Retalon

MAY 10, 2024

If you have ever planned a family budget, you will easily understand Open to Buy (OTB). There are two types of families in household budget planning: those who operate on a tight budget, where planning is essential, and those for whom purchasing what they like at the moment is a priority, with budgeting taking a back seat.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 18, 2023

As part of the new multiyear agreement — which builds upon a partnership that started in 2016 — Academy will use the Revionics Base Price and Markdown solutions to not only optimize its pricing strategy but better manage inventory levels throughout the product lifecycle.

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Wiser

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Understanding the difference between trade promotion and consumer promotion is crucial for any business seeking to maximize its market impact and sales potential. Consumer promotions, on the other hand, primarily target the end-user of a product or service—the customers. What is Consumer Promotion?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 3, 2023

When it came to inventory planning and optimization, stores were planned, allocated and/or replenished, and transacted with their customers entirely separately from the digital channel. This last, critical element (markdown avoidance) is the least fully adopted technique across the retail landscape today.

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Retalon

APRIL 14, 2021

What is a retail markdown strategy? A retail markdown strategy is a plan that describes when and how certain products should go on markdown. Having a markdown strategy is important because, all too often, markdowns are a kneejerk reaction to end-of-life inventories. ” What are markdowns in retail?

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Inside Retail

MAY 30, 2024

Having launched as a strictly direct-to-consumer brand, Halara is switching things up and will be hosting its first-ever pop-up shop at 470 Broadway in New York City. Hirata sat down with Inside Retail to discuss the brand’s growth strategy and its upcoming plans for building a physical in-store presence. What’s next for Halara?

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Markdowns Wholesale Planning Fashion 130

Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2022

Supply chain disruption may have become a singularly hot topic in retail circles these past years, but a focus on improving supply chain planning and forecasting is far more than just a passing trend. The post AI-driven solutions take supply chain planning to the next level appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Even though the retailer saw growth in the consumables category, sales across home, seasonal and apparel categories fell. In addition, the retailer is revising its planned same-store sales growth of 1.0% Dollar General reported a net sales increase of 3.9% billion, largely driven by positive sales contributions from new stores.

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Retail Dive

AUGUST 17, 2022

The retailer resorted to markdowns after facing sluggish demand as consumers grapple with inflation. Was it a speed bump, or a sign of poor planning?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2021

Back-to-school surveys across the retail sector point to a strong season, spurred by pent-up consumer demand. Jeff Orschell, EY’s Americas Consumer Retail Leaders, noted that global data as well as the firm’s consumer research point to demand remaining elevated, despite the uncertainties.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2023

The company is looking to pivot Journeys to an off-mall strategy, with 13 locations out of a planned 25 already open. This was attributed to increased markdowns at Journeys offsetting an otherwise normalized promotional environment, which led to improved margins at the other businesses. Genesco’s gross margin was 47.3% in Q1 2023.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 17, 2023

All that combines to shift the mindset of consumers to what we call ‘mindful consumption’. You’ll probably have to adjust margins to implement this model effectively, and it’s likely that the ‘better’ offer will end up being the largest seller, so plan your orders accordingly. And you’ll need a pre-planned mechanism to achieve that.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 31, 2022

In recent years, consumer awareness around sustainability has continued to grow, as shoppers are now demanding to know the origin of the products that they purchase. With this next generation of barcodes, there’s a real opportunity to connect with consumers in ways we haven’t before,” explained Richard Jones, chief marketing officer at GS1.

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Wiser

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Promotions influence shopper behavior , and consumers are conditioned to search for the best deals and prioritize brands and retailers who markdown products more often than the competition. Examples of TPRs include the standard dollars-off markdown, limited-time coupons, contests, rebates, and more.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

So it could be markdown optimization or customer analytics or supply chain or assortment and merchandising — there are a lot of use cases that retailers tend to need. Retailers can then run “what if” simulations, calibrate demand forecasting, improve inventory planning, formulate strategies for supply chain segmentation and more.

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Retalon

AUGUST 22, 2023

Retail merchandise planning is the strategic process retailers use to determine what products to stock, in what quantities, and where to allocate inventory across stores and e-commerce channels. With shifting consumer trends and preferences, retailers need agile planning approaches that can pivot to align with changing times.

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Retalon

APRIL 25, 2017

Getting your product pricing right is absolutely critical to customer cross-channel experience, but the promise of unified price, promotion and markdown optimization is hard to achieve. The post Guide for Unified Price, Promotion and Markdown Optimization Applications appeared first on Retalon. In this report: Market Definition.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2023

at Family Dollar stores, but even discounters are facing cautious consumer spending and employee pay raises that aren’t expected to pay off for some time. at Family Dollar stores, but even discounters are facing cautious consumer spending and employee pay raises that aren’t expected to pay off for some time.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 17, 2024

Premium jeans label Outland Denim was launched in 2016, but planning for the venture stretched for six years before that, founder and CEO James Bartle said. “We Markdown strategies are damaging in the long term, and would interfere with the social justice mission Outland Denim is trying to achieve.

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

UK consumers are turning their sustainability efforts towards resourceful consumption, reducing food waste to shop sustainably while keeping food bills down, according to the latest data from Retail Insight , the leading provider of store operations execution software. The latest data from WRAP suggests UK households throw away 4.5

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 31, 2023

Inventory distortion, whether it’s out-of-stocks or overstocks, are a huge and costly challenge for retailers and suppliers, and too often a source of great inconvenience to consumers. of retail sales, has multiple causes, including inaccurate demand planning, lack of inventory visibility and inadequate staff training.

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Retalon

JUNE 10, 2020

Price planning is one of the most difficult (and often misunderstood) elements of retailing strategies. But emulating successful retailers in price planning isn’t enough. Standard price planning strategies (competition pricing, cost-plus, high-low, EDLP, etc.) What does this mean for price planning?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2023

As consumers faced higher prices at the gas pump, grocery stores and other places, many cut back on their spending, increasing the competition among retailers. This was especially evident on Black Friday, when many merchants offered steep markdowns to compete. Inflation and the Incredible Shrinking Margin.

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Retail Design Solutions

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This shift not only aims to reduce food waste but also offers retailers greater flexibility in offering discounts and influencing consumer behaviour. At RDS we embrace technology so let’s explore the rise of AI-driven digital pricing, its potential benefits, and the concerns it raises for both consumers and retailers.

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Retalon

JANUARY 6, 2021

An effective replenishment plan will drive profit. There is an age old saying, and it goes like this: “you don’t plan to fail, you fail to plan.” ” And what can be easier than planning replenishment? All you need to do is plan to replenish the products that you sell out of.

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

And of course rising inflation doesn’t just impact the end consumers. The result can be costly post-season markdown events that leave retailers stuck with short-life seasonal items that necessitate steep marks or even complete write-offs. The holiday season has never been more challenging or difficult to predict.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 25, 2022

The governments initially stimulated the economy, so there was a huge uplift in consumer spending, but once that was spent, there was the reality of living on what one earned and being employed was key. Approach: As a retailer, we considered our strategy carefully and studied what was important to our consumer. Cash is king.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

By creating narrower product assortments and limiting inventory levels — especially for product shipments headed to brick-and-mortar stores —merchants would gain the ability to react more quickly to changing consumer trends, and even potentially reduce their need for markdowns. Richard Maicki. Keith Jelinek.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2023

Instead of personalising creative and messaging for a segment of consumers, it can be precisely targeted to a single customer based on logic and observed behaviours and needs. GenAI can adapt pricing strategies and offers to customers by analysing market data, competitive pricing and consumer behaviour.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

RFID is also being extended for item-level identification as part of future-forward innovation plans, such as the adoption of blockchain for increased transparency. Additionally, it boosts sales margins and expedites returns and exchanges, making it a valuable tool for profitably improving the consumer experience.

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Independent Retailer

DECEMBER 23, 2022

consumers have been pulling back on clothing and durable goods as soaring inflation raises the cost of food and basic items. This is complicating retailer’s ability to shift with consumer behaviors,” Dr. Madhav Durbha, VP supply chain strategy at Coupa , said. Offer Promotions & Product Markdowns. back to top.

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Retalon

AUGUST 14, 2023

Specifically, omnichannel mastery benefits high-revenue retailers by: Meeting Rising Consumer Expectations Today’s consumers expect convenience, flexibility, personalization, and integrated cross-channel experiences. Omnichannel retail delivers the seamless shopping journeys consumers demand.

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Markdowns Customer Experience Shopping Planning 41

Retalon

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Critical Considerations for Retail Assortment Plans. A retailer’s assortment planning process can make or break their selling season (or even their entire fiscal year). But if you manage to predict consumer demand accurately and plan your assortment accordingly — you’ll rake in the profits.

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Retalon

JANUARY 7, 2021

Seasonal merchandise planning carries a unique challenge for retailers, as product life cycles are measured in weeks or even days. . This is a problem because retailers plan their inventory months in advance — having almost no window to react to out-of-stocks or an unexpected up-lift in demand.

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Retalon

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Raw materials are destroyed, and a huge amount of energy is consumed when producing and moving products across the world. So, if a retailer is wondering why consumers and investors are pulling away, it’s because they are still using a traditional approach in a modern world. Entirely preventing these massive amounts of overstock.

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Independent Retailer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The key lies in using solutions that drive business intelligence forward, such as inventory planning and demand forecasting software. Worldwide shut-downs had consumers stuck indoors, sustained only by a stream of online deliveries. by Jill Liliedahl. In the early days of the pandemic, retailers were overwhelmed with demand.

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Wiser

AUGUST 25, 2020

Make sure everyone knows the plan—and is able to execute that plan—to ensure that you’ve got merchandiser support when you need it. 4: Use Promotions and Markdowns to Move Seasonal Inventory. We recommend using promotions and markdowns to move that inventory quickly. COVID-19 has changed consumer demand.

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