Given the recent sales disruptions and store closings due to COVID-19, David Barach, Vice President of Marketing & Pricing Analytics, provides key elements for retailers to consider in the pricing space during this period to help manage the situation now and prepare for what’s next.
Retail and CPG companies are now working overtime to maintain inventory supply and minimize shortages despite wildly erratic consumer behavior. Thanks to advances in planning and order optimization, real-time adjustments to major swings in demand, like nationwide school closings and shifts to online buying, are more easily executed. Nevertheless, this has meant long hours for everyone - from the manufacturer, to the planner, to store distribution teams - and every time a basic staple reappears on the shelf or online, we consumers appreciate it.
AI can improve customer loyalty, increase turns, improve stock-to-sales, and drive profitability through understanding demand patterns that inform intelligent clustering, assortment profiling, and assortment optimization. In this short video, Alex Barnes highlights some retail challenges and how antuit.ai uniquely solves them. Watch the 1-minute summary video.
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