Assortment Planning Tips to Kick the New Year Off Right
January 3, 2022
According to Mckinsey and Co, “The majority of companies are planning for dramatic change in their assortment planning and design decisions, shifting toward reduced product complexity. Many will follow a “less is more” approach, with greater in-season reactivity and reduced options.”
JOOR’s assortment planning experience couples Excel-like capabilities with strong visualization tools, enabling buyers to merchandise their buys with ease, before finalizing their orders. To facilitate information sharing and collaboration, assortments can be shared between team members or even with brands with comments and questions. Data and predictive analytics help guide smarter decision making, not just in product design but also assortment planning, and even marketing and consumer targeting. Better understand how JOOR has refined the assortment planning process and helps improve the overall wholesale buying experience.
Key Features:
Powerful visualization: Access and add dynamic product images to instantly visualize your buy in real time
Thousands of brands trust JOOR to host their virtual showrooms—leverage this powerful resource when building your assortments. Easily pull in images and receive real-time updates from linesheets for a rich assortment planning experience.
Use flexible filters like collection name, season, and bulk quantity to refine the way you assess your assortment.
Easier to use: Real time data helps you plan with ease, supported with helpful linesheet intel
Our easy-to-use customizable interface follows an intuitive buyer workflow. Plan assortments with ease, supported by dynamic, editable product information.
Add new products directly within your assortment, guided by data pertaining to top selling products, availability, brand collections, etc.
Efficient collaboration: Keep all history and comments in context while planning an assortment
Reduce errors and keep everyone working off the same real-time information with a single point of truth. JOOR Workbook links to live synchronized linesheet data which can be shared with team members and back to brands for efficient and accurate communication.
Adding general or individually-directed comments to share thoughts or questions as the order is finalized also notifies the team, speeding up order finalization.
Share assortments with all of your brands for truly collaborative order building.
Easily add exclusive styles or colorways directly into the assortment to visualize the order.
Using JOOR to Make Smarter Decisions
JOOR is built around a brand’s product-to-market process—from initial conception to final assortment decisions and even considers aspects such as regional placement. JOOR data can be used to inform marketing, expedite decision making, aid in assortment planning, and discover new subcategories to explore.
Plan your assortments smoother, smarter, and with ease, thanks to JOOR’s advanced assortment planning tools.
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