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Building Great Fashion Business | 2021 And Beyond
| 4 min readBuilding a great fashion business takes a lot more than building a good one. In this edit, we look at what are the proven ways of building a great fashion business. We took our inspiration from the book “Great By Choice” by Jim Collins. Taking a long term view and deriving short term decisions out […]
Fly Light In Fashion Demand Forecasting | Learn From Nature
| 4 min readLast week I was listening to Minal Mehta, Head of Product at YouTube, she mentioned how birds use “drafting” to travel long distances with ease. This triggered curiosity in me. Fashion Demand Forecasting is also a long journey to realize the outcomes. The journey is getting more challenging by the day. How do we fly […]
A Fundamental Flaw In Inventory Optimization For Fashion
| 5 min readInventory optimization for fashion is a top priority for leaders now. The inventory if not managed well, can break any fashion business. In this edit, we look at a fundamental metric for assessing the performance of products. The inconsistencies in measuring True Demand and how it impacts all inventory optimization actions. “human beings have a […]
Advanced Analytics For Fashion | SAP and Stylumia Possibilities
| 15 min readAs a part of SAP.iO Foundry, Berlin data and analytics program, SAP Senior Director Jason Boyer and Ganesh Subramanian, Founder & CEO of Stylumia came together on a webinar on SAP + Stylumia joint advanced analytics possibilities for brands and retailers in fashion. Here are the full recording and transcripts. Here is the full transcript […]
Demand Science For Fashion | Paradigm Shift In Demand Forecasting
| 4 min readCustomer expectations are changing faster than ever before. Retail operation and execution have changed. However, product and inventory decision making remains unchanged for years. Therefore, there is a need for a paradigm shift in the approach to the fashion business. This paradigm shift is the invention of Demand Science® for fashion. State Of Fashion Retail […]
The Tyranny Of Convenience | A Blinder To True Demand Forecasting
| 6 min readDemand forecasting and its accuracy is more relevant in the post covid era than ever before. It is a danger and a blinder if we do not get the depth of what demand is. It is not a surprise that the fashion industry produces a huge amount of goods unwanted by consumers. The causation lies […]
Two Way Conversation With Consumers Through Predictive Analytics
| 5 min readSense and Respond is the new way to win consumers in the era of digital technology. A two-way conversation with the market requires a thinking shift in organizations. There is a need to move from the engineering model (the industrial organization) to this new model. Predictive analytics and advanced analytics come in handy in transforming […]
Are You Guided By Fashion Intelligence Noise (Or) Signal?
| 3 min readTwo-thirds of fashion made in the world do not meet demand as per forecast. This is too significant a gap to ignore. This is happening year after year. The impact is serious economic and environmental wastage. This is not a black swan event, but an elephant in the room. This edit is an attempt to […]
How Cognitive Biases Impact Fashion Inventory Optimization
| 7 min readFashion inventory optimization is critical to whether a brand or retailer perishes or thrives. Fashion business needs a good amount of judgment. With aesthetic play and constant change, the intensity of judgements is higher than relatively stable product groups. Over 50% of products made globally are rejected by consumers. This is creating a huge economic […]
New Balance Partners With Stylumia For Intelligent Assortment Planning
| 2 min readProduct is the most important investment for any fashion, lifestyle, and sports brand. It is important to make the right bets by looking at consumer trends. Here is how New Balance, a leading global athletic brand from Boston is bringing intelligent assortment planning using Stylumia. (This article is reproduced from sourcing journal) Inventory planning, particularly […]
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