Visualization confirmation of price zoning display

1 . An interactive price zoning display method comprising:

generating auxiliary data for a geographic region that includes a plurality of retail locations, the geographic region being dividable into a plurality of geographic zones;

modeling sales information for the plurality of retail locations to generate demand model information based defined zones;

providing the demand model information and retail locations having the demand model information associated therewith, to a price zoning display of the geographic region; and

providing the auxiliary data for display relative to the demand model information and retail locations.

2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

adjusting the plurality of geographic zones on the price zoning display; and

adjusting the modeling sales information based on the adjusted geographic zones.

3 . The method of claim 2 further comprising:

providing the adjusted demand model information for display relative to the auxiliary data on the price zoning display.

4 . The method of claim 3 further comprising:

generating at least one graphical display of a comparison of modeling factors; and

displaying the at least one graphical display adjacent to the map display.

5 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing at least one of: two dimensional graphical elements or three dimensional graphical elements for the display of the retail locations on the map display.

6 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing color-coding display information for each of the geographic zones on the price zoning display.

7 . The method of claim 1 wherein the auxiliary data is displayed in an overlaid position relative to the demand model information and retail locations.

8 . An interactive price zoning display apparatus comprising:

a memory device having executable instructions stored therein; and

a processing device, in response to the executable instructions, operative to:

generate auxiliary data for a geographic region area that includes a plurality of retail locations, the geographic region being dividable into a plurality of geographic zones;

model sales information for the plurality of retail locations to generate demand model information based defined zones;

provide the demand model information and retail locations having the demand model information associated therewith, to a price zoning display of the geographic region; and

provide the auxiliary data for display relative to the demand model information and retail locations.

9 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processing device is further operative to:

adjust the plurality of geographic zones on the price zoning display; and

adjust the modeling sales information based on the adjusted geographic zones.

10 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processing device is further operative to providing the adjusted demand model information for display relative to the auxiliary data on the price zoning display.

11 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processing device is further operative to:

generate at least one graphical display of a comparison of modeling factors; and

display the at least one graphical display adjacent to the map display.

12 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processing device is further operative to provide at least one of: two dimensional graphical elements or three dimensional graphical elements for the display of the retail locations on the map display.

13 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processing device is further operative to provide color-coding display information for each of the geographic zones on the price zoning display.

14 . A method for iterative price zone analysis, the method comprising:

generating demand model information for a plurality of retail locations based on defined geographic zones of a geographic region including the retail locations;

retrieving auxiliary data for the geographic region;

displaying the demand model information on a visual map display of the geographic region, including displaying indicators of the retail locations designated by geographic zones;

displaying the auxiliary data relative to the demand model information and the retail locations;

adjusting the plurality of geographic zones on the visual map display;

adjusting the modeling sales information based on the adjusted geographic zones; and

displaying the adjusted demand model information on the visual map display.

15 . The method of claims 14 further comprising:

generating at least one graphical display of a comparison of modeling factors; and

displaying the at least one graphical display adjacent to the map display.

16 . The method of claim 14 wherein the retail location indicates are at least one of: two-dimensional graphical elements or three-dimensional graphical.

17 . The method of claim 14 further comprising:

color-coding the display information for each of the geographic zones on the price zoning display.

18 . The method of claim 14 wherein the auxiliary data is displayed in an overlaid position relative to the demand model information and retail locations.

19 . A system for iterative price zone analysis, the system comprising:

a display device operative to provide a visual display;

an input device operative to receive an input command;

a memory device having executable instructions stored therein; and

a processing device coupled to the display device and the input device, in response to the executable instructions, operative to:

generate demand model information for a plurality of retail locations based on defined geographic zones of a geographic region including the retail locations;

retrieve auxiliary data for the geographic region;

display the demand model information on a visual map display of the geographic region, including displaying indicators of the retail locations designated by geographic zones on the display device;

displaying the auxiliary data relative to the demand model information and the retail locations on the display device;

adjusting the plurality of geographic zones on the visual map display;

adjusting the modeling sales information based on the adjusted geographic zones; and

displaying the adjusted demand model information on the visual map display on the display device.

19 . The apparatus of claim 18 , the processing device further operative to:

generate at least one graphical display of a comparison of modeling factors; and

display the at least one graphical display adjacent to the map display.

20 . The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the retail location indicators are displayed as at least one of: two dimensional graphical elements or three dimensional graphical.

21 . The apparatus of claim 18 , the processing device further operative to color-code the display information for each of the geographic zones on the price zoning display visible on the display device.