Category Archives: Stocking Strategies

Black Friday Boom and Cyber Monday Explosion Reveals New Challenges to Merchandisers

Posted on December 1, 2011 by admin

We have more insights to share from our recent webinar, but in the spirit of the holiday shopping season we thought it appropriate to take a moment to comment on the rise in sales for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. … Continue reading →

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Improving Unit-Level Merchandising Management for Better In-Store Returns

Posted on November 29, 2011 by admin

In our last blog entry, we shared insight about personalization from Sahir Anand, vice president and principal retail analyst for the Aberdeen Group, on “Merchandising Optimization in the Digital Age.” Now we want to delve into the second pain point … Continue reading →

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Retail Personalization Is Now a Multichannel Customer Experience

Posted on November 25, 2011 by admin

Earlier this month, Groupsoft hosted a webinar with Sahir Anand, vice president and principal retail analyst for the Aberdeen Group, on “Merchandising Optimization in the Digital Age.” We expect to have a streaming version of the webinar available in the … Continue reading →

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Retailers Still Struggling to Apply Business Intelligence to Improve In-store Performance

Posted on November 22, 2011 by admin

The latest report from Retail Systems Research (RSR) reveals that retailers still want their Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics as quickly as possible, but they can’t react quickly enough to the data they uncover. For the fifth year they have … Continue reading →

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Targeting Your Customers – Understanding How Moms Shop

Posted on October 26, 2011 by admin

The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) and MOM365 have just released a new survey on marketing strategies reach mothers. They surveyed 20,000 mothers of young children about being digital consumers. While the results of this survey reveal some interesting trends about … Continue reading →

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Retail in the Age of the Network Economy

Posted on October 20, 2011 by admin

The SAP Retail Forum has been taking place in Chicago this week, and one of the main topics of discussion, along with surviving the current economic slump, has been using new networking technologies to support retail business strategies. Both retailers … Continue reading →

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