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Retail Management: Case Studies
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Helping our customers reach thier goals of supply chain optimization is what it is all about. We would like to share a few stories we have with our retail management customers and maybe you will see some examples of how we can help you. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
Centralizing Purchasing Processes at House of Fraser
With 48 department stores and a wide variety of product lines, House of Fraser found that managing its purchasing processes with manual and disparate methods was highly inefficient. The retailer chose to implement i2 solutions to help it integrate and centralize the entire merchandise planning function across the company. As a result, House of Fraser has reduced stock levels and markdowns, and has seen sales margins grow for seven consecutive seasons.
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Building New Technologies With Trustworthy Tradition and Creativity at Louis Vuitton
One hundred fifty years old, the luxury goods manufacturer Louis Vuitton has successfully kept in touch with its customers, decade after decade, while remaining faithful to its founder’s original principles of quality and design. When Louis Vuitton selected solutions from i2, it successfully combined modern technology with semi-manual production processes and a traditional respect for top quality and good service.
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WE Follows Fashion with i2 Merchandise Planner
Through its use of i2 Merchandise Planner, WE has been able to better manage its stock levels.
This has resulted in lower end stock and a reduction in markdowns. “We have reduced stock by
20 percent and markdowns by 5 to 10 percent,” Brand said.
During the recession in Europe, when other retailers suffered and the market declined by 8 percent,
WE was able to increase its margins and sales levels. “This success was in part due to i2 Merchandise Planner because it provided the buyers with the insight to reduce budget figures and stock in time,” Brand said.
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Growing Woolworths South Africa's Clothing Sales
With an overextended, homegrown replenishment system no longer capable of managing the volume and complexity of the company’s clothing flow products, South African retailer Woolworths began looking for a solutions provider to help it improve communication with suppliers and enable future growth. After a thorough evaluation process, Woolworths found that i2 was best positioned to meet its need to automate sales and replenishment processes. Through its implementation of i2 solutions, Woolworths overachieved sales target by 4 percent in the first year, improved productivity, and increased product availability.
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Saving Millions at VF Corporation Through Tighter Supply Chain Planning
Looking to replace disparate legacy systems with a common system across its business units, VF Corporation
implemented i2 Supply Chain Planner. Through its implementation, VF achieved a $24 million one-time savings, and
saves an on-going $8 million a year through reduced inventory and obsolescence, and increased planning efficiency.
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Solving Pricing Problems at Best Buy
Looking to create a consistent markdown system that would allow pricing decisions
to be made on a store-by-store basis, Best Buy joined forces with i2 to develop i2 Markdown Price Optimizer.™ By implementing Markdown Price Optimizer, Best Buy has eliminated unnecessary markdowns, improved inventory management, and employed a consistent markdown process across the enterprise
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Reducing Inventory at VF Corporation
VF Corporation’s goal was simple – to be the global apparel leader in growth, service, and brand value. To do that, the company had to focus on pleasing its retail customers who, in turn, had to delight the end consumer. VF Corporation’s CEO and President Mackey S. MacDonald termed this concept “consumerization”.
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