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Explaining VARIANCE in Sales across two time frames

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    Explaining VARIANCE in Sales across two time frames

    Hi All,

    Hope you are doing well!...I am trying to explain the variance in sales across two timeframes and I need to explain the difference in sales with the help of other information that I have such as

    Availability: The percentage of time the product was available in the week
    BuyBox:The percentgae of the time the product had optimal competitive price
    Quantity
    Minimum Price: The floor price below which the product cant sell..
    Cost and manufacturer advertised price...

    Can anyone please help in explaing the variance ins sales using the variables that I have...Any help will be appreciated,.,Attached the file...

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    Re: Explaining VARIANCE in Sales across two time frames

    I'm not sure I understand - are you asking us to do an analysis of your data, or a specific Excel question regarding your data?

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    Re: Explaining VARIANCE in Sales across two time frames

    Hi Greg,

    Apologies that I was not clear!...I am trying to decompose the sales decrease value across the variables Availability,buy box, cost, freight price, min price and MAP -meaning - if the sales decrease is say 100% I am trying to attribute due to availability decrease of 30$ , due to buy box increase of 10$, freight price- decrease of 60$, other cost -decrease of 20$..I am trying to create a relationship/equation for the same...

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    Re: Explaining VARIANCE in Sales across two time frames

    Maybe someone else can understand, but I'm not seeing a specific Excel how-to question, but more of need to analyze the data.
    Last edited by Gregb11; 07-04-2019 at 10:27 AM. Reason: typo

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    Re: Explaining VARIANCE in Sales across two time frames

    Are you looking for someone to build an entire solution for you? If so, the Commercial Services section would be more appropriate, as you can buy points and then offer payment to your helper.
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