Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Mejuri sells through multiple channels, including ecommerce, call center and physical store locations, processing orders for fulfillment across multiple locations and a variety of shipping methods.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The digital channel typically had one or more dedicated facilities, which ironically were often planned and managed like an individual additional brick-and-mortar location. In reality, no demand forecasting system can predict the future perfectly, and throughout the season there will always be units of inventory in sub-optimal locations.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2021

Another differentiator between TheDOM.com and existing discount platforms is the fact that it aims to consolidate all off-price activity in one location. From tactical promotions, to markdowns, to engineered lines – similar to what you might see in an outlet mall, for example – all the way through to clearance,” Seskin said. “If

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

As a result, consumer behavior has become harder to predict across multiple locations, which makes zone pricing a must for retailers. Savvy retailers are focusing more heavily on determining demand by geographic zones, using local data to inform prices, promotions and markdowns based on real-time consumer behavior.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 18, 2020

OVERTIME by DICK’S Sporting Goods locations will offer an assortment of apparel, footwear and equipment at up to 75% off. The location will stock brands including Nike , Adidas and Under Armour , with additional markdowns added throughout the year to keep inventory fresh. Spartanburg, S.C. and Racine, Wis.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2025

A year after the French luxury department store originally announced it would be launching its first US location, Printemps is officially opening a brick-and-mortar store in the heart of New York Citys financial district on March 21. Unlike its other locations, the Printemps New York store will not have shop-in-shops.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Another is markdowns. Adjust your sourcing strategies to help reduce markdowns. You can ship items from the store or location with the most inventory, the oldest inventory, the lowest sell-through rate or the highest in-store markdowns. This strategy works for seasonal markdowns, too. One way is liquidators.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2023

Macy’s Sees its Future in Luxury and Off-Mall Locations Macy’s has been diligently modernizing its operations for the past several years, and its performance in the coming months will be a sign of whether its efforts are paying off. “In That’s a clear advantage in the near term and remains our focus over the long term.”

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2021

We have high demand and low supply, so there are fewer markdowns now,” Kotlyar added. “I By tying timely emails with location-specific information and embracing the immediacy of text-messaging, for example, retailers can get their share of consumers’ wallets. That means communication with the consumer, not markdowns.

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A1 Retail

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Differs (stand #E40) A predictive AI SaaS solution that optimises discounts for each product, allowing retailers, including Sephora and H&M, to sell more at higher prices, protecting margins and optimising markdowns to generate sell-through.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2022

Shoppers should be able to quickly locate pertinent product information. An item’s popularity or novelty can be communicated via badges that read “best seller,” “newly added,” or even “new markdown.” They want to be certain they’re making the right purchase, so help them arrive at that decision with full confidence.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

It also resulted in more accurate forecasting for Pacsun store and online demand, and a balanced inventory between stores and its ecommerce distribution centres, delivering higher sell-through rates, reduced markdowns and improved margins.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Many of your retail peers found themselves with the dilemma of missing data — from the lack of customer data, transaction history for certain items or timeframes or sales broken out by sales type (regular/base, promotion and markdown). If not, you don’t have to collect every SKU, every day for every competitor location or web page.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2024

Discounts of 60% or more can be problematic unless they are at the very end of your markdown season, as customers start to perceive them as artificial and question if your prices mean anything at all. A 40% discount requires careful storytelling to avoid diluting the brand image, such as framing it as a birthday sale. Almost never.

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Retail Smart Guys

JANUARY 16, 2025

Key Benefits of Inventory Management Boosts Sales and Profitability : Prevents lost sales due to out-of-stock items and reduces markdowns from overstocked goods. Reduce markdowns and boost profits. Simplify inventory management for multi-location stores. Dont let inventory challenges hold you back.

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Retalon

MARCH 21, 2025

Inventory levels: Forecasting stock requirements across locations to avoid stockouts or excess inventory. Promotional calendars: Planning key campaigns, promotions, and markdown events throughout the year to drive sales and clear seasonal inventory. The right markdown plan can make a huge difference on a retailers bottom line.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Today’s promise engines have gotten smarter about transit time, carrier rates, inventory location and other factors. Ecommerce merchant teams invest significant time in analyzing factors such as free shipping thresholds, promotions, pricing and markdowns. The real complexity comes when we are looking at thousands of SKUs.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 31, 2023

The report also noted that the most advanced AI solutions can realize savings by using analysis “to route online orders to stores with merchandise most likely to go on markdown while also considering the shipping cost. While inventory distortion continues to be a monumental problem, the industry has made progress in a number of areas.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2021

By intelligently optimising pricing, markdowns and promotions, based on demand triggers, retailers can make the granular decisions needed at each store location to increase sell-through and protect margins, whilst meeting consumers expectations on prices and discounts.”.

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Retail Smart Guys

OCTOBER 9, 2024

In marketing, they excel at optimizing product placement and store location while ensuring your branding resonates with current trends. Furthermore, they work on inventory efficiency—analyzing systems to minimize markdowns and maximize profits.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

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. These are opportunities that typically don’t get addressed.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 28, 2020

While the retailer incurred additional expenses from associate bonuses and other COVID-19-related expenditures, Dollar General was able to reduce markdowns, on top of benefiting from increased purchase volume. Unlike some other retailers , Dollar General’s selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses actually dropped, to 20.5%

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I Vend

OCTOBER 26, 2024

A single view of inventory allows you to flawlessly manage stock across multiple locations – and make decisions based on up to date and accurate information. This unified inventory visibility provides a clearer understanding of what products are available and where they are located.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 15, 2022

Store grading – retail stores all come in different sizes and locations with varying customer demands: fashionability, location and price for example. Reduce markdown activity through planning width (number of options) and depth (units per option) of range. This is all managed by the store grading. More on this later.

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Inside Retail

MAY 30, 2024

As Hirata remarked, “Often you can’t, that’s why brands do markdowns like discounts or sample sales, or even why inventory sometimes goes straight to the landfill.” In addition, Hirata said the company eventually plans to open permanent bricks-and-mortar locations. In fact, that’s a large part of what drew Hirata to the brand.

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Retalon

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

learn more… Fewer Markdowns Minimize profit loss from excess inventory. Learn more… Rebalancing Inventory Identify and relocate slow-moving items to high-demand locations for increased sales. These improvements are driven by, Better Stock Distribution Reduce overstock and optimize inventory placement.

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Wiser

AUGUST 25, 2020

You want your merchandisers on board with your strategy and ready to enter your locations to set up any displays as shoppers come back. 4: Use Promotions and Markdowns to Move Seasonal Inventory. We recommend using promotions and markdowns to move that inventory quickly. 5: Lean Into Omnichannel Retail.

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Retail Smart Guys

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In marketing, they excel at optimizing product placement and store location while ensuring your branding resonates with current trends. Furthermore, they work on inventory efficiency—analyzing systems to minimize markdowns and maximize profits.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2023

By adjusting prices in real time based on this analysis, retailers can increase revenue, reduce markdowns, and remain competitive in a constantly changing market. The question is how customers will respond when they become aware that prices shown may change from day to day, depending on their location or the volume of other buyers.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 30, 2024

Salespeople on the shop floor can use these devices to seek a colleague’s assistance in locating a certain size or style of a product instead of leaving the customer alone while the salesperson finds it. That extends the opportunity for the salesperson to build a rapport with the customer and potentially upsell.

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Retail Adventures

JUNE 4, 2020

Remember, if you run an event in your physical location carry that same event over to online store as well. Be Prepared for Markdowns. A markdown strategy for every piece of merchandise that you purchase is a smart idea. Your receipt guarantees it.”

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Retalon

JANUARY 5, 2021

Simply put, inventory balancing is the process of moving excess inventory from one retail location to a retail location where that inventory is in demand. Today’s big retailers operate multiple store formats, from big-box flagship stores to minimal-assortment express locations. What is inventory balancing?

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Retail Adventures

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Some apps have GPS and will send you an offer if you are near one of their locations or shopping at a competitors’ store. Many consignment stores list upcoming markdowns right on the price tags – each tag shows the starting price and the dates that markdowns will occur. Store Cash: Kohl’s Cash is like getting paid to shop.

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Retail Smart Guys

MARCH 23, 2024

For our client, and indeed for all our partners, we go beyond the conventional by providing a detailed monthly open-to-buy plan for each class, with a focus on individual locations for multi-store retailers. Then we provide a detailed monthly open-to-buy plan for each class (by location for multi-store retailers).

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Retail Smart Guys

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

For multi-store retailers, our planning extends to each location, ensuring a cohesive and effective strategy across all outlets. They’ve spoken of reduced markdowns, enhanced profitability, and the assurance of having optimal inventory levels – stories that go beyond the balance sheet. Contact us to learn more or get started.

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Retail Assist

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Effective inventory replenishment helps retailers maintain ideal stock levels across locations, ensuring popular items are always available. Effective stock replenishment involves evaluating stock levels, identifying gaps and promptly moving products from storage locations, such as warehouses, to retail stores or distribution points.

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

It also resulted in more accurate forecasting for Pacsun store and online demand, and a balanced inventory between stores and its ecommerce distribution centres, delivering higher sell-through rates, reduced markdowns and improved margins.

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