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Impact Analytics is honored to be acknowledged once again as a Representative Vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for Retail Unified Price, Promotion, and Markdown Optimization Applications — Short Life Cycle, marking the fourth consecutive #recognition in 2024. Read more! https://lnkd.in/gntkHUbt #pricing #priceoptimization #gartner #uppmo #promotion #retail #retailtrends #ai

Your Most Successful When The Price is Right Striking the right balance between price and profitability is key! In today's competitive market, crafting the best price, promotion, or markdown can make all the difference. It attracts customers, maximizes sales, and ensures healthy margins. Ready to unlock the power of pricing? #retail #pricingstrategy #ecommerce #GetThePriceRight

Centric Planning™ has been recognized by Gartner in the 2024 Market Guide for Retail Assortment Management Applications! 🏆 We’re honored to be recognized for improving demand forecasting and data-driven assortment planning, helping retailers tailor products to their markets and customers. 🔗 Find out more: https://okt.to/7QgChI #LifeWithCentric #AI #AssortmentPlanning #RetailTransformation

🎉 Big News Alert! 🎉 Centric Planning™ has been recognized by Gartner in the 2024 Market Guide for Retail Assortment Management Applications! 🏆 (Yep, we’re blushing a little. 😊) This honor highlights our mission at Centric Software to make demand forecasting and data-driven assortment planning actually work, so retailers can stop guessing what customers want and start delivering! With tailored products that fit every market and every season, we’re helping brands stay one step ahead. 🔗 Discover how Centric Planning™ can elevate your retail strategy: https://okt.to/7QgChI #markdown #brand #manufacturing #inventory #profit #data #pricing #retailing #businessintelligence #artificialintelligence #Ecommerce #sustainability #innovation #Gartner #RetailInnovation #AssortmentPlanning #DemandForecasting #CentricPlanning #RetailExcellence #lifeatcentric 

In today’s fast-paced #eCommerce landscape, staying ahead of the competition means more than just having the right product—it’s about making smart, data-driven decisions. 📊 Real-time pricing intelligence 📈 Competitive benchmarking 📦 SKU tracking 🛒 Sales optimization At Bright Insights, we help businesses leverage these tools to transform their digital shelves and maximize market potential. Whether it’s optimizing inventory, tracking competitor movements, or preventing stockouts, the right data gives brands the edge they need. Curious about how #AIdriveninsights can revolutionize your eCommerce strategy? Let’s connect and explore how you can stay ahead in the game. 🚀 #eCommerce #AI #CompetitiveIntelligence #DataAnalytics #DigitalTransformation #BrightInsights #Brightdata

Retail today is a very challenging environment, new brands, verticals, channels and competitors are emerging daily. This creates a lot of complications when planning and managing your business. In my experience planning retail businesses, we always aimed to optimize by creating product groupings based on a set of criteria, typically leveraging historical data. This process helped us understand product performance, but it didn’t stop there. We would take it a step further by creating store groupings, considering the unique needs of each location, which then influenced planograms (POG) and inventory decisions within each store. By marrying these insights, we made more informed decisions, using the best data we had available to optimize product placement and replenishment. Fast forward to today, and the landscape has changed dramatically. Machine learning (ML) enables retailers to take these traditional insights and supercharge them with real-time, dynamic data analysis. Here’s how: With dynamic product and store clustering, ML continuously updates groupings based on real-time data, allowing retailers to keep up with consumer trends and regional demand shifts. Forecasting is no longer just about past sales. ML uses factors like social media trends, weather, and promotions to deliver more accurate, up-to-date demand forecasts. Personalized replenishment means stock decisions are tailored to each store and region’s specific needs. Retailers can ensure the right products are in the right stores at the right time. With real-time adjustments, ML detects issues immediately, allowing retailers to adjust inventory and product groupings without waiting for sales reports. Predictive analytics helps retailers plan better for new products. By analyzing external signals, ML can predict demand more confidently, even for products without sales history. By combining the foundational practices of retail management with modern machine learning technologies, today’s retailers have the tools to make even more informed decisions, adapting quickly to customer needs and market dynamics. For anyone in retail, optimizing your business no longer means just looking at historical sales data—it’s about tapping into real-time insights and predictive analytics to stay ahead. #RetailExperience #MachineLearning #DemandPlanning #RetailTech #AI #SupplyChain #BusinessOptimization

Empowering Retail Planning with Advanced Analytics: A Global Game Changer In the fast-paced world of retail, staying ahead of the curve is crucial. Advanced analytics in decision-making is not just a game-changer—it's a game-winner! 🌍✨ Here’s how leveraging these analytics can empower retail planning across the globe, with a sprinkle of humor to keep things light. Precision Forecasting : Imagine if Nostradamus had access to AI-driven predictive analytics. Retailers can now forecast demand with uncanny accuracy, reducing stockouts and overstock situations. Think of it as having a crystal ball that doesn’t just predict the future but also tells you when to restock toilet paper before the next global panic. 🧻🔮 Optimized Inventory Management : Advanced analytics helps in optimizing inventory levels by analyzing historical data, market trends, and even social media buzz. Remember the infamous “banana shortage of 2023” because everyone decided to bake banana bread? 🍌🍞 With real-time data analysis, retailers can prevent such fiascos by anticipating trends and managing stock levels effectively. Personalized Customer Experiences : Retailers can now offer personalized shopping experiences that feel like your favorite barista knowing your order before you even step in. ☕ AI and machine learning analyze customer behavior and preferences to suggest products they didn’t even know they needed. Imagine getting a notification: “Hey, we noticed you love hiking boots. Here’s a 20% discount on the latest model!” It’s like magic, but real. Enhanced Supply Chain Efficiency : Supply chain management becomes a breeze with advanced analytics. Picture this: a network of elves (read: data scientists) working behind the scenes to ensure products move smoothly from factory to store shelves. 🎅🧝♂️ Retailers can predict disruptions, optimize routes, and reduce costs, ensuring that the holiday season is merry and bright, without the shipping delays. Dynamic Pricing : With advanced analytics, retailers can implement dynamic pricing strategies that adjust in real-time based on demand, competition, and market conditions. It’s like having a smart negotiator who knows when to give a discount and when to hold firm. 💸🤖 #RetailPlanning #AdvancedAnalytics #AI #RetailInnovation #SmartRetail

🚀 The Future of Retail is Here 🚀 Retailers are increasingly turning to AI-driven solutions to tackle some of the industry's most complex challenges. At BeeBI Consulting GmbH, we offer tailored services that enable businesses to enhance key areas such as price elasticity, markdown optimization, demand prediction, and production planning—all with the goal of boosting profitability and improving operational efficiency. 🟢 Price Elasticity & Markdown Optimization Imagine adjusting prices in near real-time based on consumer demand, inventory levels, and market trends. Our AI-driven solutions allow retailers to determine the ideal price point to boost sales without sacrificing margins. With BeeBI’s services, you can dynamically adjust markdown rates to respond to market conditions, ensuring optimal pricing strategies that maximize profitability. 🟢 Demand & Out-of-Stock Prediction Accurately predicting consumer demand is critical to keeping products available when your customers need them. Using advanced analytics, we help businesses forecast demand and avoid costly stockouts. Our out-of-stock prediction services allow you to proactively manage inventory, ensuring shelves are stocked before products run out. 🟢 Production Planning & Inventory Optimization Better demand prediction leads to smarter production planning. Our services provide actionable insights into production needs, helping retailers streamline their supply chains, reduce overproduction, avoid underproduction and recognize slow moving stocks at a glance—resulting in a more efficient and cost-effective operation. At BeeBI Consulting, we are helping retailers harness the power of AI to drive smarter decisions around pricing, inventory, and production. Our solutions are designed to enhance every aspect of your retail operations, making your business more agile and competitive in the market. 💡 Interested in optimizing your pricing strategies or improving demand prediction? Let’s talk! 📩 Reach out to us at [email protected] to learn more. #FutureOfRetail #RetailInnovation #BeeBIConsulting #PriceElasticity #MarkdownOptimization #DemandPrediction #InventoryOptimization #SmartProduction #SupplyChainExcellence #DataDrivenDecisions #OperationalEfficiency #RetailGrowth #MachineLearningInRetail #RetailSuccess

2025: The Year of Intent-Driven Promotions in Retail? As inflation and market disruptions reshape the retail landscape, businesses are rethinking how they balance investment between personalized and mass promotions. In the past year, we’ve seen retailers reallocate around 25% of their promotional budgets from mass efforts to highly targeted, personalized promotions—a shift embraced by vendors and enabled by advancements in data science and the expertise of powerhouse consulting companies such as #Tredence. 🤷♂️ But is 25% enough? I believe 2025 will mark an even more dramatic transformation. With AI’s growing capability to predict customer intent, retailers will prioritize reaching consumers just before the intent to buy. This intent-driven approach promises higher ROI and improved customer acquisition costs as marketing dollars are increasingly allocated to customers who are primed to convert. The future of promotions is intent-based, and I’m excited to see more retailers and CPG vendors evolve towards precision-driven, personalized promotions that bring value to both customers and brands. #Promotions #2025Retail #Pricing #AI/ML #Tredence

Visit me at the SAS Retail & CPG booth in the Innovation Hub at #SASInnovate, April 16-19 in Las Vegas to see our award-winning Retail Planning Platform in action! According to the Forrester Wave™: Retail Planning Platforms, Q4 2023 report, "SAS’s platform and industry expertise powers agile merchandising." Our Intelligent Planning platform automates merchandise financial planning, item planning, and demand shaping at scale, and embeds adaptive AI in the daily workflow of merchants and marketers. Come see for yourself why our innovation, adoption, and partner ecosystem are above par relative to other vendors in this evaluation. And if you're curious about what's coming next, I'll even give you a sneak peak of our new AI Assistant and Digital Twin capabilities that are dropping soon! #SAS #Retail #CPG #AI #Innovation #RetailPlanning #ForresterWave #partnerships #analytics #RetailTech #ConsumerGoodsTech