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How AI Can Help Planners Avoid the ‘Guessing Game’ and Respond to Real-Time Performance
On a recent Sourcing Journal webinar, speakers explained how to take planning from a purely predictive…
In-Season Agility: Using AI to Make Faster, Smarter Fashion Decisions
Learn how to leverage AI to your advantage for signal-driven, in-season planning.
‘Built for Retailers by Retailers’: Profitmind Raises $9 Million to Scale AI Decision Making
Led by Accenture Ventures, the Series A funding will help expand a tool leveraging agentic AI to power…
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First Insight Launches Tinder-Like Assortment Planning App
The voice of the customer company gamified the time-intensive process with a familiar "swipe left/swipe…
Retail Tech: Amazon Brings Affirm to B2B Sellers, Tractor Supply Deploys Forecasting
Lightspeed is upgrading several retail offerings, while logistics firms Fillogic, ShippyPro, Davinci and…
AI-Powered Pricing Replaces Too Much ‘Gut Feeling’ with Cold, Hard Data
As retail complexities grow, companies look to Centric's AI platform to improve profits and sell-through by…
Edited Launches ‘Game-Changer’ Merchandising Tool
"Merchandisers, buyers, and planners will no longer have to dig through multiple data sources to surface…
How Lightspeed’s NuOrder Assortment Platform Helps Brands Plan Smarter
First customer Brunello Cucinelli says NuOrder has become "essential to our buying process."
This Data Might Explain Why Companies Are Going Bankrupt
Retailers and manufacturers have a consumer spending problem, but if they fix it now they could stave off a…
Up Close: In Conversation with Toolio CEO Eytan Daniyalzade
In this Q&A, Toolio's Eytan Daniyalzade discusses the limits of Excel and how to be prepared for…
Off-Price Retail Just Made This ‘Rare’ Move
Off-price retailers seem to be taking a page out of the department store playbook after riding high on the…
Ross CEO Explains $183 Million Q1 Sales Shortfall
Merchandise and execution missteps compounded rising freight and fuel costs for the off-price retailer.
Nordstrom Exec Talks Denim as ‘Destination Category’
Plus, Nordstrom's off-price business will lean into a pack-and-hold inventory strategy.
Fashion in Focus Podcast: The Inventory Planning Puzzle
As the industry adapts and learns from pandemic pressures, there are still uncertainties in how to navigate…