2024 Inventory Review and Strategies for a Successful 2025

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In this webinar, we’ll cover tips, tricks, and best practices for controlling your inventory management to maximize profit while planning ahead to prevent wasted inventory. We’ll tackle the key challenges retailers face and provide actionable insights to address them.

https://www.celerant.com/events/2024-inventory-review-and-strategies-for-a-successful-2025/

To get started, retailers need to ask themselves a few simple questions when it comes to their inventory and how they plan to move it:

• Do You Have Excess Inventory After Christmas or After Any Major Holidays?
• Did You Leave Money on the Table or Lose Money Because Supplies Weren’t Efficient to Meet Demand?
• How Can I Properly Plan for Demand and Be Prepared for Swings that Might Occur in 2025?
• What Do I Do with the Excess Inventory I Now Have to Maximize my Return on Investment?

Experts from ANT USA and Merchandise Metrics sit in our session and share their thoughts on the best steps to take when forecasting for not only 2025 in general, but strategies for any time of the year.

Featured speakers include:

• Dmitry Goykhman, CEO, ANT USA
• Jeff Dillon, Director of Operations, ANT USA
• Jeff Sward, Merchandising Metrics Founding Partner
• Michele (Majka) Salerno Salerno, CGO, Celerant Technology
• Gregg Shahian, Senior Sales Executive, Celerant Technology

Chapters:

• 0:00 – Introductions to the Presenters
• 2:36 – About Celerant Technology
• 4:05 – About ANT USA
• 6:07 – About Merchandising Metrics
• 7:25 – Why Do You Feel You Have Too Much Inventory After Christmas in Key Categories?
• 14:25 – What Can Retailers Do With The Excess Inventory that They Have After Christmas
• 20:13 – Number Crunchers vs. Creative Souls: Which Team Are You On?
• 21:26 – Did You Miss Any Holiday Sales by Not Having Enough Inventory?
• 24:07 – How to Minimize Lost Sales in Your Retail Business for Any Season or Holiday
• 35:06 – Enthusiasm is Not Data. What Could Go Wrong When Planning with Emotion?
• 36:15 – Which Area of Retail Planning and Inventory Forecasting do You Need the Most Help With?
• 40:06 – Sales Data Has a Limited Shelf Life and How to Make the Most of What’s Available
• 45:29 – Next Session on Open to Buy Planning for Fall 2025 and Strategies
• 47:15 – Session Takeaways and Question and Answer Portion