Solutions for retail

IBM and Oracle simplify today's retail challenges
In a 24/7 world where the Internet has removed physical boundaries and created global reach for even the smallest brands, there is more choice and flexibility around how, when and where consumers shop. To meet the expectations and preferences of an increasingly fragmented consumer base, retailers need a new way to plan and manage financial goals, develop localized assortments, and make buying, allocation and replenishment decisions that will maximize profitability and minimize costs.

The IBM and Oracle Retail approach relies on a single version of the truth—one trusted, centralized source of information that synthesizes market, trend and customer demographic data on which to base merchandising decisions. Together we are focused on helping retailers deliver a superior shopping experience, and create customer-driven merchandising and supply-chain capabilities to drive operational excellence. Specifically, our retail solutions can help you:

• Transform financial, merchandise and assortment planning.
• Create flexible and scalable core merchandise management and supply-chain systems.
• Improve the checkout process and leverage a deeper knowledge of the customer to enhance the in-store or online experience.
• Make cross-channel purchase history, loyalty program data and enterprise inventory positions available to associates to improve customer service.

Our close working relationship and integrated solutions can enable you to optimize your retail business results, while achieving a rich return on your information technology investments. Let us put our comprehensive solutions and services to work for you.