99.9%

In-Stock
Percentage

50%

Reduction
in Lost Sales

30%

Reduction
in Inventory Cost

Comprehensive Merchandise Planning for Complex Retail Operations

Transform top-level goals into detailed, actionable merchandise plans. Any changes made at the store, department, promotion, or purchasing levels are automatically reflected in overall merchandise and financial plans. This gives a unified view with unmatched clarity. Our Open-to-Buy plan serves as a strategic guide for purchasing decisions, helping you manage inventory levels efficiently across all sales channels to maximize both profitability and inventory turnover.

Data-Driven Planning

Drive Success in Every Category with Data-Driven Planning

Review past performance and align it with strategic direction. Create a detailed open-to-buy plan by channel, ensuring transparency at every hierarchy level.

Spot opportunities within categories to scale up or scale down, driven by trends and forecasts.

Enhance Purchasing Decisions

Enhance Purchasing Decisions

Integrate inventory strategy with sales objectives, whether for individual channels or across your entire retail operation, for enhanced flexibility and insight.

Factor in markdowns and reductions directly into your inventory and purchasing plans.

Increase Margins

Increase Margins

Maintain real-time visibility into key margin metrics for each channel and the entire business, ensuring your merchandise strategy aligns with profitability targets.

Build detailed plans for promotional and permanent markdowns to sustain profitability.

Pre-season and In-Season Planning

Pre-season and In-Season Planning

Streamline your planning process with powerful plan seeding tools and effortless integration with in-season data, minimizing manual intervention.

Adapt your in-season open-to-buy strategy with ease, responding swiftly to evolving business conditions.

Enterprise-level approval workflows: Multiple users, managers, and an efficient approval process.

Benefits of Merchandise &
OTB Planning

Flexibility

Flexibility

Open-to-Buy planning empowers retailers to carefully manage inventory levels, striking the right balance between overstock and shortages. Achieving this equilibrium minimizes markdowns and ensures retailers can capitalize on sales opportunities.

Enhanced Cash Flow

Enhanced Cash Flow

By optimizing Open-to-Buy planning, businesses avoid locking up capital in excess inventory. This allows retailers to reallocate financial resources to other vital areas like marketing and business expansion.

Customer Satisfaction

Increased Customer Satisfaction

Open-to-Buy planning helps retailers consistently meet customer demand by ensuring products are readily available. This reliability strengthens customer loyalty and promotes repeat purchases, which are critical for growth in today’s competitive retail environment.

Enhanced Decision-Making

Enhanced Decision-Making

OTB provides retailers with a structured framework for inventory planning and purchasing decisions. This allows retailers to focus on products that align with sales targets, allowing for data-driven and informed choices.

Increased Profitability

Increased Profitability

By optimizing inventory and reducing markdowns, retailers can improve profit margins. Proper use of OTB contributes to more efficient inventory turnover, which ultimately drives profitability.

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The right open-to-buy solution
can help to measure productivity,
keep stock, provide recommendations,
factor in market trends, trigger notifications
and guide purchasing and markdown decisions.

Contact us to learn more about open-to-buy planning and how it can transform retail operations.

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