let's do this by examples:
(1) 'Ten-3 days'
This is straightforward. 100000 m2, city center, advertise. Take a look at the market volume to know how many units is 10%. on the previous day, supply volume should be a bit higher than 10%. On the next day, check market vol again and get rid of the excess. Profit is NOT important here, make sure you can sell all stock. notice that every individual store enters the contest separately. If competition is severe, one may consider use multiple stores, for instance, two stores selling 10% each(to win tender), one store selling 75% (to put pressure on your opponents).
(2) 'sale/City supply -3 days'
2~3 stores.(too many decreases the uniqueness)
For 'sale', notice that the market volume is fixed. Although the price affects the sale, monopolizing the market could also be determinant.
for 'city supply', advertise goods as much as possible(this could be the key). Also pay attention to market volume.
(3)Tender #4 584. Standard of Virtonomics - 3. Prize: 5 + 3 + 1 virt
Cote d'Ivoire | Abidjan | 1000 sq.m.
Notice that what really counts is the best DAILY ranking among 3 days.
The trick is, if you know what your main competitor is selling, open a 100000 store to sell goods from the same category, monopolizing the market and disrupting your opponent's sale. Of course, he still has time to introduce a new retail category on the second day and sell on the last day, so be prepared.
Another counter strategy against this trick is to hide what you're going to sell, how? suppose you plan to sell category A goods, now order supply from category A and B. for B, just order 1 unit for each goods. Then go to trading hall and delete all goods from A. So it looks as if you're selling B on the next day. < this method is quite useful in other occasions too, read on>
(4) Tender #4 634. Head commodity expert. Prize: 5 virt
[France] Southern France | Marseille | Grocery
'On the first accounting day we determine the best store according to the formula of the 1-day Storm tender (the highest number of leadership positions according to the income from sale of goods of a given category).
On the second accounting day we determine the best store according to the formula of the 1-day Efficient trade tender (maximum specific earnings with recalculation for one seller).
On the third accounting day we determine the best store according to the formula of the 1-day Consumer magic tender (maximum specific earnings with recalculation for one buyer).
The first prize winner gets 5 points, the second prize winner - 3 points, the third prize winner - 1 point. The winner is a store to gain the biggest amount of points within 3 days.'
For storm, if the size of the store is given, you can open a big store to disrupt your opponent's sale. And, try to get at least 3 points on the first day, otherwise, it would to rather difficult to win.
For eff. trade/consumer magic, move store to fashionable area. if store's reputation is too high, move it(change size) a few times more. you might also wanna open a series of different sized stores just to have an idea how many workers to use based on reputation and size.
one more important observation (need to confirm) is that although it labels Grocery, it appears this only applies to storm. In other words, you can sell, say, jewelery on the last two days, which gives you a much better chance to win. Again, you should double check this.
(5) Tender #4 582. Best store - 3. Prize: 3 virt
[Republic of South Africa] Cape Provinces | Port Elizabeth | 1000 sq.m.
'On the first accounting day we determine the best store according to the formula of the 1-day Best Store tender (best level of service among top 10 stores with the highest income).
On the second accounting day we determine the best store according to the formula of the 1-day Best Range of Goods tender (the biggest amount of items of goods of the quality higher than average in the city among top 10 stores with the highest income; the restrictions for TM are analogous to the ones of the 1-day tender).
On the third accounting day we determine the best store according to the formula of the 1-day Storm! tender (the highest number of leadership positions according to the income from sale of all retail goods among stores of all sizes in an indicated city).
The first prize winner gets 5 points, the second prize winner - 3 points, the third prize winner - 1 point. The winner is a store to gain the biggest amount of points within 3 days.'
For best range of goods, you probably need TM goods. Don't forget about the quality ( Do you have Q2 sugar? ). To sell goods on the second day (if you wanna keep the goods, just set a high price), you need order supply 1 day before the tender. This may affect the service level for the first day's (need confirmation on this). If it's the case, use the trick mentioned before, delete goods in trade hall after ordering.
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Remark 1: For 3-day tender, on which day should what goods be ordered may be confusing. take time to work it through.
Remark 2: though it's meaningless selling before the tender, it may help determining the setting (# of employees, price, etc)
Remark 3: use innovation for small stores, (not for eff. trade or consumer magic). Also it appears, for small store, number of visitors has a more substantial influence on the sale than service level.
Remark 4: goods advertising might be vital
Remark 5: market study might be vital (on deciding which category to sell)
Remark 6: know your opponents !
Remark 7: For every strategy, there is a counter strategy. For every tactic been used, there are more to be explored.
Remark 8: For small companies to win tenders, it's difficult, but not impossible. (I won my first tender one day before i reached level 7.) Big companies make mistakes, in fact, a lot.
Remark 9: just for the record, i think there is a lot of room for improvement for the current tender system.
I didnot write down everything explicitly and i'm not trying to tell you what to do. So think about it .
Remark 10) For small companies, i suggest 'Ten/consumer magic/best store/100m/500m/1000m'. In these tender, big companies have relatively less advantages (except goods quality/advertising eff.)
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(basically I changed my prices and supply, he is gone today and I'll have to rework everything 
. If I was participating to the tender I could answer a simple good luck...
