Unlock the Power of Open to Buy for Smarter Year End Inventory Decisions

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Discover how Open-to-Buy (OTB) can transform your inventory management strategy as you prepare for year-end success. 📆 More webinars at https://www.celerant.com/events/

In this webinar, industry experts from ‪ANT USA‬ and Celerant share over 30 years of experience in merchandise planning, offering actionable insights and best practices to help retailers optimize inventory decisions.

There is a biggest takeaways section at the end where all topics are briefly covered again as well as insight to using the right  retail software for your retail business type. Point of sale decisions can be tough, so keeping in mind flexibility and software integrations is important for the growth of not only your business, but success in the long-term.

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Chapters:

• 0:00 – Using Open to Buy Planning to Get the Most From Your Inventory at Year-End
• 4:35 – What You Will Learn by Using ANT USA Services to Manage and Plan Inventory
• 8:24 – Merchandise Planning and The Importance of Being Prepared
• 16:05 – Financial Benefits of Merchandise Planning
• 18:23 – Process Benefits of Merchandise Planning
• 21:27 – Errors Eliminated with Merchandise Planning
• 26:21 – Core KPIs of Merchandise Planning
• 28:38 – Works for All Product Areas
• 31:35 – Simple Three-Step Process for Success
• 34:32 – Complexity Management
• 35:48 – Calendar Planning
• 38:10 – Collaborate with Merchants
• 42:01 – ANT USA and Benefits of All-in-One Retail Software
• 44:46 – Which Celerant Technology Retail System is Right for You?
• 49:09 – Integrating Retail Systems with Open-to-Buy
• 51:38 – Biggest Takeaways