Industry Topics and Events

eBook: Retail Inventory Planning Reimagined: Look Forward, Not Backward

Tags: Open-to-Buy|

How do you decide how much each buyer should spend? That’s merchandise planning.

From Store Targets to Customer Demand: Rethinking Retail Planning

Tags: Assortment Planning, cannibalization in retail, Clustering, Customer Demand, Demand-driven retail, Merchandise Financial Planning, Merchandise Planning, Merchandise Planning Software, Omnichannel Planning, Product Attributes, retail planning transformation, Retail Store Clustering, Strategic Roadmap|

Modern In Season OTB: Why It Belongs in the Merchandise Financial Plan — Not Excel

Tags: Burnout, Delayed Decisions, excel, Merchandise Financial Planning, Merchandise Planning, Merchandise Planning Software, open to buy, Open-to-Buy, Strategic Roadmap, Strategy Roadmap|

OTB Exposure Assessment

Tags: Burnout, Delayed Decisions, excel, Merchandise Financial Planning, Merchandise Planning, Merchandise Planning Software, open to buy, Open-to-Buy, Strategic Roadmap, Strategy Roadmap|

The Hidden Cost of Manual OTB: Time, Risk, and Missed Decisions

Tags: Burnout, Delayed Decisions, excel, Merchandise Financial Planning, Merchandise Planning, Merchandise Planning Software, open to buy, Open-to-Buy, Strategic Roadmap, Strategy Roadmap|

When Excel Becomes a Bottleneck: The Reality of Managing OTB in Today’s Business

Tags: Inventory Management, Merchandise Financial Planning, Merchandise Planning, Merchandise Planning Software, open to buy, Open-to-Buy, Strategic Roadmap, Strategy Roadmap|

Unlocking the Potential of a Rolling Open-to-Buy

Tags: demand forecasting, Inventory Management, Merchandise Financial Planning, Merchandise Planning, Merchandise Planning Software, Open-to-Buy, productivity, Retail Merchandising systems|

How to affect Change

Tags: Assortment Planning, Buying, excel|

Open to Buy isn’t just a metric – it’s an operational backbone

Tags: Inventory Management, Merchandise Financial Planning, Merchandise Planning, Merchandise Planning Software, open to buy, Open-to-Buy, Strategic Roadmap, Strategy Roadmap|

Your MFP Is Solid—So Why Can’t You Execute? Blame Excel.

Tags: Inventory Management, Merchandise Financial Planning, Merchandise Planning, Merchandise Planning Software, open to buy, Open-to-Buy, Strategic Roadmap, Strategy Roadmap|