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What do Gartner, Forrester, and IDC have in common? They all named Anaplan a planning leader.
Turn customer engagement into your profit engine with merchandise financial planning
In retail, evolving demand, supply chain issues, and consumer evolution create unique challenges. With merchandise financial planning, industry leaders are increasing profits and margins while enhancing the customer experience.
Collaborative planning, scenario modelling, and dynamic forecasting across a single merchandise financial planning process are not only possible – they are now essential for better, faster ‘moment of truth’ decisions.
Transform your merchandise planning toward profitable growth
Anaplan enables a unified, collaborative approach to the entire merchandise financial planning life cycle.
Meet the Zero Consumer
In light of the modern-day consumer’s shopping behaviors and spending habits, retailers need a flexible, dynamic, and collaborative merchandise financial planning platform to stay ahead of the zero loyalty and zero patience of today’s consumer.
Master real time demand
Demand signals have a shelf life. Anaplan helps retailers sense and respond in real-time to capture additional revenue and profit in an ever-changing, omni-channel shopping environment. Get the last bit of value for each inch of shelf space.
Turn inventory into fast cash
Reduce excess inventory costs, markdowns, and shrunk while maximizing working capital, revenues, profitability. Anaplan helps retailers reduce omni-channel costs by capturing key financial data in real time at every stage of the merchandise planning process.
“One of the clear benefits that I see is the forecast accuracy—this has helped us have the right stock level throughout all our sites.”
Magnus Tagtstrom, Senior Director of Supply Chain Optimization, Circle K
Why do the top retail leaders plan with Anaplan?
Learn from the challenges and achievements of innovative companies and retail leaders shaping the future through aligned, collaborative merchandise financial planning
Customer Story
Helly Hansen
"We have eliminated by half the time it takes to download and upload data and calculate our budget."
Eli Molteberg Ensrud
VP of Planning, Finance, and Operations, Helly Hansen
Customer Story
Carter's
"We’ve had a very good experience with Anaplan. I truly believe that they are looking out for us and want us to be successful."
Wade Latham
Senior Director of Operations, Carter's
Customer Story
Dollar General
Fortune 500 company Dollar General has proven its resiliency in serving millions of customers in 47 U.S. states and over 18,000 stores – through dynamic forecasting with Anaplan.
Customer Story
Prestige Beauty Retailer
"Adapting to change is just a matter of building a new Anaplan model."
Corporate Treasurer, Prestige Beauty Retailer
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Market experts weigh in on why an integrated approach for merchandise financial planning is changing the game for leaders in retail
Merchandise financial planning on-demand videos
Anaplan enables a unified approach to the entire merchandise life cycle - from merchandise and financial planning to assortment planning, costing, allocations, markdowns, receipts management and replenishment – across every channel. Watch these videos to learn more about this integrated approach.
