I am happy to announce that we have implemented Buyers Toolbox AP for Merchandise Planning and Open To Buy at Runnings Farm and Fleet, to support ongoing growth in business volume and store counts.
Runnings has been growing since its’ founding in 1947, and today boasts several dozen large format locations in 8 states including Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, Montana, New York, New Hampshire and Connecticut.
As a solid, growing family-owned retailer, Runnings is oriented towards profitability, practical inventory improvements and improving Open To Buy Management across an incredibly diverse range of seasonal, replenishment-driven, basic and fashion merchandise.
Runnings selected ANT USA as a partner for our proven track record, long-term outlook and stability, as well as deep experience in Merchandise Planning. Critical to this relationship is ANT USA’s ability to transfer planning knowhow and help coach the buying staff in core Merchandise Planning methods and techniques.
This planning system implementation is being carried out in collaboration with Horizon Retail Solutions – a leading supplier of Retail ERP to Farm, Home and Ranch retailers. In the course of our partnership, Horizon has built a reusable, scalable and standardized data interface to help expedite this and future joint system implementations.
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.
On a personal note, I am really enjoying doing the work with such a team of nice, practical, results-oriented merchants.