For today’s news, I am happy to announce that we are implementing Buyers Toolbox AP for Merchandise Planning and Open To Buy at Alterra Mountain Company. Alterra is a premier snow and year-round hospitality operation, running such iconic properties as Stratton, Sugarbush, Mammoth Mountain, Tremblant, Palisades Tahoe and a dozen more to boot. If you are into winter mountain sports, you will probably end up skiing (and shopping!) at an Alterra mountain.

Planning a Hospitality retailer is inherently more challenging than planning “the usual” retain chain or ecomm. Not only do you have multiple channels, a highly seasonal product assortment and a ton of vendors to worry about, but every property is unique, requiring detailed location planning married to both centralized and local Open To Buy.

This implementation is being carried out in collaboration with Mi9 Retail, leveraging the Mi9 Merchant architecture, best-in-class BI functionality and a pre-built data interface. Alterra selected ANT USA as a partner for our proven track record, long-term outlook and stability, as well as deep experience in Merchandise Planning for Hospitality Retailers. Our flagship product – Buyers Toolbox AP fit the bill with best-in-class functionality, ease of use, a rapid implementation methodology and an affordable price point. I look forward to enjoying the implementation and continuing my learning in the process.