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What are Retail Markdowns?

Wiser

Altering your price, particularly through markdowns, can be a smart strategy, but only if done correctly. Unsuccessful or excessive markdowns can lead to staggering losses in terms of missed revenue and a lower margin on your goods. What are Retail Markdowns? How to Implement a Markdown Strategy. Don’t believe us?

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The Retail Landscape Continues to Evolve — Data Departments Need to Keep Pace

Retail TouchPoints

Partly due to this shift in consumer sentiment toward valuing privacy, California enacted the Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 , imposing strict regulations on how, and how much, customer data can be collected. A 40% discount requires careful storytelling to avoid diluting the brand image, such as framing it as a birthday sale.

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How RFID Powers Retail: Past, Present and Future

Retail TouchPoints

A study conducted by the RFID Lab in 2018 called Project Zipper proved RFID was a game-changer in increasing inventory accuracy when pairs of orders between retailers and brands were studied. This helps a retailer maximize full price sales opportunities and reduce markdowns. RFID captures all inventory in-store and online.

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What is Everyday Low Pricing?

Wiser

High-Low Pricing is a strategy where a brand starts with a high price and later decreases it via promotions, clearance, or markdowns. A 2018 study from Nielsen revealed that the brands that have the most success with everyday low pricing have a high level of brand penetration with little room for growth. Here are a few signs.

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Guide for Unified Price, Promotion and Markdown Optimization Applications

Retalon

Getting your product pricing right is absolutely critical to customer cross-channel experience, but the promise of unified price, promotion and markdown optimization is hard to achieve. The post Guide for Unified Price, Promotion and Markdown Optimization Applications appeared first on Retalon. In this report: Market Definition.

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Gartner Hype Cycle for Retail Technologies 2018

Retalon

Unified Price, Promotion and Markdown Optimization. The post Gartner Hype Cycle for Retail Technologies 2018 appeared first on Retalon. Climbing the Slope. Customer-Centric Merchandising and Marketing. Unified Merchandise Planning. Entering the Plateau. Algorithmic Merchandise Optimization. Appendixes. Gartner Recommended Reading.

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Top 4 Strategies to Maximize Your Sales During A Recession (2023)

Retalon

weeks in 2018 to an anticipated 5.8 Mark it down…strategically Markdowns are generally part of any product’s life cycle. So, if you have a ton of inventory and markdowns are a must, then the key is to sell it while making the most profit possible. Instead, prioritize strategic markdowns.