Merchandising

MERCHANDISING

Merchandising.
Fast. Flexible. Intelligent. Proven.

Retailers must have an eye for the goods and an instinct for the marketplace. But that alone is never enough.

Long-term, buildable success means having the right merchandise in the right stores at the right time. To accomplish that, you need the right statistics, history and facts to make the most of your instincts, or take your merchandising in a new, more lucrative direction. In a marketplace that's more changeable than ever, you need accurate analytics on the spot, to help you make intelligent day-to-day decisions.

KWI's proven Merchandising System is the answer. It's a total end-to-end solution, with tools to manage every aspect of merchandising, so you more profitably adapt industry trends to your own unique niche.

Our exceptional reporting delivers overviews and drill downs via customized criteria that give you the big picture and the micro-view. Information is at your fingertips daily, even real-time, enabling turn-on-the-dime responses to store activity, and long-term planning as you forecast trends.

KWI's "best in class" system gives you the tools to protect and boost your margins. It eliminates the guesswork on replenishment and markdowns. Helps you budget and plan by category, department, geographic location. Guides you in showcasing best sellers, flushing out slow sellers, and strategizing for the next selling season. Manages your integrated marketing efforts across every channel. And does it all with an ease and simplicity that makes KWI the leader in specialty retailer systems.

For all seasons and all reasons, nothing works as smart as KWI's Merchandising System.

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  • Planning purchases by department (quantity, selling price, promotions)
  • Purchase Order management, multi store, multi sizes
  • Allocation recommendations for new or on-hand inventory
  • Size and color optimization
  • Distribute by model or size percentage
  • Tracking best/worst sellers
  • Balancing inventory via interstore transfers
  • Price Management
    Permanent
    - By user selected performances criteria
    - For current or future time
    - Automatic recalculation of inventory value
    Promotional
    - By item, by store
    - Specific time duration
    - Coupon
    - Mix & Match (4 for $12)
    Temporary Price Change
    - By item, by store, by specific time period
  • Proactive reorder of fast sellers (prevent out of stock)
  • Sell through reporting
  • Trend detection
  • Inventory management and visibility, with cycle counts to locate shrinkage
  • Perpetual Inventory for stores and distribution center
  • Physical inventory reconciliation
  • Interface with 3rd party inventory providers
  • UPC Catalog to assist in Purchase Ordering
  • Purchase Order submissions
  • Transmit Distributions and Reorders to vendors
  • ASN (Advance Ship Notification)
  • Invoicing
  • Dynamic replenishment - including the ability to factor lost sales as result of inventory stock out, or Model Stock or Min/Max or One for One replenishment to sales
  • Near real time flash reports - directly from POS during same business day
  • More than 650 standard reports
  • Schedule reports for automatic email distribution
  • Adapt to customer provided specifications
  • IBM-COGNOS Power-Play 3-D data cubes (allowing drill down)  for both merchandising and store operations metrics
  • Full Data Warehouse