AI-Driven Planning and Engagement Built for Grocery
Join RPE and SAS at Groceryshop 2025 Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas September 28 – October 1 Booth #1154 SCHEDULE A MEETING Transforming Grocery Retail with RPE + SAS In today’s fast-paced grocery landscape, retailers are under pressure to deliver more—more accuracy in planning, more personalization in customer engagement, and more agility in responding to market shifts. That’s
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From Europe to North America: Retail Transformation Powered by advarics and RPE
From Europe to North America: Retail Transformation Powered by advarics and RPE Retail is evolving faster than ever and the tools you choose today will shape your success tomorrow. That’s why advarics and RPE have partnered to bring a proven, future-ready solution to the retail industry. advarics, a leading European retail software provider, serves over
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Optimize Planning and Allocation with a Health Check
Two of the most vital systems relied on by retail businesses when it comes to managing inventory, improving margins, and streamlining operations are planning and allocation. Every part of a retail business is affected by these systems—everything from getting products to the right place at the right time to reducing markdowns to improving forecasting
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Quick Win Solutions: High-Impact Consulting for Retailers Ready to Move
Do you find that your million-dollar planning software has become nothing more than a glorified Excel spreadsheet? Perhaps you are spending more time exporting to Excel than you are analyzing the results in the solution? My guess is your team may not be aware of certain functions and features available to them in the solution.
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Modernizing IBM i Environments With RPE’s Hosting Solutions
Why Companies Choose IBM i Hosting IBM i platforms remain the backbone for many businesses of all sizes and industries. Known for their uptime, transaction speed, and application stability, these systems continue to power essential operations across industries. But maintaining them introduces risks. Hardware failure, rising support costs, and staffing shortages can all increase downtime
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Inventory Optimization: Smarter Allocation Is a Retail Necessity in 2025
Inventory is one of retail’s largest expenses. In 2025, allocation is under more scrutiny than ever before. Rising costs, the uncertainty of tariffs and inventory outages have made it a pressure valve for performance. Why? Because forecasting can only look ahead. Allocation decides what happens in real life, store by store. When strategy gets disrupted,
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The Role of Data Management in Retail AI
In today’s competitive landscape, retailers across the United States are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance efficiency, improve decision-making, and deliver personalized customer experiences. However, the success of these AI-driven strategies hinges on one critical factor: robust data management. Without clean, reliable, and well-integrated data, even the most advanced AI solutions fall short of
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Smarter Assortments, Stronger Margins
In 2025, assortment planning isn’t about prediction. It’s about precision. Strategy and execution live closer together now, and small changes can ripple through margins, operations, and customer satisfaction. Retailers aren’t reacting anymore. They’re anticipating, adjusting, and realigning faster than ever. And they’re doing it proactively. Not guesswork. The retailers leading this shift aren’t just using
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Retail Data Readiness: 5 AI Prep Steps for IT Teams
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the retail industry, powering smarter forecasting, customer personalization, and product allocation. But AI is only as effective as the data behind it. Inconsistent, outdated, or disorganized data can lead to flawed insights and costly missteps. For IT departments, preparing retail data for AI is no longer optional—it’s essential. From identifying data
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Top 10 Retail Strategy and Change Management Challenges in 2025: AI, Data Readiness & Transformation
As the retail landscape evolves, strategic and change management teams face a surge of new pressures—from rapid AI adoption to shifting workforce expectations. This article from RPE (Retail Process Engineering) outlines the top 10 challenges retail leaders must navigate in 2025. These insights focus on helping retailers stay agile, resilient, and data-ready in an increasingly
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