Abstract: A method for sales and inventory management of items offered for sale by at least one merchant and supplied by at least one vendor is disclosed. The method may include configuring a sales and inventory management utility and report generator using a processor coupled to a data storage device. It may also include receiving, by the sales and inventory management utility, a plurality of sets of retailer inventory data from a plurality of retailer systems, wherein each set of retailer inventory data identifies a plurality of items, a tag, and for each of the plurality of items, a stock keeping unit (SKU), a quantity in stock, a retailer, and a vendor.