Inventory adjustment based on social network data

A method comprising:

• accessing a set of user submissions published by a social network service, the set of user submissions being accessed from a social network server that provides at least part of the social network service;
• identifying a topical trend from the set of user submissions accessed from the social network server;
• determining that a product corresponds to the topical trend identified from the set of user submissions accessed from the social network server;
• and
• adjusting a scalar value representative of a quantity of the product within an inventory based on the topical trend identified from the set of user submissions accessed from the social network server,
• the adjusting of the quantity of the product being performed by a processor of a machine.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• accessing a set of user submissions published by a social network service, the set of user submissions being accessed from a social network server that provides at least part of the social network service;
• identifying a topical trend from the set of user submissions accessed from the social network server;
• determining that a product corresponds to the topical trend identified from the set of user submissions accessed from the social network server;
• and
• adjusting a scalar value representative of a quantity of the product within an inventory based on the topical trend identified from the set of user submissions accessed from the social network server,
• the adjusting of the quantity of the product being performed by the one or more processors of the machine.