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Merchandise and demand planning from store to channel to plan.

Plan at the grain retail demands. Build merchandise and demand plans by SKU, store, and channel, and connect them to margin and the financial plan.

The challenge

What gets in the way today

The patterns we hear most from teams running this plan in spreadsheets or legacy tools.

  • Store- and SKU-level detail too large for spreadsheets
  • Merchandise plans disconnected from the financial plan
  • Promo and seasonality assumptions hard to test safely
  • Slow consolidation across regions and channels

How Finicast helps

The same platform, shaped to your plan

Merchandise planning

Plan sales, margin, and inventory by SKU, category, store, and channel across the season.

Demand & seasonality

Shape demand with seasonality curves and promo lifts, then reconcile to financial targets.

Test promos on a branch

Model a markdown or promo as a branch and see the margin impact before you commit.

Models you can build

  • Merchandise financial plan
  • Assortment & store clustering
  • Promo & markdown impact
  • Open-to-buy planning
Example formula
Margin = Units[SKU, Store] * (Price[SKU] * (1 - Markdown[Week]) - Cost[SKU])
Gross margin from planned units and markdown

Decisions for Retail & consumer

From this plan to your next decision.

Generate a promo or markdown scenario from a prompt and let a Decision Agent compare the margin impact by store and channel.

See how the platform works

See the decisions in your own numbers.

Bring one plan you run today to a 30-minute working session. We'll connect it, surface the decisions Finicast recommends, and show you exactly how each one stays reviewable.