Style Counts and Data Collection

Style refers to a unique product type (almost like a SKU) and all variations of that product type. Any product variety, such as a different color, price, or fabric, should be recorded as a new style. A different size is not considered a different style.

Below are several examples to help you determine accurate style counts.

On some projects you will be asked to record the number of styles for certain categories. Imagine the image on the right is a display in a store.  You would record this as 12 styles. Each pair is a different color, despite being the same shape and length.

These leggings are all black; however, they are different lengths and material type.  This would be recorded as 4 different styles.

This Coach display shows color and size options for their Swagger collection.  As you can see, each bag is a different size or color resulting in five different style counts.

The Kate Spade example on the left is a little more tricky.  These are all the same "style" bag but are displayed in different colors.  Color difference is a marker for a new style count, so you would record this as 7 styles.

Below are three different men's Under Armour sweatshirts/jackets. You will notice two of the jackets are similar with the exception of color, and the third is totally different in both color and style.  Since all three fit into the "men's jackets/sweatshirts" category, but are different by at least one attribute, you would record this as 3 styles. 

     

* Remember size is not a factor in counting style counts. The picture below is one style count.