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

Retail TouchPoints

The all-important holiday season always demands retailers’ full engagement and energy, but the 2020 holiday season presents unique challenges. This poses unprecedented uncertainties for retail pricing and merchandising teams for the holidays in 2020. Retailers and their shoppers are whiplashed accordingly.

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Supercharge Your Holiday Pricing with AI-powered Data Science

Retail TouchPoints

Despite the havoc wreaked in 2020 by the pandemic, NRF reported that November-December 2020 retail sales were an unexpectedly high 8.3% Conversely, retailers may be able to go more aggressive with pricing and promotions on certain items to draw more traffic or to position effectively against competitors on hot sellers.

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

Retail TouchPoints

The all-important holiday season always demands retailers’ full engagement and energy, but the 2020 holiday season presents unique challenges. This poses unprecedented uncertainties for retail pricing and merchandising teams for the holidays in 2020. Retailers and their shoppers are whiplashed accordingly.

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

Retail TouchPoints

Although the back-to-school season is typically a prime time for special deals and promotions, retailers need to consider how these slashed prices align with overall product demand and availability. For example, with back-to-school, Kotlyar noted that we’re seeing fewer promotions because of supply constraints.

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

Retail TouchPoints

In addition to store closures and layoffs, retailers have had to consolidate operations, renegotiate deals and scale back promotional activities. Even worse, these promotions often fail to clear the desired inventory at all. retailers are looking for a more effective approach.

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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.

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15 Things to Do RIGHT NOW to Get Your Store Ready for Holiday 2020

Retail Adventures

2020 Dates to Remember: This year Black Friday is on November 27, Cyber Monday is November 30, Small Business Saturday is November 28, and the biggest shopping day of the holiday season will be December 19, the Saturday before Christmas. This year consider the following in your Golden Quarter planning: 1. Don’t ignore Cyber Monday.