The Golden Quarter’s Hidden Margin Game: Getting Gifting Right

Every golden quarter, retailers place the same high-stakes bet. How much gifting stock is enough? Gift packs sit at the sharpest edge of this trade-of

Every golden quarter, retailers place the same high-stakes bet. How much gifting stock is enough? Gift packs sit at the sharpest edge of this trade-off. If you underforecast, you’ll watch peak season revenue walk out the door; if you overforecast, January becomes a season of clearance rails, heavy discounting and eroded margin. However, optimal forecasting […]

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