Merchandising is a mission-critical retail function that is part art, part science. Success requires detailed planning, optimized business processes, data mining and analytics, while allowing flexibility to react to market conditions.
Our retail expertise spans the Merchandising value chain, including retail information management, merchandise financial planning, category management, assortment and space planning, pricing and promotion planning. Our solutions enable customer-centric merchandising.
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Shoppers' likes, dislikes and deal-breakers are revealed in this annual survey of 2,500 consumers. Learn how the retailing paradigm has shifted.
As Facebook, Twitter and other social tools go mainstream, retailers must tap these rich pools of consumer-generated data to make more strategic buying, stocking and selling decisions.
Evolving technology and changing consumer behavior is creating pricing transparency that retailers must come to grips with to survive if not thrive in the near and long term.
Research shows that customers are better informed, more nimble, more selective and less loyal than ever.
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