Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2023

This was especially evident on Black Friday, when many merchants offered steep markdowns to compete. Specifically, bot operators continue to siphon retailer profits with increasingly sophisticated automated threats — including account takeover, web and API scraping and more. Bad Bots are Siphoning Profits.

Merchant Services

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Retailer Plans to Use Solution Across Multiple Channels. This customer-level profit insight can inform every business decision, from where to acquire the highest value customers to how best to serve them in a retail store and at the residential doorstep. ”.

Markdowns

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2023

The company is looking to pivot Journeys to an off-mall strategy, with 13 locations out of a planned 25 already open. This was attributed to increased markdowns at Journeys offsetting an otherwise normalized promotional environment, which led to improved margins at the other businesses. However, Journeys still accounted for 56.3%

Location

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 15, 2021

More and more, that means rethinking product development and expanding their sizing and assortment planning to represent a wider range of sizes and body shapes. 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. billion in the U.S.

Consumer

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Begin with what you have and build a plan to fill in the gaps. Many of your retail peers found themselves with the dilemma of missing data — from the lack of customer data, transaction history for certain items or timeframes or sales broken out by sales type (regular/base, promotion and markdown).

Retailing Pricing

Inside Retail

MAY 30, 2024

Hirata sat down with Inside Retail to discuss the brand’s growth strategy and its upcoming plans for building a physical in-store presence. As Hirata remarked, “Often you can’t, that’s why brands do markdowns like discounts or sample sales, or even why inventory sometimes goes straight to the landfill.” What’s next for Halara?

Markdowns

Inside Retail

JANUARY 30, 2024

The software uses AI to help a retailer plan the introduction of new stock into a store and manage the pricing levels across its shelf life. Inventory is the second largest controllable expense and retailers are reporting back an improvement in markdown reduction losses of as much as 50 per cent through using the software to manage planning.

Loss Prevention

Retail Smart Guys

JANUARY 28, 2023

Going over your inventory, finances, open-to-buy planning, etc., Well, this can be true if you are not using the right approach in handling multi-store accounts. So, with a by-store location plan, retail owners can comprehensively view each store based on their sales trends, profit margins, and such.

Planning

Inside Retail

AUGUST 25, 2022

We spoke with customers, watched them shop and planned accordingly. 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. Equally, keeping all financial stakeholders informed and on side with plans. Cash is king.

Drop-Shipping

Retalon

MAY 10, 2024

If you have ever planned a family budget, you will easily understand Open to Buy (OTB). There are two types of families in household budget planning: those who operate on a tight budget, where planning is essential, and those for whom purchasing what they like at the moment is a priority, with budgeting taking a back seat.

Planning

Retalon

MAY 10, 2024

If you have ever planned a family budget, you will easily understand Open to Buy (OTB). There are two types of families in household budget planning: those who operate on a tight budget, where planning is essential, and those for whom purchasing what they like at the moment is a priority, with budgeting taking a back seat.

Planning

Retalon

JUNE 10, 2020

Price planning is one of the most difficult (and often misunderstood) elements of retailing strategies. But emulating successful retailers in price planning isn’t enough. Standard price planning strategies (competition pricing, cost-plus, high-low, EDLP, etc.) What does this mean for price planning?

Planning

Retail Dive

JULY 24, 2025

To cope with the price hikes, they plan to buy items on sale (38%), purchase items from cheaper brands (29%), comparison shop (29%) and reuse supplies (28%). Nearly two-thirds (62%) of shoppers plan to buy their back-to-school items from discount stores, followed by Amazon (57%) and dollar stores or variety retailers (42%), the survey found.

Payment Services

Retalon

JANUARY 6, 2021

An effective replenishment plan will drive profit. There is an age old saying, and it goes like this: “you don’t plan to fail, you fail to plan.” ” And what can be easier than planning replenishment? All you need to do is plan to replenish the products that you sell out of.

Planning

Retail Smart Guys

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Going over your inventory, finances, open-to-buy planning, etc., Well, this can be true if you are not using the right approach in handling multi-store accounts. So, with a by-store location plan, retail owners can comprehensively view each store based on their sales trends, turns, differing customer bases, and more.

Planning

Retalon

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Critical Considerations for Retail Assortment Plans. A retailer’s assortment planning process can make or break their selling season (or even their entire fiscal year). But if you manage to predict consumer demand accurately and plan your assortment accordingly — you’ll rake in the profits. What is assortment planning?

Planning

Retail Smart Guys

MAY 19, 2025

Even when sales are strong, poor planning behind the scenes can silently erode your cash flow, customer satisfaction, and long-term success. Strong Sales, Weak Cash Flow Sales are up, but your bank account doesnt reflect it. We specialize in retail inventory planning thats data-driven, actionable, and built for growth.

Markdowns

Retalon

JANUARY 7, 2021

Seasonal merchandise planning carries a unique challenge for retailers, as product life cycles are measured in weeks or even days. . This is a problem because retailers plan their inventory months in advance — having almost no window to react to out-of-stocks or an unexpected up-lift in demand. But this is easier said than done.

Markdowns

Retail Gazette

MARCH 11, 2024

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.

Markdowns

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

MARCH 11, 2022

Plan before buying your inventory- Use your data to determine what you should order. It is beneficial to exhaust your resources first, so you don’t end up with the excess products in one store that you eventually have to markdown. These items need to be replaced and either returned to the vendor or donated.

Inventory Management

Retail Gazette

MARCH 11, 2024

Matalan’s pandemic cost-cutting efforts returned the business to stable ground ahead of its sale last year, helping to provide a launchpad as it steps up its transformation plans under CEO Jo Whitfield. in its second quarter, with sales up 0.8% in its second quarter, with sales up 0.8%

Markdowns

Retalon

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Open to buy (OTB) planning lets you control inventory and stay cash flow positive. Fewer markdowns. Essentially, OTB is a purchasing plan which takes into account current inventory levels and projected sales for a set time period. Where you expect to finish is your closing inventory plus your planned sales and markdowns.

Markdowns

M19 Retail

APRIL 14, 2021

The multiplication of choices induced by this model translates into a drop in productivity of the physical store space and an increase in markdowns at the end of the season to sell unsold products. This complexity requires more planning effort than only large data analysis and algorithms using artificial intelligence can help manage.

Point of Sale

Retalon

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Often resulting in inventory distortion that lead to lost sales and costly markdowns. Traditional analytics relies too much on past sales to plan and manage inventory. These retailers are therefore unable to account the demand uplift resulting from the promotion. Traditional Approach to Fashion Analytics.

Fashion

Retalon

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

To build an optimal assortment, retailers can employ AI-driven Assortment Planning tools , which enable planning at the most granular levels while accounting for all the factors that may impact product demand. The more operational waste you cut, the more savings you can pass on to your customer base, gaining a competitive edge.

Markdowns

Retalon

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The forecast of future sales demand informs almost all of the decisions a retailer makes throughout the product journey: Planning. Price elasticity of demand, meaning the effect that a set price will have on demand, is an important consideration when setting prices, running promotions, or markdowns. Reduced markdowns.

Markdowns

M19 Retail

MARCH 17, 2021

MIAMI, FLORIDA March 17, 2021 – Mi9 Retail, the number one vendor for tier one retailers (RIS 2021 Software Leaderboard) that enables them to automate and optimize merchandise management and demand planning, is pleased to announce the release of its new merchandise management mobile application (MMA). About Mi9 Retail.

Inventory Management

Wiser

AUGUST 3, 2017

Your competitive positioning is a key metric when planning retail promotions. If shoppers thought that your markdowns were just a gimmick, they wouldn’t pay them any attention. In this article we will break down the elements all retailers and brands need to carry promotions out as efficiently as possible. .

Promotions

Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

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 2018 Forever 21’s online sales were only 16% of total sales.

Fast Fashion

Retalon

MARCH 2, 2021

Destination resorts that run gift shops must account for occupation rates in their hotels as well as weather. . That’s why fashion retail planning and analytics software needs to be unique and specific to fashion, with the ability to break down business considerations even further than that. For instance, . Do you run promotions?

Fashion

Retalon

APRIL 26, 2021

Product clustering (or grouping) is an increasingly common technique that leading retailers use to manage their planning, inventory, pricing, promotions, and markdowns. Most commonly, retailers use geographical clusters to better account for demographics, distribution cost, climate, and other relevant factors to their business.

Markdowns

365 Retail

JUNE 5, 2024

It even accounts for seasonal trends, promotions, and supplier lead times. This will require you to spend some money to improve the customer experience in your store, so consider checking out Credibly’s financing solutions or other lenders to ensure your plans are well-funded. No more guesswork or scrambling to restock shelves.

Payment Services

Retalon

APRIL 14, 2021

Creating a product assortment strategy is necessary for retailers to have a holistic, long-view plan of their business. And it needs to fit into your retail planning process to ensure you’re still hitting your financial and inventory targets. Account for changing consumer behaviour and preferences.

Markdowns

Retalon

JUNE 29, 2013

Most retailers begin by creating a plan based on the big picture of their business process, and then they purchase the inventory, and allocate it to stores from the DC. For Example: When products don’t sell well at specific stores, retailers are forced to markdown inventory in order to clear the inventory.

Inventory Management

Retalon

OCTOBER 24, 2023

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.

Markdowns

Retalon

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

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. Brand Image.

Markdowns

Retalon

JUNE 18, 2019

Promotion planning is a constant balancing act. The math needed to account for these effects is hard enough. Multiply that effort by the hundreds, or thousands, of promotions you run every year and the workload quickly balloons beyond the capacity of any planning team. Sometimes, that will mean a focus on increasing sales.

Promotions