Fashion retailers have invested heavily to drive tighter assortments, dynamic allocations, and omnichannel inventory efficiency. But if a customer can't find her size, all that work is moot. In fact, the tighter the inventory, the more it exacerbates the size stock-out problem.
The last 12 months of retail sales have been the most volatile of the modern era. Sales during the Great Recession look like a peaceful ocean-view compared to the spikes of COVID-19. It's no wonder that shortages remain while businesses struggle to anticipate consumer demand. Even today, 74% of companies report supply issues.
With online sales increasing, traditional allocation and forecasting methods are costing retailers millions. Inventory is not in the ideal location resulting in higher shipping costs, more markdowns, and fewer sales. Omnichannel allocation has already been shown to improve ship completes by 2x and inventory turns by greater than 250%. But how is omnichannel allocation different than traditional methods? We've highlighted 6 points of differentiation below: Customer Demand, Returns, Continuously Forecasting, Markdowns, Platform, and Experience.
As the economy slowly begins to open, retailers must prudently plan on what to do with their inventory as their stores reopen and demand returns. In this video, David Barach, VP of Marketing and Pricing Analytics, demonstrates antuit.ai’s Retail Inventory Simulator as a follow-up from his previous Webinar: Retailers, COVID-19, and the Future – Part 1.
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