Methodology
How the markdown health score is computed, and what it does not include
Sample data This is a portfolio demonstration running on a static sample, not a live production feed. The scores come from a single set of retailer markdown snapshots, last updated April 1, 2026. There is no real time scraping, no Reddit feed, and no automated SEC analysis behind these numbers.
The Markdown Health Score
Each scored brand receives a markdown health score from 0 to 100. A higher score means less discount pressure. The score is computed from two real signals taken from retailer snapshots. It is deterministic: the same snapshot always produces the same score.
Share Of Catalog On Sale
The percentage of a brand's tracked items that are marked down, weighted across retailers by item count. A brand with most of its catalog on sale scores lower. A brand mostly at full price scores higher.
Average Discount Depth
The average percent off across items that are on sale, where that depth was actually measured. When discount depth was not captured for a source, that source contributes only its share on sale and the score rests on the first signal.
What Is Not Included
The score is honest about its limits. The following signals are not collected in this sample, so they are never modeled, estimated, or shown as a number. We would rather show less and label it than invent it.
Reddit Community Sentiment
No per brand Reddit sentiment is collected here, so none is scored or displayed.
Google Trends Interest
No search interest data is collected, so it does not enter the score.
SEC Management Sentiment
No filing is summarized or scored for sentiment. The Filings page lists real filing metadata from SEC EDGAR for public parent companies only, and private brands are shown with no filings and no inferred distress.
Week Over Week Change
The sample does not include a continuous history per brand, so no trend or week over week movement is asserted.
Insufficient Data
A brand needs a real catalog footprint in the sample to be scored. When a brand has no snapshot rows, or too few items to be meaningful, it is shown as no data and left out of the rankings rather than given a placeholder number.
Scoring Thresholds
70 to 100
Little of the catalog on sale and shallow discounts. The brand is holding its pricing in this sample.
45 to 69
A meaningful share of the catalog on sale or moderate discount depth. Mixed pricing signals.
0 to 44
Most of the catalog on sale or deep discounts. The brand is under material markdown pressure in this sample.
Data Sources
Retailer Markdown Snapshots
Item counts on sale versus full price, and measured discount depth, from ShopStyle and END Clothing. This is the only input to the markdown score.
SEC EDGAR
Real filing metadata (type, date, accession) for public parent companies, fetched live on the Filings page. Used for reference only, not scored.
Market Pulse is a portfolio demonstration on sample data and is not investment advice. Scores reflect only the retailer markdown snapshots described above. See Overview for the current sample.