Retail Insights

How Retail Planners Can Shape CFO and CTO Decisions on Planning Solutions

Discover how planners can play a pivotal role in guiding CFOs and CTOs toward selecting the right planning solutions by understanding business objectives and presenting data-driven insights.

Learning Series

The Ultimate Guide to Retail Merchandise Financial Planning

Learn how merchandise financial planning helps retailers align inventory investments with sales goals, improve margins, and meet customer demand. This guide covers the full MFP process—from pre-season planning to in-season management and more!

Product Updates

Toolio Product Updates: March 25th, 2025

Toolio updates this month include updates to assortment plan reporting, dashboards, ROS. modeling, warehouse purchasing, and more!

Learning Series

The Complete Guide to GMROI for Retail Brands

Discover how GMROI helps retail brands turn inventory into profit. This guide covers the GMROI formula, its importance, and practical strategies to improve it.

Learning Series

The Ultimate Guide to Retail Assortment Planning

A strong assortment plan improves sales, enhances customer satisfaction, and prevents overstock or stockouts. This guide covers the key steps, best practices, and strategies to optimize assortment planning using data, AI, and financial insights.

Learning Series

The Ultimate Guide to Retail Allocation

Learn how proper retail allocation can help you meet customer demand, reduce excess inventory, and maximize profitability. This guide covers key strategies, challenges, and how AI technology is transforming the process.

Retail Insights

Are Your Promotions Driving Profit—Or Just Discounting Margins Away?

Learn how smarter promotion planning can drive sales without cutting into margins. Discover best practices for aligning promotions with inventory, margins, and demand forecasts to maximize profitability.

Retail Insights

AI in Retail Planning: The Strategic Shift You Can’t Afford to Ignore

Learn how AI acts as a strategic co-pilot for planners, merging data-driven precision with human expertise to drive smarter, more agile retail strategies.

Retail Insights

Is Your Allocation Strategy Holding You Back? The Limitations of a Min/Max System and What to Do Instead

Discover how outdated min/max allocation systems hinder retail performance and learn how a dynamic, data-driven approach can drive smarter inventory decisions.