Canadian Shoe Retailer Groupe Yellow To Improve Merchandise Performance With ITR Software's Buyer's WorkMate® Suite
ITR Software has announced that Groupe Yellow, a privately held shoe retailer with headquarters in Montreal, Canada has selected ITR's Buyer's WorkMate® Suite of Software which will enable Groupe Yellow to improve the key aspects of its self-sourced merchandise operation, allowing for a seamless process directed at planning, buying, packaging, logistics and delivering merchandise assortments that meet each locations customer demand.
Leo Rabinovitch, Yellow CIO commented, "ITR consultants worked closely with Groupe Yellow to insure that their solutions would meet all aspects of our business requirements. Included in the process was the loading of key customer performance metrics into ITR's proprietary data repository, enabling Groupe Yellow's management team to test ITR's proposed solutions prior to final commitment. ITR's size and pack optimization capabilities were an important part of the evaluation given Yellow's focus on maintaining the right size profiles for its customers at each of its selling locations."
Dr. Douglas Avrith, President and CEO of Groupe Yellow stated that "Our search for a system focused on finding a solution that went beyond merchandise planning and with emphasis on delivering system generated recommendations for optimized assortment plans, size runs and case packs. Being a self-sourced retailer also meant that the right allocation process for high fashion short life span shoes was of utmost importance. In addition, the ITR's partnership capabilities with Churchill Systems gave Yellow a road map to a comprehensive and integrated forecasting solution."
Harve Light, President of Churchill Systems commented "More and more, retailers are beginning to acknowledge the tactical importance of credible demand forecasts as the foundation of good planning systems. The integration of Churchill's Demand Forecast ManagerT with the ITR Buyers WorkMateT solution will provide Groupe Yellow with a very profitable assortment and merchandise planning application."
For more information about the ITR Software/Churchill alliance and the advanced planning capabilities of Buyer's WorkMate® Software suite visit our website www.itrsoft.com <http://www.itrsoft.com>, call us at 856-309-2080 or e-mail rasselta@itrsoft.com <rasselta@itrsoft.com>. For Churchill Systems Inc. call Scott Light at 248-649-1800 ext 405 or email scott.light@churchillsys.com.
About ITR Software
ITR Software is a leading provider of collaborative Decision Support for the retail industry. With a reputation for innovative quality products and services, ITR helps their customers achieve a significant and quantifiable return on investment through increased sales and margin productivity as a result of optimized product assortments in the store.
About Churchill Systems
For over twenty years Churchill Systems Inc. has provided demand forecasting, analytics & optimization software designed to integrate with retail-focused merchandising, assortment, pricing, promotion and inventory planning applications. Solutions are offered as packaged software or as hosted services.
SOURCE: ITR Software