Keep more of every sale, from the shelf to the doorstep.
Trade schemes, marketplace fees, returns and promotions each take a slice of the price. We check every deduction, discount and refund in your data and show you what to recover.
01Where money leaks in consumer and retail
Trade deductions
Retailer and distributor deductions taken above the agreed scheme, or with no proof.
Promotions and discounts
Discounts that run past their end date, or stack on top of each other.
Returns and refunds
Refunds without a returned item, and the same customers returning again and again.
Marketplace and delivery fees
Commission, shipping and storage fees charged above the rate card.
Twelve use cases across trade, pricing, e-commerce and stores
- Deduction validationRetailer claims, scheme terms, proof of delivery
- Scheme leakageScheme rules, invoices, secondary sales
- Distributor stock and claimsDistributor stock, claims, sell-out data
- Price below floorPrice lists, invoices, discounts
- Promotion overrunPromotion calendar, till and order data
- Coupon and voucher abuseVoucher logs, orders, customer IDs
- Refund without returnRefunds, return receipts, courier scans
- Serial returnersOrder and return history
- Marketplace fee checksSettlement reports, rate cards
- Till exceptionsVoids, refunds, cashier IDs
- Shrinkage by storeStock counts, receipts, transfers
- Duplicate vendor paymentsVendor master, invoices, payments
Each use case names the data it needs. Marketplace settlements and courier scans usually sit outside the ERP.
One case: the deductions nobody checked
Trade deductions: the proof is in the scheme terms, not the claim
- Situation
- A consumer goods company; retailers deduct claims from their payments, and a small team checks the largest ones.
- What a sample misses
- Each claim is small and looks routine. The leak is in thousands of claims a few per cent above the scheme rate.
- Data and technique
- Every deduction matched to its scheme, invoice and proof of delivery; rules for rates and dates, plus anomaly scores by retailer.
- Typical findings
- Claims above the agreed rate; the same promotion claimed twice; deductions for goods returned without proof.
- Control fix
- Claims checked against the scheme before they are accepted; disputes raised with the evidence attached.
A deduction nobody disputes becomes a discount nobody agreed.
Illustrative composite case, read-only access.
Trade, returns and stores: 12 tests to run first
| Trade and promotions | Returns and stores |
|---|---|
| Deductions above the scheme rate | Refunds with no returned item |
| The same promotion claimed twice | Customers who return far more than their peers |
| Claims after the scheme has ended | Refunds to a different card or account |
| Discounts stacked beyond the approved limit | Voids and refunds by the same cashier |
| Secondary sales that don’t match primary sales | Shrinkage by store against its peers |
| Marketplace fees above the rate card | Price overrides at the till |
Thresholds are set for each channel and tuned on the results.
05Earn $ and Save $ in consumer and retail
A consumer goods company recovered USD 1.9 Mn of invalid trade deductions in its first year by checking every claim against its scheme.
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Three minutes to an estimate. Thirty minutes to a plan. Six weeks to valued findings on your own data.