Seasons and Events

Seasons

To set up Seasons

To assign Season to items

Events

To set up Events

To assign Events to an Item

Seasons

A Season is used to group items together for merchandising purposes. A Season has a Starting Date and an Ending Date. A special group can be assigned to a season.

The Season is used in the Retail Item Search and in a sales report by Season. You can populate promotions and discount offers with items from a season via a special group, making the item list for both easy to define.

To set up Seasons

  1. Click the icon, enter Seasons, and select the relevant link.
  2. Click the New action to enter a new Season.
  3. Fill in the Code and Description fields.
  4. Select a Starting and Ending Date.
  5. If required, select a special group for this Season.

To assign Season to items

  1. Click the icon, enter Retail Item List, and select the relevant link.
  2. Double-click an item in the list to display the Retail Item Card.
  3. In the Merchandising FastTab, select a season code in the Season Code field.

The fields Update Item Lifecycle Start and Update Item Lifecycle End on the Seasons page define if the Lifecycle Starting Date and Lifecycle Ending Date fields on the Retail Item Card are updated when the Season Code is assigned to an item.

Events

An event could, for example, be an End-of-Season sale or a promotion of items for Easter. The event has a starting date and an ending date. A special group can be linked to an event.

The promotion and discount offer allow importing items which are assigned to an event and a report gives sales information for an event. A special group can be linked to an event. If you link a special group to an event, it is best to use a new special group since it will be deleted if all the items are removed from the event.

To set up Events

  1. Click the icon, enter Events, and select the relevant link.
  2. Click the New action to enter a new Event.
  3. Fill in the Code and Description fields.
  4. Select a Starting and Ending Date. The starting date is always in the current year but the ending date can be in the following year.
  5. If required, select a special group for this Event.

To assign Events to an Item

  1. Click the icon, enter Retail Item List, and select the relevant link.
  2. Double-click an item in the list to display the Retail Item Card.
  3. Click the Related action, then Master Data - Groups and Links - Events.
  4. In the Event Code field, select the event.
  5. Fill in a Comment, if required.