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Putting an End to the $50B Overstock Problem with Advanced Analytics

Retalon

The direct and indirect damages of lost sales are so great that retailers prefer to markdown unsold inventory, or even get rid of it at cost. These variables, along with pricing and vendor lead times make planning demand very difficult. This means they can’t markdown their products without devaluing the brand.

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Forever 21: 4 Reasons it Failed & Filed for Bankruptcy

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Both of these stars have been seen modelling Fashion Nova clothing on their own Instagram accounts and Cardi B also has her own Fashion Nova clothing line. Inditex, Zara’s parent company planned to close up to 1,200 stores by the end of 2022 and open 450 new stores. By 2019 Forever 21’s sales declined from a peak of $4.4

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Putting an End to the $50B Overstock Problem with Advanced Analytics

Retalon

The direct and indirect damages of lost sales are so great that retailers prefer to markdown unsold inventory, or even get rid of it at cost. These variables, along with pricing and vendor lead times make planning demand very difficult. This means they can’t markdown their products without devaluing the brand. Incentives.

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7 Indicators You’re Managing Bad Inventory (and How to Fix It)

Retalon

Drastic Markdowns. Last minute markdowns that offload stock at a loss. A large portion of your budget goes toward planning, storing, transporting and managing unsold inventory. Inventory storage, overstock management, ROI lost to markdowns, even lost sales due to stockouts, are all tangible costs of bad inventory.

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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 chain—logistics; vendor compliancy/lead times; POS data; inventory levels; traffic cameras; prices; markdowns; consumer behavior; demand forecasts; and more. Unifying Big Data across Forecasting, Planning, and Operations.

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How retailers are optimizing and automating their business

Retalon

Modern retailers take advantage of advanced retail predictive analytics planning solutions. With multiple plans, and several levels of planners, plans may go through lots of re-consolidations, merging, and adding up to the “master plan”. This means that changes to plans are very cumbersome. Inventory Management.

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Personalization vs. Consistency in the Retail Customer Experience

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You can better plan for stocking of inventory at warehouses and retail locations and optimize the fulfillment process for online and mobile orders. Consider high-end fashion labels like Louis Vuitton that simply refuse to undercut premium pricing or even offer any markdowns. Also, you really can’t avoid the question of competition.