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Integrate Pricing, Promotions and Markdowns to Drive Profitability

Retail TouchPoints

Lifecycle pricing , which integrates base pricing, promotions and markdowns into one holistic strategy, can help merchants optimize their approach — especially as they strive to localize, and even personalize, experiences for consumers across all channels. Many times, markdowns are heavily weather related, especially for fashion retailers.

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

Retail Focus

Californian lifestyle fashion brand, Pacsun , doubled its ship completes by better anticipating online demand and intelligently leveraging its stores as ecommerce fulfilment centres, partnering with antuit.ai , a leader in AI-powered SaaS solutions for consumer products and retail insights and now part of Zebra Technologies.

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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. The sourcing of raw materials, factory working conditions and the environmental impact of goods distribution matters — and it appears business leaders in fashion and retail are taking note. A Starting Point. Greater demand forecasting.

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Matalan profits plunged before investor buyout last year

Retail Gazette

to £288.6m, which it attributed to the improved profitability to its sales performance, tight control of markdown, effective cost management, and positive movements in input prices. to £1.15bn due to price increases, however EBITDA plunged 37.2% to £124.1m and operating profit before exceptionals spiralled almost 80% to £18.7m.

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Matalan’s cost-cutting boosted profitability ahead of investor buyout

Retail Gazette

The fashion and home retailer bounced back into the black when it was acquired by a group of investors at the start of last year, as it made a pre-tax profit of £255,500 in the 52 weeks to 25 February 2023, up from a loss of £2,500 the year before. in its second quarter, with sales up 0.8% in its second quarter, with sales up 0.8%

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As Consumer Demand for Inclusion Rises, Retailers Must Tackle Legacy Issues and Attitudes

Retail TouchPoints

But it’s still true that only a small fraction of the fashion retail market has put tactical plans into place to support this significant consumer base. Products that are sized 18 and above and available in the UK only account for 14% of the total market. billion in the U.S. But it’s not just about listening; it’s about action.

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Realizing the Potential Business-Specific Analytics in Fashion Retail (2021)

Retalon

Business-Specific Analytics & AI for Fashion Retailers. But let’s be honest, what do fast food restaurants, automotive, luxury fashion, and an online pharmacy have in common? Destination resorts that run gift shops must account for occupation rates in their hotels as well as weather. . Not that much. For instance, .

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