Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2023

As consumers faced higher prices at the gas pump, grocery stores and other places, many cut back on their spending, increasing the competition among retailers. This was especially evident on Black Friday, when many merchants offered steep markdowns to compete. Five Key Automated Threats Impacting Retailers’ Bottom Line.

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Retalon

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Price optimization and price management are terms that often are used interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. When used properly, both price management and price optimization can substantially affect a retailer’s profitability. What is price optimization?

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In this kind of shopping environment, how should retailers align their promotions and markdowns for the greatest impact? Keeping in mind as well the need to optimize their supply chain fulfillment to meet consumer delivery expectations while managing parcel carrier costs?

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This is known as pre-consumer waste and includes scraps, offcuts, and rejected garments that are discarded during the production stage. Meanwhile, sustainable fashion business models like resale, rental and repair only unravel the post-consumer garment waste problems. There’s no rush for them to always get rid of any markdowns.

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Retalon

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Some retailers are facing backlash over images showing piles of unsold inventory that have been burnt or destroyed. This overstock issue is not new, and retailers have tried to manage their unsold goods through donations and resellers, but there is simply too much inventory. How do retailers get into this mess?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Retailers and their shoppers are whiplashed accordingly. This poses unprecedented uncertainties for retail pricing and merchandising teams for the holidays in 2020. Here are some of the issues facing retailers — and ways that they can harness AI-powered pricing and promotions to cope with them productively.

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Retalon

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Some retailers are facing backlash over images showing piles of unsold inventory that have been burnt or destroyed. This overstock issue is not new, and retailers have tried to manage their unsold goods through donations and resellers, but there is simply too much inventory. How do retailers get into this mess?

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