How Nielsen SoundScan Tracks Sales
Sales data from cash registers is collected from 14,000 retail, mass merchant, and non-traditional (on-line stores, venues, digital music services, etc.) outlets in the United States, Canada, U.K., and Japan.
The requirements for reporting sales to Nielsen SoundScan are that the store has Internet access and a point of sale (POS) inventory system. Submission of sales data to Nielsen SoundScan must be in the form of a text file consisting of all the UPCs sold and the quantities per UPC on a weekly basis. Sales collected from Monday-Sunday or Sunday-Saturday are reported to SoundScan every Monday and made available to SoundScan subscribers every Wednesday.
Nielsen SoundScan clients include:
- All major and many independent labels.
- Distribution companies.
- Artist managers and booking agents.
- Concert promoters and venue owners.
- Online retailers and "digital delivery" companies.
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