Apparel & Footwear

  • Apparel & Footwear
Apparel & Footwear

Guesswork is out of fashion

Don’t rely on guesswork in the unpredictable fashion industry - leverage AI that delivers smarter planning and faster execution to enhance customer experiences and boost revenue.

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Industry Challenges

Give your supply chain the power to shake off disruption

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Black swan events complicate seasonal planning

Increasing mobile comparison shopping, fast-moving social media style trends, and even the changing physicality of influencers, impede accurately forecasting fashion markets in preseason.
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Complex balances between offshoring and nearshoring

Uncertain trade partners, shorter sales times, expensive air shipping, and labor shortages complicate the coordination of production and transportation.
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Omni-channel and full-service act as cost drivers

The shift toward omni-channel commerce increases margin pressure, while control and sanitizing of returned goods reduces profitability in end of season stock.
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reduction of out-of-stocks

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profit due to markdown avoidance

Case Studies

Success stories in Apparel & Footwear

Business Impact

Fashion retailers trust Blue Yonder

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AI separates profitable trends from transitory blips

Blue Yonder melds data science with the art of merchandising by factoring in weather data, seasonality, and local events that drive buying habits so you can shift from siloed working patterns to consolidated strategies across the enterprise. With end-to-end visibility, you can predict and adjust production, allocation, replenishment, space, and product mix, as well as pricing and promotions.
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Nudge buyer behavior in your favor

Influence consumer decisions with targeted pricing and rewards to encourage sales with buy-in-store, click-and-collect, and ship-to-store models that suit your business and customer experience goals.
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Choose the best fulfillment option considering multiple factors

Select the fastest or most efficient shipping mode, especially for long-range fulfillment. Consider factors such as taxes and goods storage from the first mile to the last mile and directly link shipping to order management to provide customers with real-time updates on the status and location of their orders.

Capabilities

Solutions for every retail supply chain challenge from raw material to end consumer

Retail Planning & Category Management

Manage merchandising strategies, boost supply chain performance

Manage pre-season, in-season, open-to-buy, and other merchandising strategies, to coordinate inventory plans and end-to-end distributions for a more responsive and profitable supply chain.
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Space Management

Maximize space, boost sales and profitability

Gain a comprehensive and accurate understanding of available space and maximize shelf and floor space to drive profitable sales for new fashions as well as continuity items.
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Merchandising

Automate pricing, maximize margins, attract shoppers

Fully automate pricing decisions across the entire product lifecycle to make smarter decisions that optimize margins while appealing to customers’ fashion sense and value.
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Inventory Optimization

Prepare for disruption, deliver with confidence

Gain insights and automate processes to prepare for black swan events so that when the unexpected happens you can quickly have the right products at the right locations to cope with market changes, supply disruptions, and fickle consumer trends.
Inventory Optimization
Resourcing & Labor Management

Smarter labor, flexible delivery, real-time results

Align labor scheduling with predicted demand for exceptional omnichannel fulfillment, providing better personalized service to last- mile delivery flexibility including dynamic routing, optimized load building, and real-time visibility.
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Control Tower

Real-Time visibility and orchestration

Visualize the flow of goods across the supply chain so you can measure the impact of supply, demand, and disruptions in real time. Apply prescriptive resolutions to mitigate risks, analyze trade-offs, balance outcomes, and respond to disruptions with speed, agility, and confidence.
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Platform

Orchestrate your supply chain, unlock hidden value

Blue Yonder enables end-to-end visibility and synchronization across the supply chain, from the warehouse to the final sale. This enables retailers to adapt to unexpected demand surges, support more-complex buying journeys, adapt to resource volatility, and react to changing shopping preferences with an orchestrated approach that unlocks hidden value.
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Returns Management

Streamline returns for increased efficiency and customer satisfaction

Give your customers the convenient, self-service drop-off experience they want and gain the speed, efficiency and data you need to resell returned stock in the same season. Block out-of-policy returns, empower your staff with step-by-step instructions and ensure every returned item is routed to the right place, using the most optimal carrier option.
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Industry insights

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