Methods and apparatus to monitor products in stores

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a collection entity, a first request from a first entity to audit a first product, the first request including a first instruction to determine information about a second product that competes with the first product;
• in response to the first request, generating a first question about the second product;
• tagging the question with an identification of the first entity;
• receiving, at the collection entity, a second request from a second entity to audit a third product;
• determining that the second request includes a second instruction to determine information about the second product identified in the first request;
• and
• in response to the second request, generating a second question about the second product;
• tagging the second question with an identification of the second entity;
• determining that the first question and the second question match;
• in response to determining that the first question and the second question match, combining the first question and the second question to generate a combined question;
• and
• tagging the combined question with the identification of the first entity and the identification of the second entity.