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Categories Tracked

Coloring & Art

  • Crayons
  • Paint & Painting Supplies
  • Art & Craft Paper
  • Art & Craft Kits

Dated Products

  • Calendars
  • Appointment & Planner
  • Books/Organizers

Envelopes

Filing & File Storage

  • Non-­‐Hanging File Folders
  • Hanging File Folders
  • File Storage

Janitorial/Breakroom

  • Paper Towels & Dispenser
  • Tissue & Tissue Dispenser
  • Beverage Accessories
  • Beverage
  • Hand Cleaner
  • Plates & Bowls
  • Cutlery

Mailing & Shipping

  • Tape
  • Tape Dispensers
  • Packing Products
  • Scales

Office Essentials

  • Stapler/Staples
  • Office Tape
  • Clips
  • Glues & Adhesives
  • Rubber Bands
  • Pins/Tacks
  • Cutting Tools
  • Paper Punches

Office Paper

  • Loose Filler Paper
  • Notebooks
  • Note Pads
  • Index Cards
  • Paper Rolls
  • Specialty Papers

Presentation & Reference

  • Binder Accessories
  • Presentation Products
  • Laminating Machines
  • Binding Machines
  • Presentation Boards

Self-Stick Notes

  • Flat Notes
  • Flags
  • Fan Fold Notes
  • Self Stick Note Dispensers
  • Value Packs

Shredders

Specialty Tape

Writing Instruments

  • Pens
  • Pencils
  • Fine Writing
  • Markers
  • Highlighters
  • Correction
  • Refills
  • Pencil Sharpeners

Retail Tracking

Make the most informed business decisions with point-of-sale (POS) data to understand what products sell across department stores, specialty stores, and national chains. Weekly data enables you to closely monitor performance—faster—to improve business results.

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Checkout Omnichannel Tracking

Leveraging an omnichannel panel of 150,000 consumers, our Checkout service provides the total picture of what’s happening online and in stores and how that’s changing over time.

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Account Level Reports

Compare specific retailers with the rest-of-market to develop sales and marketing strategies that promote growth at those retailers. Our store-level data feeds report performance at an account level, enabling enhanced collaboration between manufacturers and retailers.

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Store-Level Enabled Retail Tracking

Get a more meaningful read on where—and how fast—products are selling, based on sales volume instead of store count alone. With store-level data feeds directly from retailers, you can measure velocity to monitor sales by retailer, region, or territory.

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Prescriptive Analytics

Segmentation

Whether you are looking to define your customer segments or refine them, we offer a deep look into purchasing trends by segment.

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Checkout Buyer Analytics

Buyer Analytics provide self-service Essentials or advanced solutions, so you can see online, in-store, and omnichannel opportunities. Dig deeper into your most valuable customer, brand loyalty, brand leakage/lift, and brand launches.

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The Future of Office Supplies

Identify the biggest opportunities to improve your business performance and grow your portfolio with the Future of Office Supplies. Our interactive dashboard provides you with over 120 three-year forecasts, consumer insights, and Industry Analyst perspectives to ensure you respond effectively to continuous innovation and changing market conditions.

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Analytic Reporting for POS Store Level Data

When you’re looking for opportunities to increase market share, grow sales territories, and localize assortment, its critical to view data through your own business lens to inform your decision-making and investments. Our Analytic Reporting provides deep dives into our point-of-sale store-level data so you can capitalize on the right opportunity, in the right place, at the right time.

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Pricing Analytics

Our suite of Pricing Analytics provides historical evaluations of pricing and promotional events along with forward looking simulation capabilities to help shape strategy.

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Reports

Return to Workplace Report

The Return to Workplace Report follows the latest trends, tracking consumers who worked outside of the home prior to the pandemic and who have now begun to return to the workplace. It’s a new resource for guiding your decisions related to product, marketing, merchandising, and sales strategies so you can align with the consumer behavior changes in the new normal environment.

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Industry Expertise

“Industry consolidation, blended retail, digital alternatives, and value-based purchasing methods are among the macro trends reshaping the office supplies market as we know it, and they’re transforming the way consumers browse, compare, and purchase products. As consumers explore new trends, retailers, manufacturers, and businesses alike must fine tune their category management and marketing programs and pursue collaboration across industry lines to ensure future relevancy and top-of-mind positioning.”