boys. I started wondering what kind of ratios I might find in the quarterly report I received regarding our data mapping for our clients' tra

posted @ Tuesday, October 06, 2009 7:16 PM | Feedback (0)

DATELINE: Salesville, USA, somewhere in the 60s or 70’s

Posted by Bud Hilton Some of you may have been there calling on foodservice distributors and operators. If you were, you probably pulled on more “screen doors” than fancy glass or wood corporate doors. The business was basically in the streets. Chain accounts represented less than 30% of manufacturers and distributors volume. Most were even sensitive to that percent growing, out of concern that the potential loss of a big customer may harm their overall volume/profit structure. Distributors,

posted @ Friday, October 02, 2009 4:59 PM | Feedback (0)