THE BIG NETWORK™

Explore the benefits for our retail partners. Citizen Watch Group is participating in The BIG Network™ to enhance our ability to collaborate with our customers.

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Citizen, Bulova, Frederique Constant, Alpina and all brands in the Citizen Watch Group has partnered with Buyers Intelligence Group (BIG) as a 3rd party administrator to help gather data related to sales in units and inventory on hand for your store. All sales and inventory will be collected, however only Citizen Watch Group sales and inventory will be provided to Citizen Watch Group. To facilitate the data collection, BIG will install software to export the data. All data is kept in strict confidence, and only Citizen Watch Group data will be reported to Citizen Watch Group and their sales force.

WHAT IS THE BIG NETWORK™?

  • Invitation only, permission-based platform
  • Facilitates collaborative inventory management between retailers and vendors
  • BIG (Buyers Intelligence Group) serves as 3rd party administrator

“In order for both retailers and vendors to be efficient with their inventory and cash flow, retailers are going to have to start sharing their inventory. The concept of sharing data in a quick and efficient manner through one central location, will make prices more competitive so you can offer the end consumer the best product at the best price. I think it’s the answer to the future.”

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THE BENEFITS TO YOU

THE BIG NETWORK™ IS FREE

Retailer participation is completely free.

COLLABORATE ON INVENTORY

Citizen Watch Group can proactively stock balance non-performing items and work with you to replenish stock faster and more efficiently.

FREE SALES REPORTS

You are entitled to receive an automatic Daily Sales Report from BIG’s inventory management system, Balance to Buy™.

PRIVATE AND SECURE

Manage your permissions to vendors online with your own unique username and password.

How It Works

EASY

POS specific software installed to export sales and on-hand inventory data.

QUICK

Initial remote set-up session generally takes 15 minutes or less.

SIMPLE

All sales and inventory collected. Only vendor specific sales and inventory provided to the vendor.

PRIVATE

No retail prices, gross profit or GMROI shared with vendors.*

SECURE

No customer’s personal information (i.e. address or credit card info) is ever collected.

*ONLY unit sales, cost of item on hand and on hand inventory is shared with vendors.

VENDOR STYLE GUIDES

Data consistency is important when partnering with vendors.  Below are links to best practices for entering vendor style numbers in your specific POS system. Following these guidelines will help ensure your POS data is optimized for a more productive vendor relationship.

If you need more information, please visit the following links.

The BIG Network™ Overview

The BIG Network™ FAQ