RELEX and sustainability: Cutting food waste and reducing carbon footprints
At RELEX, we are committed to reducing our own carbon footprint while supporting our customers with their sustainability efforts.
What is assortment planning? Navigating the complexities
Assortment planning is a game-changer for retailers when it comes to boosting sales and revenue. Retailers use assortment planning to ensure they stock up on the products that people really need and want, especially the hot items that fly off the shelves.
Streamline stock without selling out: Prevent these 5 inventory reduction mistakes
Inventory reduction is one of the most misunderstood and mismanaged strategies in inventory management. When executed correctly, though, running leaner can significantly cut costs while reducing stockouts and spoilage of fresh products.
The wholesale advantage: The power of automation in streamlining distribution
As the wholesale industry evolves, automation technology has become a necessity to maintain and expand a wholesaler’s market presence, ensuring they remain competitive.
Q&A: How to cure phantom inventory pains with predictive technology
Phantom inventory haunts retailers. The inability to trust when an inventory system claims products are on shelves or in stock is enough to frighten any profit-minded retailer. Scarier still: phantom inventory is so hard to detect that retailers may never be able to identify how much money the issue costs them in the long run.
4 ways to use AI to master DIY retail supply chain challenges
DIY retail can be extremely challenging–from low margins to the scale and complexity of the DIY assortment. Luckily, the right combination of technology and approach can help retailers address these challenges effectively.
Waste not: How grocery retailers transform fresh produce from margin-eater to high performer
Find out how RELEX helps grocery retailers manage fresh produce, avoiding waste, boosting sales, and guaranteeing freshness.
Discount dynamics: Mastering the art of promotional pricing
Promotional pricing is challenging, but with the right strategy and tools, businesses can unlock profitability.
Unified retail space optimization drives tangible value
Whereas store-specific planogramming can drive remarkable benefits like increased sales and availability and decreased waste, unified space planning builds on those benefits to deliver additional, more tangible value across the business.
Unlocking retail efficiency: How AI reduces cost of shelving
Using AI to optimize main replenishment days enables more efficient goods handling and store operations in retail distribution.
Q&A: The future of wholesale supply chain collaboration
Perhaps no one stands to benefit more from collaboration than wholesalers, who serve as both customers and suppliers in their roles as supply chain intermediaries. So why do so many wholesalers struggle to collaborate effectively?
Inventory optimization: The key to improving efficiency, customer satisfaction, and your bottom line
Managing inventory levels that meet demand efficiently requires an honest assessment of existing roadblocks, clearly defined goals, and a carefully considered roadmap.
3 typical promotion challenges – and how to solve them
In this blog, our expert discusses three typical promotion challenges and provides some tips to help you avoid promotion pitfalls and avoid risking already tight margins.
Q&A: How capacity optimization pays dividends in retail operational efficiency
We spoke with Product Lead and resident RELEX F&R guru Stuart Douglas about how capacity challenges negatively impact retail companies — and how they can overcome them with the right planning solution.
5 ways to improve retail promotion strategy with planning technology
This blog discusses how having a promotional planning solution can help retailers maximize profit, effectively evaluate promotion campaigns, and reduce errors in the promotion planning process.
Why channel-specific wholesale forecasting is the future
Discover how channel forecasts improve wholesale forecasting accuracy to make for happier customers and better profit margins.
Assortment rationalization: Why retailers need to get it right
In this article, we will focus on assortment rationalization: what it is about, its benefits, and why every retailer should have a solid process for it.
How to improve fresh food inventory management with unified central planning and store execution
Retailers that deal with fresh products can leverage benefits from unifying their central supply chain planning and in-field store operations to improve management of their fresh inventory.
8 grocery store inventory management good habits
There are few challenges in retail tougher than managing grocery retail supply chains; optimizing a broad inventory that includes fresh and short shelf-life products is not easy.
How to reduce long lead times in inventory management
In an increasingly competitive market, companies must take a proactive approach to managing long lead times — one that preserves customer loyalty, reduces costs, and ensures availability at a time when certainty is hard to come by.
Improve product availability by taking better control of your supply
As global markets face unprecedented challenges, ranging from inflationary pressures to logistical bottlenecks, the need for greater supply chain control has become vital across industries.
The future of consumer goods supply chain planning: Key insights
Missed our exclusive event on the future of consumer goods supply chain planning? No worries, we can catch you up on some of the key insights from the presentation.
3 ways the right in-store execution app can bolster fresh item management
All is not lost for grocery retailers struggling to balance the sometimes-competing priorities of fresher foods, happier customers, and healthier bottom lines.
Revolutionizing employee planning in retail: The power of unified workload forecasting
Retailers are increasingly turning to innovative workload management solutions that go beyond traditional sales-driven labor planning to ensure seamless operations.