article thumbnail

How Woolies is using 2D barcodes to increase sales and transparency

Inside Retail

There are also other supply chain benefits for businesses including improved inventory management, recall readiness, sustainability, ethical sourcing and product authentication. Their journey began in 2017 with just loose produce. “At

Markdowns 130
article thumbnail

Forever 21: 4 Reasons it Failed & Filed for Bankruptcy

Indigo 9 Digital

Source: Bloomberg "[Forever 21] has lost much of the excitement and oomph which is critical to driving footfall and sales and is now something of an also-ran which is too easily overlooked," said Neil Saunders, the managing director of GlobalData Retail. By 2017 Forever 21 decided it would open 40 F21 Red stores within that year alone.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

As the Holidays Approach, it’s Time to Rethink Retail Pricing Methodology…and AI Can Help

Retail TouchPoints

In this kind of shopping environment, how should retailers align their promotions and markdowns for the greatest impact? Keeping in mind as well the need to optimize their supply chain fulfillment to meet consumer delivery expectations while managing parcel carrier costs?

Markdowns 256
article thumbnail

Avoid Inventory Imbalances by Leveraging Retail Predictive Analytics

Retalon

The result of unreliable projections are inventory imbalances: mistakes in planning, purchasing, and inventory management, resulting in inventory levels that don’t match actual demand. Retailers run costly markdowns to clear out overstocks, and out of stock merchandise leads to lost sales. trillion annually. Key Takeaways.

article thumbnail

Avoid Inventory Imbalances by Leveraging Retail Predictive Analytics

Retalon

The result of unreliable projections are inventory imbalances: mistakes in planning, purchasing, and inventory management, resulting in inventory levels that don’t match actual demand. Retailers run costly markdowns to clear out overstocks, and out of stock merchandise leads to lost sales. trillion annually. Key Takeaways.

article thumbnail

4 Critical Steps for Optimizing Omnichannel Order Fulfillment in 2021

Retalon

At its most basic, it only requires integrating live inventory counts from your ERP / inventory management software with your e-commerce platform, ensuring customers can get accurate information about which store has the items they’re looking for (or give them the option to ship to store). Minimize and optimize omnichannel returns.

article thumbnail

Shane Co. Increases Sales by 20% While Significantly Reducing Inventory

Retalon

the largest privately owned jewelry retailer in America, has implemented Retalon’s Inventory and Assortment Management solution to maintain product assortment and inventory levels across all channels. Retalon helps us manage them more quickly and accurately than we ever could before.” “Shane Co.’s ” About Retalon. .

Jewelry 32