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Pacsun Improves Profitability with Intelligent Allocation and Replenishment with Antuit.ai

Retail Focus

With a strong commitment to supporting self-expression amongst its community of younger shoppers, it launched its PacCares initiative in 2020 to support and partner with companies that matched its values of good mental health, diversity and equality. But this fast ecommerce growth didn’t come without challenges.

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How Retailers can Overcome the Challenges Faced on the Path to Sustainability

Retail TouchPoints

This year saw the proposal of the Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act. To help address this, some retailers have been using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to improve forecasting capabilities and optimize markdown processes to reduce product waste. A Starting Point. Walmart estimates this will reduce the 1.4

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7 Expert Tips Guaranteed to Reduce Inventory Costs (2020)

Retalon

And at the end of the sales season (or at the end of a product’s lifecycle), markdowns you set to clear out excess inventory can easily wipe out the product’s lifecycle profitability. They quickly learn to time their purchases for the inevitable markdowns rather than buying products during the main lifecycle.

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Pacsun Improves Profitability with Intelligent Allocation and Replenishment with Antuit.ai

365 Retail

With a strong commitment to supporting self-expression amongst its community of younger shoppers, it launched its PacCares initiative in 2020 to support and partner with companies that matched its values of good mental health, diversity and equality. But this fast ecommerce growth didn’t come without challenges.

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How to Forecast Demand in Retail (2020)

Retalon

In order to understand how to take full advantage of this new technology, we will first explain what demand forecasting actually is, the most common methods of demand forecasting in retail, key constraints that need to be accounted for, and modern examples of accurate demand forecasting. What is Demand Forecasting?

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More recessions lessons from Greenlit Brands, Camilla, Super Retail

Inside Retail

With liquidity being key, we knew that if the product was not selling now, it would not sell in November, being summer, so we had to take the markdowns and be ruthless. All too often, especially if there are supply chain challenges, retailers will be reluctant to take the deep markdowns required to clear the stock. Cash is king.

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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. This means they can’t markdown their products without devaluing the brand. Reselling Unsold inventory is often sold at markdown prices by 3rd party resellers. Incentives A current U.S.