Using the techniques learned in this class with some time put in on the front end will pay off in the long run with improved accuracy, efficiency and sophistication of analyzing my business. Whether it’s redesigning a small shop computer system integrating Wal-Mart Retail Link data, 3rd party syndicated data and your own company’s data and formats with Access or learning some “tricks of the trade”; there is something in this class that can be gained for most analysts. The students in future classes will benefit from some of the very few quirks worked through with our class. Valarie weeds out a lot of the unnecessary minutia and quickly gets to what can really be useful in a retail analytical profession.