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What we do
PRODUCT OFFERINGS
Test & Learn® helps organizations understand the true impact of their new and existing initiatives and recommends the most profitable next steps.
Test & Learn® platform
Design and analyze hundreds of business experiments
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Evaluate large-scale business initiatives
Test & Learn® consulting services
Work with an experienced team of consultants
Who we serve
BUSINESS EXPERIMENTATION FOR YOUR INDUSTRY
Test & Learn® enables organizations across industries to grow the ROI of their business investments through better analytic insights.
CPGs
Optimize pricing strategies, merchandising
Financial institutions
Improve branch profitability, customer loyalty and operational efficiencies
Insurance Carriers
Optimize claims management, distribution and drive operational efficiencies
Restaurants
Evaluate promotions, price elasticity of menu items and labor needs
Retail
Quantify the impact of promotions, merchandising strategies and supply chain investments
Telecommunications
Optimize save offers, promo roll offs and bundling pricing strategies
Travel
Understand the impact of major capital investments and new pricing models
Strategies we power
TEST & LEARN® IN ACTION
Test & Learn® empowers you to make smarter decisions by optimizing strategies across your business.
Labor & operations
Optimize labor strategies and operational investments
Loyalty
Understand the impact of customer loyalty initiatives
Marketing
Quantify the ROI of marketing investments across your media mix
Merchandising
Adjust product offerings and space planning more effectively
Network strategy
Evaluate capital expenditures and network decisions
Pricing
Determine optimal pricing strategies
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UNMATCHED ANALYTIC EXPERTISE
Mastercard offers various resources to enable organizations to drive more data-driven decisions using business experimentation tactics.
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STRATEGIES WE POWER

Merchandising

BENEFITS

Improve profits by more effectively adjusting product offerings and space planning

Test & Learn for Merchandising case study A grocer improved annual gross margins by $2M by removing low-performing items

A major grocer wanted to remove the lowest-performing, pre-made convenience food items from its shelves. Before making a chain-wide assortment change, the grocer tested the decision in a low-risk and rapid manner using Market Basket Analyzer and Test & Learn®. The test results showed that removing the lowest-performing items was responsible for over a $2 million annual gross margin improvement for the grocer.

Customer story

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PRODUCT FEATURE

Market Basket Analyzer

Looking for additional merchandising insights? Learn how Market Basket Analyzer can inform SKU rationalization and other merchandising decisions by revealing insights into product affinity, common attachments, subsequent purchase behavior and more.

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