Parker Avery’s assortment planning expert resources page offers our own published assortment planning content as well as external resources to help you understand and successfully implement or enhance this key retail capability.

If you have any questions or would like to explore how The Parker Avery Group can help your company enhance its assortment planning processes, systems, and/or organization please do not hesitate to contact us.

Parker Avery Perspectives
Client Case Studies
Webinars & Podcasts
Other Resources

Parker Avery Perspectives

The Parker Avery Group’s consulting team authors and publishes our assortment planning expert insights and advice, based on decades of experience in the industry and working with global retailers and consumer brands. We hope you find our original content useful in solving your assortment planning challenges.

The Expert Guide to Retail Assortment Planning

The Expert Guide to Retail Assortment Planning

Our expert, comprehensive overview of the retail assortment planning process, along with leading practices, considerations, and challenges with developing or expanding this strategic capability

The Expert Guide to Item Planning

The Expert Guide to Item Planning

Parker Avery’s comprehensive overview of the item planning process for retailers, along with leading practices, considerations, and challenges with developing or expanding this strategic capability

The Expert Guide to Retail Clustering Methods

The Expert Guide to Retail Clustering Methods

We explore ten different retail clustering methods in-depth and highlight the advantages and disadvantages, as well as under which circumstances each should be used

The Expert Guide to Retail Planning

The Expert Guide to Retail Planning

A high-level overview of each of the retail planning processes along with links to Parker Avery’s expert guides, which take a deep dive into each area

Fashion vs. Basic Assortment Planning

Fashion vs. Basic Assortment Planning

Assortment planning expert insights, covering the differences, advantages, and disadvantages of fashion vs. basic assortment planning

Take 5: A Return to Retail Roots

Take 5: A Return to Retail Roots

A unique, insider’s experience based on a Parker Avery assortment planning system implementation project

Client Case Studies

Hundreds of published case studies provide an overview of the many challenges our clients have asked us to address. Each case study outlines our tailored approach used to solve the client’s challenge and a snapshot of the results.

Home Decor Retailer Captures Better Assortment Insights with New System

Providing comprehensive retail industry expertise and implementation guidance to select and deploy strategic assortment planning software with the objective of driving sales and margins

Retail Giant Eyes Substantial Growth with New Assortment Planning Processes

Defining the assortment planning process best suited to a retailer’s future merchandising organizational structure

Global Retailer Anticipates Strong Results With New Assortment Planning Solution

Design of integrated assortment planning processes and configuration of a planning system to deliver desired future-state capabilities

Retailer’s New Assortment and Item Planning Solution Improves Visibility

APIP solution implementation to deliver desired future-state capabilities, resulting in improved business efficiencies and better overall visibility into the planning processes

Improved Margin and Inventory Results from New Merchandising and Planning Capabilities

Program management and project support for a merchandising system transformation, encompassing merchandise planning, replenishment, and markdown systems

Furniture Retailer Positioned for Success with New Merchandising Training Program

Designing and delivering a comprehensive merchandising training program to enhance merchandising team capabilities and support strategic initiatives

Training Design, Development, and Delivery

Development and delivery of comprehensive, detailed training plans, curriculum, and materials to support the client’s newly designed merchandising organization and processes

International Retailer’s New Merchandising Solution Unlocks Vast Improvements

Program management and industry expertise to support an international retail planning, forecasting, and replenishment transformation and expansion, encompassing multiple merchandising systems, processes, and teams

Merchandising Capability Assessment and Roadmap

Deep dive evaluation of merchandising and related processes, systems, and organization to develop a multi-year transformation roadmap, commencing with quick wins and change management to bolster results

Merchandising Business Process Transformation

Assessment of merchandising business process and organizational root causes, as well as development and implementation of an actionable roadmap to support a client’s strategic omnichannel model

Development of a prioritized and actionable roadmap to achieve a more consistent and efficient future state and to support strategic objectives

Webinars and Podcasts

Parker Avery’s Talk Retail to Me podcast, along with our webinars and videos showcase our consulting team’s assortment planning expertise and experience in an informal venue. Rather than typical “talk at you” events, these recorded discussions are designed to be more casual “coffee shop” (or happy hour) conversations that give you a chance to get to know The Parker Avery Group team on a much more personal level. Along with highlighting our firm’s experience, services, and consulting approach, our podcast and videos also showcase Parker Avery’s unique culture and personality.

Assortment Planning: Expert Perspectives and Insights

Parker Avery experts provide their perspectives on an assortment planning system implementation for a large home décor retailer

Retail Hierarchies Deep Dive

Parker Avery consultants and retail veterans Marty Anderson, Deanna Emsley, and Mike Johnson take a deep dive into the world of retail hierarchies

Retail Hierarchies Deep Dive

Parker Avery consultants and retail veterans Marty Anderson, Deanna Emsley, and Mike Johnson take a deep dive into the world of retail hierarchies

Other Assortment Planning Resources

External blogs, articles, podcasts, videos, and more that provide additional assortment planning expert insights and advice.

Strategic Planning: 8 Exciting Trends for 2022 and Beyond

Innovation Minds, January 2022

Assortment Planning: Addressing Item Level Planning Challenges in 2021

Mi9 Retail Webinar, April 2020

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