For Manufacturers

 

We're dedicated to supporting your healthy brand’s progression in the marketplace and to helping develop
your business.  


 
 

As the first company to bring natural and specialty product data to the industry, we have the tools and the experience to help your brand succeed.

  • Measure your sales performance across three distinct retail channels and over 560 individual store locations.  
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of your promotions and the distribution of your items.
  • Understand the trends that are top of mind for health and wellness consumers.
  • Understand the consumer behavior and demographics that drive your sales.
  • Get analytical guidance related to pricing & promotion, product strategy, forecasting and marketing and sales support.

    Learn more below.

 

Make informed decisions.

Today, data is not only valuable but essential to navigating the rapidly expanding natural and specialty marketplace. We provide scanner-based sales data on all UPC-coded products selling in our partnering natural and specialty products supermarket retailers, and collaborate with The Nielsen Company to provide information on the healthy products sold in mainstream conventional channels.

 

 

How do I purchase SPINS' retail measurement data?

Our retail measurement services are available by channel and by category. SPINSscan Natural and SPINSscan Specialty Gourmet track sales in natural and specialty gourmet product supermarkets, respectively, and SPINSscan Conventional covers mainstream Food, Drug, and Mass Merchandisers (FDM), Walmart, and Sam's Club, in addition to other club, military and dollar stores. Purchase either a snapshot, which is one time static view of the market, or an ongoing subscription of 52-month aggregated data delivered monthly or quarterly. Custom reports are also available. 

 

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MORE ABOUT OUR RETAIL CHANNELS

Natural

Understanding the trends and the opportunities for your business within the Natural Channel is key to building and growing a successful brand.  We work in close partnership with a growing coalition of natural product retailers to offer SPINSscan Natural.

Specialty Gourmet

The specialty gourmet market has displayed consistent growth and is poised for continued success. We recognize that the brands in this distinct segment need tools to better manage their business.  Receive the support critical to your advancement with SPINSscan Specialty Gourmet.

Conventional

Natural and Organic products sold through the conventional channels represent more than a $27B market opportunity.  Identify your opportunities within this significant market with SPINSscan Conventional, powered by The Nielsen Company and driven by our proprietary content coding. 

 

 

 

We translate our data into applicable business solutions through technology.

Our web-based information portal was designed to provide answers to your business questions through easy-to-use preformatted reports, custom query capabilities, and interactive reporting.  We also offer third party data solutions and a store locator tool to connect consumers with your brands.

 

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Our product coding uncovers today's trends.

We provide information on 190,000+ natural, organic and specialty products segmented by the attributes underlying consumers’ purchasing decisions.  From gluten-free to vegan to fair trade, find out what consumers are buying today.

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Are your products captured in our Product Library?

Submit your natural, organic and specialty products to ensure that you - and retailers - can track your brands and items! 

 

How well do you know your consumer?

Together with The Nielsen Company, we have the capability to measure the all outlet buying behavior of 100,000+ households.  Utilize this data to better understand your consumers, grow your consumer base and build stronger sales & marketing initiatives.

 

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Our Analytics & Insights team is here to support you.

Our A&I team is comprised of directors and analysts who examine category, brand and item performance and trends to help you to identify and realize opportunities.  We can help you weave your way through decisions related to pricing & promotion, product strategy, forecasting and test store/market impact assessment - and can provide customized analytical support for your unique needs.

 
 

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Manufacturer FAQ


Have questions?  We've compiled a brief list of the common questions manufacturers have as they start up with SPINS.  If you need additional info, please contact us - we'd love to hear from you.

 
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Does SPINS sell store level information?

Yes.  All of our key accounts release a manufacturer's brands/items at the store level.  For those stores who do not share store level information, we do not report this information to anyone but the associated Retailer Partner. 

How much historical data does SPINS have?

Historical data is available for SPINSscan Natural & Key Accounts, SPINSscan Specialty Gourmet & Key Accounts and SPINSscan Conventional dating back three years. Data for SPINSscan Conventional Key Accounts is available for two historical years.

 

Is SPINS data projected?

Yes.  We use a stratified sample that is projected to represent the universe of Natural and Specialty Product Supermarkets. Currently, we are sampling from better than one out of every three stores across both the natural and specialty universes. 

Are regional reports available?

SPINS offers an 8-region break-out for the Natural Channel, 3-region break-out for the Specialty Gourmet Channel, and 52 different food markets in our SPINSscan Conventional service.

 

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Our mission is to maximize the value of information for the growing natural, organic and specialty product industry. If you'd like to find out how we can help you, please drop us a line.

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