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Coles pockets $1 billion profit as Smarter Selling pays off

Inside Retail

per cent on 2020. In 2020, it was just 3.8 As their Ocado automated fulfilment centres come on line, we can expect greater growth and penetration of online.”. “Of all three divisions, supermarkets demonstrated slightly subdued sales increases, up only 2.6 per cent compared to liquor which rose 6.6 per cent and in 2019 it was 3.4

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Want to Know the Holiday Season’s Top Trends? Look at Back-to-School for Insight

Retail TouchPoints

This will help them prepare their omnichannel fulfillment operations and ensure items get to customers in the most efficient, and profitable, way possible. We have high demand and low supply, so there are fewer markdowns now,” Kotlyar added. “I That means communication with the consumer, not markdowns.

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Pacsun Improves Profitability with Intelligent Allocation and Replenishment with Antuit.ai

Retail Focus

Californian lifestyle fashion brand, Pacsun , doubled its ship completes by better anticipating online demand and intelligently leveraging its stores as ecommerce fulfilment centres, partnering with antuit.ai , a leader in AI-powered SaaS solutions for consumer products and retail insights and now part of Zebra Technologies.

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How Smaller Assortments, Lower Inventory Levels Can Maximize Post-COVID Success

Retail TouchPoints

By creating narrower product assortments and limiting inventory levels — especially for product shipments headed to brick-and-mortar stores —merchants would gain the ability to react more quickly to changing consumer trends, and even potentially reduce their need for markdowns. Richard Maicki. Keith Jelinek.

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How Retailers can Overcome the Challenges Faced on the Path to Sustainability

Retail TouchPoints

But operating sustainably isn’t just about meeting consumer expectations — there are industry and business practices to fulfil too. To help address this, some retailers have been using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to improve forecasting capabilities and optimize markdown processes to reduce product waste.

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Pacsun Improves Profitability with Intelligent Allocation and Replenishment with Antuit.ai

365 Retail

Californian lifestyle fashion brand, Pacsun , doubled its ship completes by better anticipating online demand and intelligently leveraging its stores as ecommerce fulfilment centres, partnering with antuit.ai , a leader in AI-powered SaaS solutions for consumer products and retail insights and now part of Zebra Technologies.

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How Data Analytics is Saving the Fashion Industry (2020)

Retalon

Often resulting in inventory distortion that lead to lost sales and costly markdowns. It recommends the best way to fulfill orders and accept returns, maximizing profitability and defending the GMROI. It optimizes markdowns so retailers can get rid of end of life products, while maximizing the GMROI. Unifying Fashion Analytics.

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