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Retail best practices for the holiday season

A guide to help retailers plan, execute, and manage during the holiday season.

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In this guide you’ll learn

Smarter holiday demand forecasting
Combining internal data, external signals, and advanced analytics to better predict what customers will buy - and where - during the holidays.
Balancing service levels and cost-to-serve
Planning capacity and logistics with full visibility into constraints to meet demand while controlling expedited costs and operational inefficiencies.
Real-time demand sensing and response
Detecting forecast deviations early and responding quickly with targeted actions to prevent stockouts, excess inventory, and margin erosion.

A guide for retailers to get on top of holiday season planning

During the holiday season, retailers are under massive pressure to plan for what customers will buy. Retailers need to forecast demand with high accuracy months in advance to balance demand with supply. Once the plan is established, it all comes down to executing against it and having the agility to react to market changes.

In this guide, o9 retail experts analyze the main challenges that retailers face and the best practices to overcome them to keep both the customer happy and the annual results positive.