A merchandizing related method, apparatus and system which includes a product
editor
for providing product information for products, a classification editor to create
hierarchies for the products, a distribution editor to assign distribution channels
through which the products will be sold, a horizon editor to establish different
time horizons for the sale of the products, and a line editor to provide line builds
and produce line lists based on the information entered through the product editing
means, classification editing means, distribution channel editing means, and horizon
editing means. The method, apparatus and system will work across a variety of different
distribution channels such as retail, wholesale, mail-order and the Internet in
any number of horizons such as fiscal seasons, calendar seasons, design seasons
and media seasons.
