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Integrate Pricing, Promotions and Markdowns to Drive Profitability

Retail TouchPoints

But at the same time merchants’ margins are being squeezed, making intelligent pricing and promotions strategies even more critical for success. Now, it’s all about how you reach consumers through tailored promotions.”

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2023: Ring in Retail Profits by Stopping Automated Threats

Retail TouchPoints

This was especially evident on Black Friday, when many merchants offered steep markdowns to compete. Specifically, bot operators continue to siphon retailer profits with increasingly sophisticated automated threats β€” including account takeover, web and API scraping and more. Bad Bots are Siphoning Profits.

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Open to Buy Retail Planning Done Right

Retalon

We refer to these as Merchant-driven organizations. At home, the gift budget may need to be significantly higher in December than in January to account for holidays. Anticipate the activities for the sales period: If you are aware of upcoming promotional activities, you’ll need to adjust to reflect demand accordingly.

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Open to Buy Retail Planning Done Right

Retalon

We refer to these as Merchant-driven organizations. At home, the gift budget may need to be significantly higher in December than in January to account for holidays. Anticipate the activities for the sales period: If you are aware of upcoming promotional activities, you’ll need to adjust to reflect demand accordingly.

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The Order Fulfillment Process in 2022 and Beyond

Retalon

Why should retailers care about their Order Fulfillment Process? Order fulfillment may seem like a fairly straightforward process and according to the generic “high-level” definition, it is. In fact, the best order fulfillment processes become sources of revenue, profit, and even customer loyalty.

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How to Get Results from your Big Data with Retail AI

Retalon

Businesses collect more data than ever before and from every aspect of the supply and demand chainβ€”logistics; vendor compliancy/lead times; POS data; inventory levels; traffic cameras; prices; markdowns; consumer behavior; demand forecasts; and more. How will a promotion during a seasonal peak affect the uplift in demand?

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5 Vital Considerations for Big Data Analytics in Retail

Retalon

Retail businesses collect more data than ever before, and from every aspect of the supply chain, including: Logistics data (vendor compliance, lead times, etc.). Prices (markdowns, promotions, competitor prices, etc.). How will a promotion during a seasonal peak affect the uplift in demand? The result?