Patent Document ID: 7483842
Application ID: 10081020
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for measuring and analyzing store performance comprising: collecting transaction data of store sales activity, utilizing a plurality of available data sources, the data comprising two or more of field performance data, external, and legacy data, and training data, and including customer visit count data, the collected transaction data being indicative of store performance factors; analyzing the collected transaction data with a computer processor to compute an aggregate synopsis of performance of a store employee as a subject under observation; hypothesizing using the aggregate synopsis, said hypothesizing developing a hypothesis for store improvement, the hypothesis determining at least one of a plurality of recommended actions for application to the subject under observation; applying the determined recommended actions to the subject under observation; and measuring a change in the store performance as a result of the subject under observation applying the determined recommended actions, wherein the field performance data includes data indicative of at least one of sales per hour (SPH), dollars per transaction (DPT), units per transaction (UPT), transactions per hour (TPH), traffic conversion percentage, customer traffic count, and periodic goals, wherein the hypothesizing is performed with an expert system, and wherein the store performance factors include one or more of gross sales, return sales, net sales, sales goals, dollars per transaction, and number of transactions, wherein the determined recommended actions include improving proficiency of skills of the subject under observation.