The Importance of Seasonal Category Budgets
I recently participated in a strategic planning session with a major multichannel retailer's inventory planning professionals. The attendees represented various sales divisions of the company, and their combined expertise encompassed many years of inventory planning experience.
Our top challenge: How to capture accurate sales data and effectively manage its impact on merchandise and inventory planning when providing a quality omnichannel customer experience?
Joe is Vice President of Product Solutions at Software Paradigms International (SPI), an award-winning provider of technology solutions, including merchandise planning applications, mobile applications, eCommerce development and hosting and integration services, to retailers for more than 20 years.
Joe is a 34-year veteran of the retail industry with hands-on experience in marketing, merchandising, inventory management and business development at multichannel retail companies including Lands’ End, LifeSketch.com, Nordstrom.com and Duluth Trading Company. At SPI, Joe uses his experience to help customers and prospects understand how to improve sales and profits through applying industry best practices in merchandise planning and inventory management systems and processes.
