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).

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Retail Focus

JUNE 3, 2021

Fortunately, there is well-established, proven science-based technology that enables retailers to offer carefully crafted prices, promotions and markdowns in online as well as brick-and-mortar channels. Let’s look at three ways that data science can help retailers thrive in a highly competitive multi-channel environment.

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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. ATO attacks cost retailers millions of dollars each year.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In addition to this timing variation, over 60% of shoppers plan to do their browsing online, yet 85% expect to buy at least one product in a store. In this kind of shopping environment, how should retailers align their promotions and markdowns for the greatest impact?

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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. Billion in overstocks. Incentives A current U.S.

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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. Billion in overstocks. Poor Demand Forecasting.

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Retalon

AUGUST 20, 2019

Over the last couple of decades, the challenges facing retailers have changed significantly, causing brands to rethink traditional strategies. It used to be that brands differentiated by delivering unique, hard-to-find products, or by lowering retail pricing to undercut direct competitors. – Inventory management.

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