Focused on helping you improve your bottom-line profitability through the selection, implementation and utilization of in-store technologies. In today’s rapidly changing retail systems environment, the AWG Retail Business Services (RBS) team offers technical consulting services and comprehensive solutions through partnerships with the industry’s top manufacturers and vendors. RBS constantly evaluates the state of the industry to offer best of breed solutions for the most critical areas of your business such as retail pricing tools, data hosting, electronic payments processing, data security, and in-store print solutions.
The RBS Team is focused on the needs of our retailers and finding solutions for the business challenges they face everyday. AWG offers a suite of services offered to AWG member retailers, providing solutions in diverse areas.
Enhanced ordering application that provides SMART ordering information in a high-speed broadband environment through an AWG solution and a vendor partner, Grocery Order Tracker (G.O.T.) – Advanced store ordering and analytics.
AWG’s cloud-based pricing application (RPA) supports our legacy and strategic house zones, custom retailer defined pricing, real-time information, warehouse item visibility, item movement, landed/net unit cost and all deal information. Being a cloud-based application – RPA provides convenient access from anywhere at any time. RPA is designed to be the tool where you can easily manage your pricing day-to-day. RPA generates requested labels and electronic host files quickly for your scanning systems.
AWG offers a rules based, strategic approach to competitive, everyday pricing. This best in class approach takes into account metrics like: Category Roles, Item Priorities (KVI’s vs. Non KVI’s), Universal Link Groups, Item Relationships, Elasticity, and Rounding Rules. Strategic pricing zones leverage competitive market data to drive shopper value perception, while protecting members’ financials. These new zones are manageable as granular as the sub-category level and are supported by the AWG pricing department. This total store approach supports center store and HGS departments, as well as the Meat department (UPC items only), and is leveraged by AWG’s retail pricing application. Contact us at strategic.pricing@awginc.com to learn more!
AWG has partnered with Pangea to work with member retailers on retail print solutions. Pangea provides printed tags, shelf markers and ad signs as well as many other retailer’s needs. Retailers can go online to view, edit and custom-order their in-store signage. One additional benefit is the option to have a dedicated printer installed in store for everyday use. As part of the in-store solution, the printer and toner are provided at no cost. Stores pay for tag or sign inventory and a minimal click charge.
The AWG Electronic Price File Hosting System allows our member retailers to retrieve item file maintenance directly from the AWG SFTP servers with their on-site computer. Member retailers can review, organize, and save files to a database and export the updates to their POS scanning systems. Other types of information sent to the AWG SFTP Host Files include deals and allowances, TPRs (Temporary Price Reductions), and electronic label files.
We offer solutions and services in the following areas by our Preferred Vendor Partners:
