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Featured blog // Fashion Forward
#1: Clustering is Not Localization
#2: Optimizing Size and Pack (Part 1)
#3: Optimizing Size and Pack (Part 2)
#4: “One Shot” Allocations Don’t Cut it
#5: Linking Business Intelligence With Strategic Execution
#6: Multichannel Retail Strategies
#7: Multi-Level Distribution for Retail
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2011 Retail Analysts in Review //
#1: Deborah Weinswig, Citigroup
#2: Marie Driscoll, Standard & Poor’s
#3: Liz Dunn, FBR Capital Markets
#4: Meredith Adler, Barclay’s Capital
#5: Charles Grom, JPMorgan Chase
#6: Matthew Fassler, Goldman Sachs
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Grocery Innovation //
#1: Simplifying the Complexity in Grocery Retailing
#2: Integrating Perishable and Non-perishable Supply Chain Systems
Hardlines Optimization //
#1: Clustering is Not Localization
#2: SKU Rationalization
#3: Seasonal Profiling, Understanding Your Long Term Forecast
#4: The Death of Min/Max Replenishment
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This Retail Life: Changing the Game in Retail //
#1: A Watson for Retail
#2: Insider Stories: Building Confidence for Guitar Center
#3: Battling the Big Vendors Simply Takes a New Approach
#4: Transformational Success for Retail Merchandise Optimization
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2011 Retail Analyst Predictions //
#1: Deborah Weinswig, Citigroup
#2: Marie Driscoll, Standard & Poor’s
#3: Liz Dunn, FBR Capital Markets
#4: Meredith Adler, Barclay’s Capital
#5: Charles Grom, JPMorgan Chase
#6: Matthew Fassler, Goldman Sachs
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NRF 2011 Session Roundup //
Monday Sessions:
Retail’s Road to Recovery: Status Report on the Global Economy
Consumer 2020: What Lies Ahead for the Retail Industry?
Quantum Customer – Kohl’s discusses sustainability innovation
Are Augmented Reality and Other Customer-facing Innovations the Next New Retail Frontier?
Tuesday Sessions:
Closing the 10,000 Mile Supply Chain Gap: Are we there yet?
Tech for 2011: Online Virtual Fitting Rooms and Mobile Self Checkout
Retail Benchmarks from 2010, Forecasts for 2011
#1 Supply Chain Tech sought at NRF 2011: Assortment Planning Solutions
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Busting the Myths of Retail //
#1: Forecasting
#2: Markdown Optimization
#3: Business Intelligence
#4: Clustering & Localization
#5: Time to Value
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4 Strategies to Optimize Assortment Planning //
#1: SKU Rationalization: Determining the proper depth & breadth of an assortment
#2: Clustering with localization in mind
#3: Using forecasting within an assortment plan
#4: Assortments and financial plans and how they work together
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Top 10 Ways to Pull Profit from Allocation //
Introduction: Why allocation is your best opportunity to improve revenue and profit
Strategy #1: Understand your demand to achieve better allocations
Strategy #2: Learn the unique behavior of each store before clustering it
Strategy #3: Make time to analyze your assumptions for like products
Strategy #4: Consider product life when creating allocations
Strategy #5: Overcome limitations to forecasting by using better data
Strategy #6: Update plans with changes in customer demand as frequently as possible
Strategy #7: Test the opportunity in a second allocation shot in short life merchandise
Strategy #8: Create product strategies to understand each store’s true need
Strategy #9: Go beyond sales and inventory units to factor in profitability and other metrics
Strategy #10: Use constraints that minimize work and maximize results
Conclusion: Putting it all together
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