Articles & Conference Presentations

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Conference Presentations

• Successful Inventory Management - 9 Top Things to Know

• Fundamentals of Inventory Management for Direct Marketers

• Merchandise Analysis: Consistently Picking the Winners

• Merchandise Analysis Made Easy

• Staying on Top of Metrics

• Inventory Forecasting: Marketing & Merchandising Together

• Tighter Inventory Controls for Improved Cash Flow and Bottom Line Profits (building a catalog Open to Buy plan)

  • Purchase Pan Template

  • Purchase Plan Tracking

• Breaking Down Silos: Communicating Information to Achieve Better Results

• Improving Service & Cash Flow thru Inventory Management

• Applying Merchandise Analysis to Uncover Hidden Profits

• Profitable Liquidation Channels

• Merchandise Assortment Planning: Blue Print for Success

• Understanding Gross Margin Impacts on Profitability

• Forecasting: Art, Science, Crystal Ball or ....

Articles & Interviews

• 40 Tips to Improve Margin and Profitability

• Managing Inbound Freight

• A Detailed Approach to Merchandise Analysis

  • Profit Model Example

  • Department View Model

• Staying on Top of Metrics

• Inventory Management: An Integrated, Disciplined Process....and its six key cross-departmental relationships

• Strategic Building Blocks for Merchandising Success,

• Catalog Merchandise Buying Controls, (An Inside Look at Open to Buy)

• How to Plan your Merchandise Buys

• Clearing The Shelves

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