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Is It Worth Your Time to ID the "First Violator" When Enforcing MAPP Violations?

Are there benefits to identifying your "first violator" versus simply enforcing the policy on every violator evenly and not worrying about who violated first?

  • Topic: MAP Enforcement

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How to Take the Noise Out of Your MAP Enforcement Monitoring

Depending on your objectives while enforcing MAPP, many sellers may be noise and should either be ignored, or be dealt with in an entirely different way.

  • Topic: MAP Enforcement

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MAP Policies Can Only Be Properly Enforced with the Right MAP Prices

While MAPP is one of the most powerful brand protection strategies you can employ against price erosion, it’s an unfortunate fact that they don’t always work. But why? 

  • Topic: MAP Enforcement

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Should You Treat iMAP Differently Than a Traditional MAP Policy?

Brands have different, nuanced approaches to MAP Policies that have caused some confusion. The distinctions between MAP and iMAP policies are laid out in this article.

  • Topic: MAP Policies

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Why Internal Stakeholders Can Be the Difference When Enforcing MAP Policies

The people that enforce a brand's MAP policy can vary, but at the very least, brands enforcing MAP Policies should make sure certain personnel are involved.

  • Topic: MAP Enforcement

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A Guide to Un-disguising the Unauthorized Sellers of Ghost Sellerville

If your products are sold online, the odds are that you’ve got a number of sellers you don’t know. Not only are they unauthorized but you don’t even know how they got inventory. At MAPP Trap we call them “Ghost Sellers,” and they can hurt a brand in many different ways. 

  • Topic: Unauthorized Sellers

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Should You Include All Products in a MAP Policy

There are many things a brand should consider when planning to implement a minimum advertised pricing policy (MAPP). A frequently overlooked question: “Should we MAPP all of our products?”

  • Topic: MAP Policies

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Why Properly Identifying Product Sources (SourceMap) is Important in Enforcing MAP Policies

Okay, you’ve got buy-in from the whole company to finally enforce your MAP Policy. That’s great. Merchant identification is vital to the successful enforcement of Minimum Advertised Price Policies (MAPP). 

  • Topic: MAP Enforcement

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What Is Price Erosion and Why Is It Bad?

A proper product pricing strategy is essential to every aspect of the product supply chain. Whether it’s a factory providing the cost of goods, the manufacturer setting the wholesale cost and suggested retail price, or the retailer selling the goods, everyone is affected.

  • Topic: MAP Pricing

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