Visibility into Sales Velocity in Retail
There is a race of sorts among retailers to ensure their current and future success in the industry. It’s a race of analytic proportions to gain insight into consumer behavior, customer satisfaction, and profitability. To make things more interesting, this race is run against the backdrop of extreme competition to win the hearts and wallets of customers. When we add the reality of “Big Data” to this conversation, we can begin to imagine how challenging it is for retailers to leverage all their valuable, disparate, and growing volumes of data in order to successfully manage the performance of their business.
Analyzing metrics such as impact of promotions on stock levels is just one element to consider. It’s important because managing your stock levels against the performance of your promotion can lead to success or customer dissatisfaction. For instance, out of stock issues was designated as the biggest contributor to lost sales opportunity and customer satisfaction. Having visibility into this metric in real time will enable an appropriate response and allocation of stock to eliminate out of stock scenarios to increase sales , while also increasing customer satisfaction for long term retention.
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