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THE PROPERTIES AND QUANTITATIVE INDICES OF THE ASSORTMENT OF GOODS - TOOLS TO ANALYZE AND OBJECTIVE ESTIMATION OF IT
Authors: Tudor MALECA
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The systematic analysis and estimation, the timely improvement of the commercial assortment of goods, are
important components of the commercial activity, directed to the formation and maintenance of the optimal
assortment of goods in the offer of the retail trade enterprise. Optimality of trade assortment of goods is a complex
property which combines a few properties of trade assortment of goods, nomenclature which is still under
development. It is important that the properties of the range of goods to be separately nominated, defined and
uniformly used in commercial practice.
In this work an extensive set of properties (characteristics) of the commercial assortment of goods are
highlighted, nominated, symbolized distinct and defined (revised, specified or first time)) and qualitative and
quantitative indicators of the properties nominated, as well as the methods and formulas for the establishment and
evaluation of quantitative properties (characteristics) of the trading range of goods are developed, symbolized
distinct and presented. The complex includes the following 23 properties (characteristics):coverage (y), span (e),
stretch (r), length (l), thickness (u), breadth (m), profoundness (h), plenitude (p), complexity (k), novelty (n),
optimality (o), structure (s), stability (c), replacement (z), renewal (î), expanding (dy), widening (de), stretching (dr),
elongation (dl), thickening (du), expansion (dm), deepening (dh), filling (dp).