She's not. When I did the web site for a very large clothing distributor,
they used the same method you're proposing, where the sku included colour,
size, manufacturer etc.
As for the catalog, could you get a copy of one somehow?
larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Blatchley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 1:42 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Inventory SKU Issues
>
>
> Thanks Erika....
>
> I needed to make sure I'm not the wrong one in this case, and
> that someone agrees with me :) SKU's are supposed to be
> unique. I found multiple articles to substantiate my claims
> that they are ones heading down a dark path with no light at
> the end of the tunnel. What I think happened, and they won't
> tell me if this is the case, but I think the retail catalog
> SKU's that they mailed out were already created without
> consulting the web side of things prior. Now they're
> scrambling to make fixes and quick to point fingers.
>
> Some days I love what I do...then others days can be just pure hell...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Erika L Walker-Arnold
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 12:02 AM
> Subject: RE: Inventory SKU Issues
>
>
> >From my experience with retail - if it's a different item
> - it needs a
> separate SKU. The reason different colors have separate SKU's is so
> retailers can keep track of which colors sell better - and
> to be able to
> re-order when low.
>
> Personally - I think your client is wrong - and if they rang up and
> asked any decenet retailer if they were doing it right
> (using the same
> SKU's) - the retailer would laugh at them ...
>
> But that is my opinion and it's free of course. :D
>
> As for the technical issue you outlined below - I've not
> enough brain
> power to attempt to help - so I'll leave it to the brainiacs. :)
>
> Cheers,
> Erika
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >>| From: Matt Blatchley
> >>|
> >>| I've created a SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) system for an
> online retail
> >>| business, and they're having issues because they have added
> >>| multiple colors
> >>| with the same SKU. (i.e 006=red and 006=blue) I've
> >>| explained that each one
> >>| should be unique inside the database. But they express
> >>| that it just can't be....
>
>
>
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