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Retail Pricing is a Science – Not an Art

Retail TouchPoints

With margins being squeezed from rising inflation and inventory challenges, brands need to better align pricing with the current market conditions and consumer demand. Today, most pricing decisions are based on intuition, competitive benchmarking and/or past sales. The Four Pricing Pillars Brands Must Consider.

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2023: Ring in Retail Profits by Stopping Automated Threats

Retail TouchPoints

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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As the Holidays Approach, it’s Time to Rethink Retail Pricing Methodology…and AI Can Help

Retail TouchPoints

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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How made-on-demand manufacturing is transforming the fashion industry

Inside Retail

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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What is Charm Pricing?

Wiser

The one we’re focusing on here is charm pricing. Charm pricing is a common strategy to get consumers to buy a product—or multiple products—with certain prices. Charm Pricing Definition. So then, what is charm pricing? They might also believe the specific price demonstrates greater value or a markdown.

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Putting an End to the $50B Overstock Problem with Advanced Analytics

Retalon

Raw materials are destroyed, and a huge amount of energy is consumed when producing and moving products across the world. So, if a retailer is wondering why consumers and investors are pulling away, it’s because they are still using a traditional approach in a modern world. How do retailers get into this mess?

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AI-Powered Pricing and Promotions are Redefining the 2020 Retail Holiday Season

Retail TouchPoints

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.