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Retail Business + Retail Ingenuity = More Profits

Fashion and footwear retailing is both an art and a science. It is more dynamic than other industries and things can change on a whim because of the introduction of new trends and new fashions. It becomes even more unique with each business, when you look at your particular customer demographic.

Watching seasonal trends does help, but it does not help to use 10 year old seasonal patterns to do your own planning. It is also not recommended, if you want to be ahead of the pack instead of be a part of the herd.

Revenue is irrelevant, if you are not looking at your bottom-line profits …

For over 10 years, successful retailers have been using our unique “tailor made” planning solutions to suit your business. From family run shops to large stores and just about everything in between … they’ve always had an edge over their competition and out-performed others in their class.

Which position would you rather be in?

It’s obvious that retailer 1 in the examples below has better planning and access to expertise. The annual savings and increase in profits more than pay for any services which actually cost the retailer less than having their own internal planning department.

Retailer 1 has $8M in Annual Revenues, $750K in inventory and $950,000 Gross Profits, excellent cash-flow position and lots of available credit

Retailer 2 has $10M in Annual Revenues, $2M in inventory and $250,000 Gross Profits, questionable cash-flow position and limited credit

Access to Advanced Technology for Planning

The tools and technologies you get access to allow you do track all information on-line, giving you IMMEDIATE access to critical planning data.

Whenever you want or need to, you can:

Track performance
Print your own reports and open-to-buys
Figure out total open-to-buy at store, region and product levels

You can even create multiple versions of the plans to test “what-if” scenarios.