As we settle into the new decade, we look back on all the transformative activity within the retail industry over the course of 2019 and look forward to how it will shape the rest of 2020. The ongoing trade war with China, holiday and consumer shopping trends, the increasing importance of social media for driving…
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Predicting demand, and creating markdown strategies, for items with short life cycles — such as winter apparel — have traditionally depended on historic sales data and regression analysis. Today, clustering algorithms from JDA can help you predict demand and create markdowns more accurately, based on real-time demand data segregated by item color, size, store location…
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I am a serial hand raiser. I raise my hand for all kinds of things. Room mom at school. Booster club president. Team photographer. Faith coach at church. Office engagement committee sponsor. The list goes on and on. I raise my hand for one-time opportunities; if you’re serving lunch at the Salvation Army and need…
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Today’s C-store customers are a different breed, with a new generation of wants and needs. How well do you understand and address these shoppers’ preferences? There’s no doubt that convenience stores have experienced a radical transformation. Once a specialty source for gasoline, cold beverages and prepackaged, shelf-stable foods, now convenience stores have evolved into much…
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How much are consumers really willing to pay? And which products can capitalize on flexible pricing to stimulate demand? New capabilities from JDA leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to support fact-based decisions about price elasticity, helping you transform agile pricing into a competitive weapon. Explore how you can capitalize on new levels of AI-enabled visibility and…
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As 2019 comes to a close, we reflect on a wonderful year of learning from women in all avenues of the tech space. There is a lot of wisdom, experience and wealth of knowledge in the women we interviewed around the company and world this year, so we’re looking back on some of the best…
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While past pricing solutions were focused on execution, today’s next-generation pricing solutions from JDA are more strategic in nature — considering both internal constraints and external factors, such as weather, that can affect demand. Discover how you can leverage these next-gen solutions to take your financial results to the next level in this video with…
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This week’s Wednesdays for Women blog is with JDA’s Executive Vice President and Chief Associate Success Officer Nathalie Carruthers. She recently participated in a podcast with Change Wave, discussing her passion for improving company culture, and diversity and inclusion (D&I). She shares her views on shifting the Human Resources function to enable customer success and…
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How can convenience store owners and managers contribute to sustainability — and increase their own profits? The answer is surprisingly simple. Statistics show that about 795 million people worldwide are undernourished — which is about one in nine people. At the same time, about one-third of all food produced is wasted at some point in…
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This is the fourth blog in our ICON 2020: What’s New series. Stay in the know about the biggest and best supply chain conference of the year with our blog series highlighting the latest developments as they unfold. We hope your calendars are marked for ICON 2020 – the Intelligent Supply Chain Conference – May…
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