Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Products that are sized 18 and above and available in the UK only account for 14% of the total market. According to Edited, the total number of consumers deemed “plus-sized” is set to grow at twice the rate of the rest of the market. There is no standardization across the industry and inconsistent sizing leads to markdowns and returns.

Consumer 290

Consumer Merchant Services Markdowns Fulfillment 290

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Many retailers are worried that they don’t have all the data at their fingertips, like product data, customer data, transactional data, when items sold, on what device and more. Everyone starts somewhere, and it’s OK wherever you are at in your data journey. I don’t have all the data I know I should have, is that OK?

Retailing Pricing 246

Retailing Pricing Markdowns Accounting Outdoor 246

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 18, 2024

Give Some, Get Some It makes a lot of sense when a brand offers a nominal discount to encourage an email sign-up or account creation. Most consumers are willing to part with personal information in exchange for something they value – and consumers value many things beyond discounts and markdowns.

Markdowns 263

Markdowns Customer Experience Consumer Accounting 263

Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

With 330 bricks-and-mortar stores globally, its digital fashion offering, available in both the UK and US, has experienced fast-growth, and now accounts for 40% of its sales. To do so requires leveraging granular forecasting for online fulfilment and store sales demand, while taking returns into account.”

Markdowns 130

Markdowns Fulfillment Shipping Fashion 130

Retalon

APRIL 14, 2021

What is a retail markdown strategy? A retail markdown strategy is a plan that describes when and how certain products should go on markdown. Having a markdown strategy is important because, all too often, markdowns are a kneejerk reaction to end-of-life inventories. ” What are markdowns in retail?

Markdowns 41

Markdowns Dead-Stock Promotions Planning 41

365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Cross-Item Effects at Your Fingertips. The ability of AI science to take into account cross-item effects, such as halo and cannibalization, gives merchants and pricing professionals a holistic view of how a single price change or promotional offer will affect a category overall.

Markdowns 98

Markdowns Promotions Accounting Planning 98

Inside Retail

MAY 30, 2024

Halara is a fast-growing athleisure and lifestyle brand founded in October 2020 by Joyce Zhang, a technologist who previously led algorithmic projects at tech-centered companies like Microsoft and Hulu. Prior to joining the team, had been acting in the role of chief executive officer at Diane von Furstenberg.

Markdowns 130

Markdowns Wholesale Planning Consumer 130

Wiser

MARCH 14, 2025

The Complex Role of a Category Manager Category Managers sit at the center of a high stakes balancing act. At the same time, Category Managers are responsible for identifying new product opportunities, phasing out underperforming items, and ensuring the right assortment mix to maximize sales. Every product decision carries weight.

Management 78

Management Inventory Turnover Promotions Markdowns 78

I Vend

OCTOBER 26, 2024

The ability to see exactly what is on hand, in transit, or awaiting arrival at any given moment allows you to respond quickly to demand, ensuring you never run out of popular products or tie up capital in excessive stock. By optimizing stock turnover, mid-size retailers can free up valuable storage space and reduce carrying costs.

Inventory Management 52

Inventory Management Point of Sale Management Markdowns 52

Cisco Retail

DECEMBER 22, 2021

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Markdowns 143

Markdowns Returns Accounting ATS 143

Inside Retail

JANUARY 30, 2024

Retailers worldwide may be facing challenging times right now, but the evolution of technology – including the deployment of AI – is opening the way to dramatic improvements in productivity at all stages of the retail business model. You are optimising the value of that product by discounting at the right time, rather than too early.”

Loss Prevention 147

Loss Prevention Shrinkage Inventory Management Markdowns 147

Inside Retail

AUGUST 25, 2022

Experience: We all experienced the GFC – I was CEO of The Good Guys at the time – and the principles of dealing with a downturn are pretty much the same, except in the current situation, we have the added benefit of a more dynamic channel in e-commerce. You look at all of those controllables very closely. Michael Ford. Launa Inman.

Drop-Shipping 130

Drop-Shipping Markdowns Management Shipping 130

Retalon

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Unlike traditional methods, which rely heavily on static historical data, predictive analytics uses advanced modeling to account for current and future trends, external variables, and market shifts. learn more… Fewer Markdowns Minimize profit loss from excess inventory. billion in 2024 to $4.92

Planning 41

Planning Markdowns Marketing Fulfillment 41

Wiser

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

There are countless pricing strategies at your disposal, but not all are created equal. Some strategies are much more effective than others at increasing margins, moving inventory, and keeping customers happy. This is a pricing strategy popular at Walmart in which prices seem to be so low that no further discounting is possible.

Advertising 148

Advertising Markdowns Marketing Promotions 148

Cisco Retail

MAY 20, 2022

Let’s take a look at what we’re going to build: Building on top of our existing Bot, we’re going to create two new services: MessageIngestion , and Kubernetes. In this section, we’ll set up a simple Deployment in Kubernetes, as well as a Service Account that we can leverage to communicate with the Kubernetes API using the NodeJS SDK.

Management 145

Management Returns Accounting Markdowns 145

365 Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

With 330 bricks-and-mortar stores globally, its digital fashion offering, available in both the UK and US, has experienced fast-growth, and now accounts for 40% of its sales. To do so requires leveraging granular forecasting for online fulfilment and store sales demand, while taking returns into account.”

Markdowns 52

Markdowns Fulfillment Shipping Fashion 52

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

MARCH 11, 2022

Use and analyze the past seasonal orders to determine how to price products- By using the data, look at previous seasons to guide your pricing decisions. Instead of simply repeating the same quantities, look at which products were the best and worst sellers and order accordingly.

Inventory Management 111

Inventory Management Management Inventory Turnover Drop-Shipping 111

Retail Gazette

MARCH 11, 2024

The retailer was acquired by a group of investors at the end of January 2023 after a fierce battle with founder John Hargreaves. Matalan revealed last October its EBITDA came in at £47.9m to £1.15bn due to price increases, however EBITDA plunged 37.2% to £124.1m and operating profit before exceptionals spiralled almost 80% to £18.7m.

Markdowns 59

Markdowns Fashion Accounting Planning 59

365 Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Unify by DemandTec includes four initial applications, available together as a platform or separately: 1) DemandTec Autonomous Pricing, 2) DemandTec Autonomous Promotions, 3) DemandTec Autonomous Markdowns, and 4) DemandTec Autonomous Collaboration. Unify by DemandTec is the first of its kind.

Markdowns 52

Markdowns Promotions Retailing Pricing Accounting 52

Retalon

JANUARY 7, 2021

With seasonal product life-cycles becoming ever shorter, retailers need more strategic and granular ways to plan their seasonal assortments so they can maximize revenue while minimizing markdowns. Account for more variables in your seasonal merchandise planning. Calculate the seasonality for every SKU, at every store.

Markdowns 41

Markdowns Promotions Accounting Planning 41

Retail Minded

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Then, once the order is placed, they want to be able to stay in control by checking the order; adding or removing items; or having the option to change a delivery address or method without having to listen to terrible ‘hold music’ at a call centre for hours upon end. Fulfilment processes in the warehouse need to be flexible.

Fulfillment 111

Fulfillment Markdowns Specialty Retailers Consumer 111

Wiser

JANUARY 12, 2021

In this short guide, we’ll look at what keystone pricing is, when and how you should use it, and how it compares to similar pricing strategies. Doubling the wholesale cost allowed retailers to take into account fixed and variable costs, such as coupons, theft, returns, and other common margin-eaters while still turning a profit.

Wholesale 78

Wholesale Shrinkage Markdowns Returns 78

Retail Gazette

MARCH 11, 2024

The fashion and home retailer bounced back into the black when it was acquired by a group of investors at the start of last year, as it made a pre-tax profit of £255,500 in the 52 weeks to 25 February 2023, up from a loss of £2,500 the year before. in its second quarter, with sales up 0.8% in its second quarter, with sales up 0.8%

Markdowns 52

Markdowns Fashion Accounting Management 52

Retail Adventures

AUGUST 20, 2024

You need to get out and look around at least once a quarter, stopping in at places you don’t even consider competition. If you are not mentioned first, or worse, not at all, you have some work to do to build local word of mouth. o How does the retailer differentiate between full price and markdown merchandise?

Shopping 91

Shopping Merchant Services Visual Merchandising Markdowns 91

Retalon

JUNE 10, 2020

may cover generic approaches to managing and optimizing price for any given product, but they don’t account for the most critical variables that determine your pricing success. Retailers who don’t account for these considerations often struggle with profitability. ultimately determine how profitable your business is.

Planning 41

Planning Markdowns Promotions Accounting 41

Retail Smart Guys

JANUARY 28, 2023

Well, this can be true if you are not using the right approach in handling multi-store accounts. There are numerous ways you can deal with this, one of which is the by-store location approach, which we at Retail Smart Guys have already been using in our retail services for over a decade.

Planning 52

Planning Markdowns Finance Location 52

Retalon

JANUARY 17, 2022

Granted, many retailers have developed pricing strategies that account for multiple factors affecting product price, such as; Production and distribution costs Competitor pricing Revenue goals. On top of having visibility across the business, retailers also need to account for all internal and external factors that affect pricing and demand.

Retailing Pricing 41

Retailing Pricing Markdowns Promotions Accounting 41

Wiser

AUGUST 3, 2017

One of the key metrics we track at Quad is called the Market Price Index (MPI). Introducing a new product or category at bargain basement prices will condition shoppers to only buy at that price. If shoppers thought that your markdowns were just a gimmick, they wouldn’t pay them any attention.

Promotions 99

Promotions Markdowns Marketing Checkout 99

Retalon

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

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.

Markdowns 41

Markdowns Net Profit Consumer Location 41

Retalon

MAY 10, 2024

There are two types of families in household budget planning: those who operate on a tight budget, where planning is essential, and those for whom purchasing what they like at the moment is a priority, with budgeting taking a back seat. Decide at which level the budget will be set. A similar scenario exists in retail.

Planning 41

Planning Markdowns Merchant Services Payment Services 41

Retalon

MAY 10, 2024

There are two types of families in household budget planning: those who operate on a tight budget, where planning is essential, and those for whom purchasing what they like at the moment is a priority, with budgeting taking a back seat. Decide at which level the budget will be set. A similar scenario exists in retail.

Planning 41

Planning Markdowns Merchant Services Payment Services 41

Retalon

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Fewer markdowns. Essentially, OTB is a purchasing plan which takes into account current inventory levels and projected sales for a set time period. Essentially, OTB is a purchasing plan which takes into account current inventory levels and projected sales for a set time period. Optimal stock levels. Less overspending.

Markdowns 41

Markdowns Inventory Turnover Accounting Planning 41

Retalon

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Before we go any further it is important to make a clear distinction between price management and price optimization : Price optimization is the process of identifying the optimal price point for any given product at any given location that will yield the highest profit. You cannot optimize prices without managing them, however.

Management 41

Management Markdowns Accounting Retailing Pricing 41

Retalon

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Often resulting in inventory distortion that lead to lost sales and costly markdowns. These retailers are therefore unable to account the demand uplift resulting from the promotion. Let’s take a look at each of these in a little bit more detail. Often minimizing markdowns in the process.

Fashion 41

Fashion Markdowns Promotions Accounting 41

M19 Retail

APRIL 14, 2021

The multiplication of choices induced by this model translates into a drop in productivity of the physical store space and an increase in markdowns at the end of the season to sell unsold products. Mi9 Retail and ThryveAI Showcase Grocery Innovations at Google Cloud’s Partner Pavilion During NRF 2021.

Point of Sale 52

Point of Sale Management Markdowns Accounting 52

Retalon

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Demand forecasting at store/SKU levels leads to better allocation of inventory across the entire business from the start. Price elasticity of demand, meaning the effect that a set price will have on demand, is an important consideration when setting prices, running promotions, or markdowns. Let’s take a look at what those are.

Markdowns 41

Markdowns Inventory Turnover Fulfillment Accounting 41

Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Retail is littered with stories like this one, about companies that were once at the top but are no longer relevant. Each step is highly digitized and integrated with another, which allows the company to churn out hundreds of new products tailored to different regions and user tastes at a daily rate. Think Sears.

Fast Fashion 98

Fast Fashion Fashion Apparel Department Stores 98