Planning & Buying

This case study reveals how Increff’s robust solutions are helping global brands not just keep up, but get ahead. First, discover how Increff revolutionized a leading Indian fashion retailer, helping them slash their buying cycle from a sluggish six months to a dynamic one month, enabling weekly fresh drops and unparalleled agility. Then, learn how a world-renowned sports and lifestyle brand used Increff to power its rapid global expansion—from its initial partnership in India to a lightning-fast rollout at its European headquarters in just two months. This is more than just inventory management. It’s a look into the future of retail.

One of India’s leading formal wear brands used Increff Merchandising solution to manage inventory across multiple sales channels. By predicting the size-wise demand at store category level for discounting season and fresh season launch, it helped maintain healthier inventory at stores with on-time replenishment to contain revenue degrowth. In case of the non-availability of a top seller style, the system suggested attribute group mapping to replace it with the closest possible style. Auto replenishment was set up for daily dispatches to maintain lean inventory at the store as per demand. Objective: To increase sales velocity by maintaining healthier and lesser inventory at stores with on-time replenishment for one of the leading men’s formal wear brands in India. Solution: A smart Assortment plan for ~200 exclusive brand outlets was created to mirror the true demand Attribute grouping was done to replace the closest possible styles in case of stock-out situations to cater to demand. Set up an automated replenishment system for daily dispatches to maintain lean inventory at the store and supply as per demand. Started with 1 channel and ~200 stores, now handling 3 channels and ~470 stores Regular replenishment/ Allocation via ARS (EBO-daily and FOFO-weekly) On-demand replenishment/ allocation for LFR channels Inter-store transfers/ Store closure exercise to consolidate inventory BI dashboards to track in-season performance and diagnose L2L comparison. Business benefits: Contained revenue degrowth with a reduction of 25% in inventory holding and 9% in discount. Prevented loss of sales by correcting ~40% brokenness of fresh merchandise via IST Ensuring better conversion by improving inventory health from 70% to 82% ~100% fill rate maintained in top categories. ~75% health in stock maintained at the end of the season via ARS

One of the leading French menswear brands Celio has relied on Increff Merchandising Software to manage complexity and enable accurate merchandise planning, replenishment, and inter-store transfer. Our algorithmic-driven software helped the brand to create a connected, consistent, consumer-centric retail network thus effectively managing localization, seasonality, fashion trends, and other demand complexities and achieving: ~500 bps Higher quality sell-through than targeted 600+ POS fresh allocation is done with in-depth planning Automated replenishment runs scheduled in seamless integrations for 600+ POS