inventory planning

3 min read As Black Friday gets closer, retailers need to be readying themselves for one of the biggest shopping spikes in the year.  Black Friday,  which this year falls on November 29, 

3 min read Every retailer knows that being able to accurately forecast demand for products is a key  capability if they want to optimize inventory levels, reduce costs and,  equally importantly, keep customers

2 min read Predicting demand for products and optimizing inventory have never been simple tasks for retailers. But they have become much tougher in today’s omnichannel era, characterizedy by more frequent product introductions

2 min read It’s notoriously difficult to get demand planning right in the fast-moving fashion retailing. Customers’ tastes change and so does the weather! So, I imagine that even rivals to Swedish giant

2 min read Back-to-school season continues to be one of the most significant retail seasons of the year, and this year, the National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts that back-to-school (BTS) spending will more than 10%

2 min read The waiting is finally over and so now is the time to elaborate on what cool features will be included in v1 of Openbravo’s AWO — and what features will

3 min read Recently, I had the pleasure to talk about the benefits of advanced planning to one of Openbravo’s long-term customers Halsteds, in Harare, Zimbabwe. The initial purpose was to introduce the

< 1 min read Following our Roadmap Update webinar on May 25 (now available in English and Spanish), we are pleased to invite you to a webinar series in June that will present in