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Customer Case Studies
Case study: Learn how Superbalist positioned to achieve 4x growth with daVinci
Learn how South Africa’s most-loved online wardrobe and apparel store positioned to achieve 4x industry growth with daVinci’s buying and planning solutions.
Case study: Learn how GUESS improved their assortments with daVinci
Learn how GUESS improved their assortment planning by switching from Excel spreadsheets to daVinci and what the change meant to them in this case study.
Case study: Sports retailer Stadium scores with daVinci
Learn how buyers at Stadium, one of Europe’s largest sproting goods retailers, use daVinci to plan buys according to the retailer’s unique needs.
daVinci Blog
Is Financial Planning different from Merchandise Financial Planning ?
Is there a difference between Financial Planning and Merchandise Financial Planning in retail? How are they different?
Is AI and Machine Learning the end for Planning & Buying?
With advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), will Planning and Buying teams be replaced by these technologies?
Cash is King – How to Guard it.
Cash is king in Retail. Inventory directly affects your cashflow. Getting it right is critical to your survival. The right inventory investment at the right time boosts your cashflow, while the wrong decisions can burn through your cash.
Videos
AP1: Overview of the Assortment Planning (AP) Process
Every retailer must buy products in order to sell products. The art and science of the buy is commonly known as Assortment Planning. This short video series covers the every merchandising team goes through in planning and executing their buy - the Assortment Planning process.
MFP1: Introduction to Retail Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP)
Learn the retail math fundamentals commonly used by planners. This short video series covers the basics you need to know to get started in Merchandise Financial Planning.
AP2: Assortment Strategy
In the unit, you'll learn how to begin the buying and assortment planning process. This is where the strategic Merchandise Financial Plans are translated into a buying framework. The first step in this is the Assortment Strategy, often called the range plan or the skeleton plan.
eBooks & more
eBook: Planning Playbook – Lessons from COVID
We take stock the COVID lessons learned and review what can be implemented in our planning practice today and beyond.
How to Improve Your Profit Margin
Inventory buy decisions directly impacts your bottom line. Find out how much your buy decisions could be costing you.
eBook: How to create Merchandise Hierarchies that Scale
Merchandise hierarchies are a structured way for you to categorize the products you plan, buy, and sell for better inventory management.
Product Brochures
daVinci general brochure: plan and buy with confidence
Read this brochure to know learn daVinci helps buyers, planners, allocators, and management plan and buy merchandise inventory faster and more accurately.
Bring your Merchandise Financial Planning into the 21st century
Our Merchandise Financial Planning software enables retailers to build roadmaps to guide merchandise decision-making and deliver sales and margin goals.
daVinci Assortment Planning brochure: One buy sheet, hundreds of unique assortments
With a 2%–5% increase in profits and 25% improvement in productivity, learn about the things daVinci’s assortment planning software does in this brochure.