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📖 Metric Definitions

Definitions of the terms & metrics you’ll commonly see when you use Style Arcade.

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A

Available to sell units | ATS U

The units that were available at a point in time. Calculated by Closing Stock Units + Sales Units After Returns.

For example:

Available to sell @ RRP | ATS @ RRP

Available to Sell Units x RRP

Average 4-Week Cover | Avg 4wk Cover

Current Week's Stock Units / Average Sales Units (after returns) of the last 4 weeks

Average Selling Price | ASP

Sales revenue before returns ex-tax, divided by sales units before returns

Average Stock Units | Average Stock U

Based on the average weekly closing stock over the time period you have selected.

Calculated by taking the Sum of Closing Stock U / Number of weeks in the selected timeframe

Average Stock @ Cost | Average SOH @ Cost

Calculated by taking Average Stock on Hand x Cost Price

Average stock @ RRP | Average SOH @ RRP

Calculated by Average stock value x RRP (ex tax)


C

Cost of Goods Sold | COGS

Mapped directly from the source system, or calculated by taking cost price x sales units after returns or before returns

Click Through Rate % | CTR%

Product List Clicks / Impressions

Note: This metric is only available with Google Analytics 4 integrations


D

Discount $ after returns | Discount $ AR

The value of the difference between the RRP or sell price (if the product is marked down) and the sales revenue generated from the order.
Calculation = Total markdown $ - Markdown after returns $


Read more about this metric and how Style Arcade classify a discount here

Note: This metric is only available for selected system integrations. If you would like to have this metric added to your app, please enquire via the support chat for further assistance.


F

First 4-week Rate of Sales | 1st 4W ROS

Average sales units after returns of the product's first 4 weeks since launched

First Size Broken | 1st Size Broken - Available on Product Page ONLY

Shows the size that sold out first

First Week a Size Broke | 1st Week A Size Broke - Available on Product Page ONLY

Shows the week that the first size went out of stock

First x Week average sell through % | First x week rating

The week number is subjected to individual businesses, this shows the product's average sell-through within the first x number of weeks of since launched

Full Price Sell Through % | FP ST %

Sales Units After Returns Full Price/ ATS (Available to sell)

Full Price Sales Units

Sales units before or after returns when the product’s price within a sales order is = RRP

Note: We are working hard to roll out this metric to all customers. Our brand success representative will be in touch as soon as this is available.

Future Purchase Order units | Future PO U

This metric shows the sum of all units that are currently on order, to be delivered at a future date for a product

Note: If you have a date range filter on, it might prevent some future orders from showing. We recommend reviewing future orders with your date range removed or in the product detail page.

Future Transfer

The in transit/incoming stock units that have not yet arrived at the intended store/warehouse.

Style Arcade determines whether units as in transit or received by reading the due date of the movement.

Note: This metric is only available to selected system integrations


G

GMROI

Used to analyse the profitability of inventory purchases. The calculation measures the cost of the average inventory compared to the gross margin you receive from selling it.


Calculated by taking Gross Profit After Returns / Average Stock @ Cost

Gross Conversion Rate % | CR% (G)

Sales units before returns/ Page views

Note: This metric is only available with Google Analytics 4 integrations

Gross profit $ before returns | GP $ BR

Calculated by taking Sales $ Before Returns - Cost of Goods Sold Before Returns

Gross profit $ after returns | GP $ AR

Calculated by taking Sales $ After Returns - Cost of Goods Sold After Returns

Gross Profit % Before Returns

Calculated by taking a percentage of Gross Profit Before Returns $ / Sales Before Returns $

Gross Profit % After Returns

Calculated by taking a percentage of Gross Profit After Returns $ / Sales After Returns $


I

Impressions

The number of times the user sees either a product image or thumbnail

Intake Margin % | IM %

Also known as the first margin. This is the margin you get when you sell the product at full price without any discount. It is called intake because this is the initial price you have set the product at when you receive it.

Calculated by ((RRP/tax) - Cost Price)/RRRP/tax))


L

Last Received Date / Week / Month

The date/week/month on which you last received stock in the selected store/location in the selected time period

Launch Date / Week / Month

The date/week/month a product was launched in any given store or online. For more info on how the launch date is calculated please check out this article

Last 4-Week Rate of Sales | Last 4W ROS

Average sales units after returns in the last 4 completed calendar weeks

Last x Week Average Sell Through % | Last x Week Rating

The week number is subjected to individual businesses, this shows the product's average sell through within the last x number of weeks


M

Markdown $ after returns | Markdown $ AR

Markdowns are normally permanent reduction in the sell price. Markdown after returns shows the value difference between the RRP and the Sell Price (ex tax).
Calculation = ((RRP ex tax)-(sell price ex tax)) x Markdown Sales Units After Returns

Read more about this metric and how Style Arcade classifies a markdown here

Markdown % | MD % - Available on Product Page ONLY

This is the difference between your RRP and the current selling price.

Calculation = 1 - (Selling Price / RRP) all ex tax

Markdown Sales Units Before or After Returns | Markdown Sales U BR or AR

Sales units before or after returns of the product when the selling price is < RRP

Note: We are working hard to roll out this metric to all customers. Our brand success representative will be in touch as soon as this is available.


N

Net Conversion Rate % | CR% (N)

Sales Units After Returns / Page views

Note: This metric is currently only available with Google Analytics 4 integration.

Next Receive Date

Date of the next arriving purchase order

Next Receive Unit

Purchase units of the next arriving purchase order

Next Receive @ Cost

The cost value of the next arriving purchase order. Calculated by cost price x purchase units of the next receive order.

Next Receive @ RRP

The RRP value of the next arriving purchase order. Calculated by RRP x purchase units of the next receive order.

Note: "Next receive" refers to the closest future purchase order information of unreceived purchase orders (ignoring unreceived units from a past date)


P

Page Views

The number of times a page has been viewed on a website

Note: This metric is currently only available with Google Analytics 4 integration.

Price Status

Price Status of the product at the end of the period that you selected
​🟢 Full Price = Item is at full price or RRP, this also includes discounts or promo
🔴 ​Markdown = Item has a red pen markdown applied
​🌑 Unknown = When the selling price is at 0 or unavailable to determine


Product List Clicks

The number of times the users clicked the product when it appeared in the product list

Note: This metric is currently only available with Google Analytics 4 integration.

Product Count

Fashion Analytics - Count of products that made sales or held stock based on the date selected

Range Plan - Count of unique product codes in the selected delivery date

Purchase order received @ cost | PO received @ cost

Purchase order at cost value. Calculated by Purchase Order Received Unit x Cost Price

Purchase order received @ RRP | PO received @ RRP

Purchase order at retail value. Calculated by Purchase Order Received Unit x RRP (ex tax)

Purchase Order Received Units | PO Received U

This metric shows the sum of received units that have been delivered within the filtered date range.


R

Rate of Sale Before Returns | ROS BR

Sales Units Before Returns since launched / Number of weeks since launched (Weeks active)

Rate of Sale After Returns | ROS AR

Sales Units After Returns since launched / Number of weeks since launched (Weeks active)

Returned Units | Returns U

Returns units attributed to the week they are returned/processed

Return Rate % | RR%

The percentage of the returned units / Sales units before returns


Recommended Retail Price | RRP

The original sell price of a product, also known as the list price, MSRP or SRP. This may include tax. Please refer to this article to view tax rates for each currency.


S

Sales $ after returns | Sales $ AR

Sales $'s after returns and discounts

Sales $ before returns | Sales $ BR

Sales $'s before returns and after discounts

Sales $ before returns inc. tax | Sales $ BR inc. tax

Calculated by taking Sales $ before returns x Tax rate

Sales $ after returns inc. tax | Sales $ AR inc. tax

Calculated by taking Sales $ after returns x Tax rate.

Sales units before returns | Sales U BR

The gross sold units before returns.

Sales units after returns | Sales U AR

The net sales units, calculated by taking Sales Units Before Returns - Returned Units

Sales units after returns last week | Sales U AR LW

This metric shows the number of units sold after returns for the week preceding the selected date range. This metric dynamically adjusts based on the user's chosen date range.

  • If you selected a single week, then it shows the sales units after returns of the week before the selected week

  • If you selected multiple weeks, then it shows the sales units after returns the of the week before the ending week.

  • If you have cleared the date range filter (looking at all time), then it shows the sales units after returns of the week before the current week

Example:

  • Single Week Range: August 1-7, 2024
    Sales Units Last Week: The number of units sold from July 25-31, 2024.

  • Multiple Dates Range: July 29 - August 27
    Sales Units Last Week: The number of units sold from August 14 - 20, 2024 (one week before the ending week)

Sales $ after returns last week | Sales $ AR LW

This metric shows the sold after returns $ for the week preceding the selected date range. This metric dynamically adjusts based on the user's chosen date range.

  • If you selected a single week, then it shows the sales $ after returns of the week before the selected week

  • If you selected multiple weeks, then it shows the sales $ after returns the of the week before the ending week.

  • If you have cleared the date range filter (looking at all time), then it shows the sales $ after returns of the week before the current week

Example:

  • Single Week Range: August 1-7, 2024
    Sales $ Last Week: Sales $ after returns from July 25-31, 2024.

  • Multiple Dates Range: July 29 - August 27
    Sales $ Last Week: Sales $ after returns from August 14 - 20, 2024
    (one week before the ending week)

Sales units after returns this week | Sales U AR TW

  • If you selected a single week, then it shows the sales units after returns of the selected week

  • If you selected multiple weeks, then it shows the sales units after returns of the ending week in the selected weeks

  • If you have cleared the date range filter (looking at all time), then it shows the sales units after returns of the current week

Sales units after returns this week -2 | Sales U AR TW -2

  • If you selected a single week, then it shows the sales units after returns 2 weeks before the selected week

  • If you selected multiple weeks, then it shows the sales units after returns 2 weeks before the ending week of the selected weeks

  • If you have cleared the date range filter (looking at all time), then it shows the sales units after returns 2 weeks before the current week

Sales units after returns this week -3 | Sales U AR TW -3

  • If you selected a single week, then it shows the sales units after returns 3 weeks before the selected week

  • If you selected multiple weeks, then it shows the sales units after returns 3 weeks before the ending week of the selected weeks

  • If you have cleared the date range filter (looking at all time), then it shows the sales units after returns 3 weeks before the current week

Sell Price

The selling price of the product at the end of the selected week(s)

Size Availability % | SizeA(S)%

The count of SKU's that are left vs. the count of SKU's that were bought

Example:

You originally had stock for all 4 sizes, and now you only have 2 sizes in stock. Size availability % is then = 50%.

Spot Cover

Shows how many more weeks the current stock will last based on the last full week's sales.

  • When you are looking at a partial week (incomplete week), calculation = current stock units / last full week's sales units

    • If the sales unit after returns of the last full week is zero or negative then it will reflect the actual stock units of the current week

    • If the current week is the product's first active week then it will show actual stock units

  • When you are looking at full weeks of sales, calculation = closing stock units/ sales units after returns of the selected period

Sell Through % | ST %

Sales Units After Returns (Sales U AR)/Available to Sell (ATS) of the selected period


Sell Through Velocity | ST Velocity - Available on Product Page ONLY

Average Weekly Sell Through of the product in the first or last X weeks (customer dependent)

Stock Units | Stock U

Stock on hand units or closing stock units (when looking at historical weeks)

Stock @ Cost

Stock at cost price value at the end of the selected week. Calculated by Cost price x Stock Units

Stock @ Sell Price

Stock value at sell price ex tax. Calculated by Sell Price (ex tax rounded) x Stock Units

Stock @ RRP | Stock @ RRP

Stock value at original retail ex tax. Calculated by Stock units x RRP (ex tax)


T

To Date Sales Units After Returns

Total sold units after returns to date (all time).

Total Markdown & Discounts After Returns $ | Total MD & Discounts AR $ - Available on Rollups ONLY

The difference between your full price sales revenue (sales units after returns X RRP ex tax) vs. your actual sales revenue (sales after returns).

This metrics includes both markdowns & discounts.

Total Markdown & Discounts After Returns % | Total MD & Discount AR %

Calculation is 1 - [Sales Revenue / (Sales U AR x RRP (ex tax))]. This metric is time-sliceable.

Total Products Live

The count of products that are live and and does not include products that haven't launched yet. Meaning the Total Live Styles should always equal or be lower than Product Count.

Total Sell Through % | Total ST%

The to-date sell-through % since the product's gone live. Calculated by total sales units after returns / available to sell.

Transferred Units | Transferred U

The units that were transferred out to another store/warehouse

Note: This metric is currently available to selected system integrations only.

Transferred @ Cost | Transferred @ Cost

Transferred units @ cost value. Calculated by future transfers x cost price

Transferred @ RRP | Transferred @ RRP

Transferred units @ cost value. Calculated by future transfers x cost price

True Rate of Sale | TROS

Showing what you could have sold if you were always in stock of all sizes.

Calculated using sales units before or after returns of the selected timeframe / number of weeks the sizes were in stock. Read more in this article for details & example


V

Variance %

All variance % metrics are a comparison of this year vs last year.

E.g. Sales Units After Returns Variance % = Sales Units After Returns / Sales Units After Returns - 1


W

Weighted Size Availability | SizeA(W)%

The sum of the Bought %'s of only those sizes that are left in stock.

Example:

You still have stock for size M & L of which you originally bought 30% each. Your weighted size availability is then = 60%

Weeks Active | Wks Active

How many weeks a product was in stock and able to make sales after the launch date

If a product sells out and comes back into stock it will calculate from the original launch date. This also takes into account if a time filter is applied

Weeks Age | Wks Age

How many weeks has the product been in the business since its 1st date of launch

Not affected by time filters


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