Rite Aid Corporation is one of the nation's leading drugstore chains, combining its large store base, strong brand name, modern distribution centers and superior pharmacy technology with a talented team of approximately 90,000 full and part-time associates serving customers in 31 states and the District of Columbia. Rite Aid currently operates approximately 4700 stores, reporting total sales of $25.5 billion at the end of its 2010 fiscal year.

The Rite Aid sell-through testing program was designed to provide you and your category manager with information on how well your product will sell throughout the entire chain. To determine its potential, we measure the sales of a product over a twelve week period in a sample of twenty Rite Aid stores. The results enable you and the Category Manager to make an informed decision about adding a product to their assortment.

All companies are referred to the sell-through testing program by Rite Aid category managers.

Rite Aid has partnered with Warehouse Products Testing (WPT) to facilitate Rite Aid's sell-through test program. This process provides fast and easy setup of your product at Rite Aid, and establishes a point of contact for feedback – Rite Aid’s Testing Program Manager.

Real Life Conditions: Your product is given every chance to sell well during the program. The Rite Aid Testing Program Manager will choose the planogram location for your product, often placing it next to the best seller in its subclass. Rite Aid’s 3^rd Party Merchandiser of choice places your product into the planogram, test scans it for correct pricing, and photographs it in each store’s planogram. The photographs are then sent back to Rite Aid’s Testing Program Manager for analysis, and then once approved, they are posted on WPT’s website and a link is sent to you. The clock for the twelve week period starts ticking only on the day your product is set up to Rite Aid’s Testing Program Manager’s satisfaction.

Post Test: At your program's conclusion, WPT will send a sell-through report to you and to your Rite Aid category manager. The detailed report will contain sales information for each week of the test and the average sell-through rate over the entire period. Your report package will also include pictures of product set-ups in the test site.   Separately the Rite Aid Category Manager also receives at the test’s conclusion a 16 page analytical booklet for his/her viewing to utilize in making a final determination on distribution.  This analysis contains information that is proprietary to Rite Aid and is kept confidential for that reason.

Selling at Rite Aid: At the conclusion of the test, you will negotiate with Rite Aid either directly, though your rep group, or through your distributor. WPT is not involved in this part of the sales process and charges no further fees or commission. At your request WPT can provide you with the names of qualified rep groups or consultants.

Test Fee Schedule:

A 20 store test for one style of item: $7,500

A 20 store test of the second style of item tested concurrently: $3,000.

A 20 store test of all subsequent style of items tested concurrently: $1,000 each.

Different prices may apply for larger multi SKU tests.

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