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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. Merchants and inventory managers attended more co-planning meetings.

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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.). Inventory levels (store, warehouse, distribution centers). Prices (markdowns, promotions, competitor prices, etc.). POS data (sales, returns, etc.). The result?

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The Future of Retail in the New Era of Risk

Retail Prophet

Soon, merchants everywhere began to experience what many thought could only happen in third-world economies and banana republics – panic buying, empty shelves and bottomless backlogs to fill them. But in the process also opened global consumer markets to risks that would make the cotton collapse of 1861 look like a picnic.