Retail Express listed as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner – SaaS for the Retail Supply Chain: Will Demand Planning Be the Next Frontier? – January 2012

AI (Artificial Intelligence) | Data Sheets

Find out how you could transform the interaction between your Traders/Buyers and Suppliers to drive increased supplier funding and better offers whilst dramatically improving the collection of funds, reducing the cost and timescale of collection.

Assortment | Blog

= Summary: The Golden Quarter is a difficult and stressful time, but AI-driven retailing can ease the pressure. Ed Betts explains that through data and algorithmic analysis, retailers can drive strategic and tactical benefits which lead to bigger profits – those that don’t will be left behind The Golden Quarter is a pressure pot of planning. The 100-day countdown to Christmas encompasses the majority of the year’s …

AI (Artificial Intelligence) | In the news

27th July | 3 min read The cost-of-living crisis, with inflation running at its worse rate in decades, is having a major impact on retail. While the chancellors’ £15bn package is welcome, one retail veteran described it as “a drop in the ocean[1]”, as inflationary pressures are set to put a squeeze on household budgets and therefore on retailers’ profits for months to come. Difficult decisions will …

Category Management | Blog

= Summary: Ed Betts discusses the potential for retailers to lose sight of their supplier interactions – and argues that it is time for a change of perspective and technique. Retailers sit between the economic forces of supply and demand. Profit is found in the balance between the pull of customers’ needs and the push of supplier priorities. But getting there is a chaotic, difficult process with …