Demand Planning
SKU SOS: Toms, Foot Locker Strategize on Solving Inventory Issues
Foot Locker's Frank Bracken explains there's "no such thing as stranded inventory in our ecosystem."
Eliminating Excess Inventory Through Supply Chain Efficiencies
Dealing with a greater-than-usual glut of unsold inventory during Covid-19 has been a wake-up call to align…
Levi’s VP: ‘Agility Is the New Currency in This Business’
Covid-19 could prove the catalyst for brands to move away from spreadsheets and toward digitally powered…
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Demand Planning Dilemma: How to Buy for an Uncertain Fall 2021 Season
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What Are The Retail Lessons From Black Friday 2020?
Retailers were able to shrink inventory and still be profitable thanks to less severe markdowns.
Could the Food Supply Chain Hold the Solution for Fashion?
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2020’s Top Supply Chain Challenge: Balancing Clicks With Bricks
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Wolverine’s Next Innovation Move: Customer-Driven Assortment Optimization
Wolverine Worldwide has integrated First Insight's Voice of the Customer solution to increase speed to…
Up Close: In Conversation with Stylumia’s Ganesh Subramanian
In this Q&A, Stylumia's Ganesh Subramanian explains why fashion should adopt a food mindset and how COVID can…
How Chain of Demand is Taking on Fashion’s Inventory Issue with Data
Chain of Demand wants to help fashion get out of its overstock rut by leveraging predictive analytics.
Why Demand Planning Must Be More Than a Gamble
The time is now for retailers to make bigger bets on technology and treat demand planning as a science…
Store Closures Helped Carter’s Identify ‘Need-Based’ Demand
Steve Tribou, Carter's VP of sales forecasting and planning, says point-of-sale data is the best reference…
Here’s How This COVID-19 Tracker Helps Retail Get Inventory Right
Retailers staring down the second half of 2020 may finally be forced to embrace new tech to figure out how to…