The
data is for a candy item at a Wal*Mart store in the Northeast. A zero level implies the item is out of
stock. Peak values, I.e. spikes,
usually occur at holiday periods.
Dips in the data usually imply restocking. Week 1 is the first week of February 2002. To show continuity, week 1 of 2003 is
represented as week 54 since week 53 represents the end of fiscal 2002 and
start of the 2003 fiscal year. Dollar values are adjusted in order to
disguise true sales figures, but trends in the data are retained for analysis
puposes. |