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Competitive Position is one of the dashboards Retailgrid ships out of the box (see Dashboards overview). It answers one question: where are competitors pricing against you, and where should you react first? Every tile reads live from your datasets and follows the dashboard’s global filters (Period, Store, Country, Zone, Category, Brand, Competitor). This page explains each tile and how to read it. For the underlying metric definitions, see the Metrics glossary.

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KPI row - your overall price position

The tiles across the top summarise price position at a glance, each with a prior-period comparison:
  • CPI - your competitive price index against the market, in three reads: CPI (Min) vs the cheapest competitor, CPI (Mode) vs the most common market price, and CPI (Weighted) weighted by sales value so the SKUs you actually sell count most. 100 = parity, under 100 = you’re cheaper, over 100 = you’re more expensive.
  • Gap to cheapest competitor - how far your price sits above or below the lowest competitor, in money and percent.
  • SKUs above / below market - how much of your assortment is priced over vs under the market reference right now.

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SKU Position Distribution

A histogram of your SKUs bucketed by CPI, so you see the shape of your price position, not just the average. Bands split cleanly at parity (100): the mass to the left is where you’re cheaper than the market, the mass to the right is where you’re more expensive. Use it to spot a long tail of over-priced SKUs that a single average would hide.

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Competitor Price Moves

A count of distinct competitor price changes in the selected period, with a prior-period comparison. This is your “how active is the market right now?” read - a spike means competitors are repricing and your position is drifting even if your own prices haven’t changed. Widen the Period filter for a trend, narrow it to catch a fresh burst.

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Win / Loss vs top competitor

A weekly split of how many SKUs you win (priced at or below) versus lose (priced above) against your primary competitor - the one that covers the most of your SKUs, picked automatically. Read the trend: a rising loss line means the competitor is pulling ahead on price across more of your range week over week.

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Competitor Move Heatmap

A grid of competitor price moves broken down by competitor x category, so you can see who is repricing where. A hot row is a competitor on the move across many categories; a hot column is a category under pressure from several competitors at once. Use it to aim the next pricing pass at the categories taking the most heat.

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Make it your own

The built-in dashboard is a starting point. Open it in the dashboard editor to add, remove, or rearrange tiles, or describe a different view in plain language with Create a dashboard with AI. A built-in dashboard can always be reset to its default.