Walmart captures point-of-sale transactions from over 2,800 stores in six countries and continuously transmits these data to its massive data warehouse.Walmart allows more than 3,500 suppliers to access data on their products and perform data analyses.These suppliers use the data to identify customer buying patterns at the store level.They use this information to manage local store inventory and identify new merchandising opportunities.What are both Walmart and its suppliers engaging in?
A)information formatting
B)database enhancement
C)data mining
D)data shading

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Data mining is data analysis that is used to find hidden patterns and relationships in the customer data stored in data warehouses.

Walmart Captures Point-Of-Sale Transactions from Over 2,800 Stores in Six