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How AI is Revolutionising the Retail Sector

Retail Focus

For example, when you shop online at Amazon or ASOS, you’ll notice that the recommendations are specific to your browsing and buying behaviour. This helps retailers optimise inventory levels, staffing, and promotions for smoother operations and waste reduction. This reduces overstocking and the need for massive markdowns.

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What are Retail Markdowns?

Wiser

Inventory management will rarely be the only thing that makes a retailer successful, but it can absolutely be the something that breaks you. Knowing what your customers like is one thing, but understanding how much of each item you need on shelves and how to price them is where inventory management can go awry.

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As the Holidays Approach, it’s Time to Rethink Retail Pricing Methodology…and AI Can Help

Retail TouchPoints

Add it all up and it’s clear that the timing duration, and location of holiday shopping is not like the old days. In this kind of shopping environment, how should retailers align their promotions and markdowns for the greatest impact? Ending the Tradition of Blanket Markdowns Enter this year’s holiday shopper.

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7 Tips for Wholesale Inventory Management

Independent Retailer

This is why inventory management is key, especially as retailers look to deal with unsold merchandise after the holidays. “Seemingly overnight, shortages are flipping to inventory surpluses in certain categories. . Offer Promotions & Product Markdowns. Donate Excess Inventory. Liquidate Excess Inventory.

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Preparing for the Rise in Online Retail Returns

Retail TouchPoints

This year the powerful combination of the special sale dates in Q4 (like Target, Amazon and Walmart holding October Black Friday events) and an increase in ecommerce holiday shopping means that this upward trend for returns will continue. Below are some considerations to prepare for the peak shopping season and the post-holiday return influx.

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Sick of hearing about AI? The key is understanding how to make it work for you

Inside Retail

Retailers are integrating AI with bricks-and-mortar shops and online platforms to give the shopping experience a remarkable transformation, enhancing both customer satisfaction and operational efficiency. Inventory management Predictive analytics: This helps optimise your stock levels, preventing overstocking and stockouts.

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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

Retail TouchPoints

A number of major retailers have had some form of adoption because of its ability to materially improve inventory management, but it hasn’t offered the same benefit to the customer experience. For example, a customer shopping for jeans could stop at a display that features a sign reading “Need Help?” Doesn’t that sound amazing?!