Tag Archives: forecasting

Including weather forecasts to improve fashion product profitability

Posted on November 27, 2016 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (November 27,2016) titled “The Next Fashion Trend:Weather Forecasting” describes the impact of weather on fashion sales and thus the need for the fashion industry to learn about weather forecasting. It claims that the … Continue reading →

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Retail Analytics to mitigate fashion risk

Posted on September 21, 2013 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal, on September 8, 2013, titled “Fashion Industry Meets Big Data” (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323595004579062793245498838.html?mod=itp&cb=logged0.7893976105842739) describes the increasing use of analytics in the fashion industry to forecast trends. These forecasts provide estimates of demand by color, fabric … Continue reading →

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Uncoordinated Decisions by the US Energy department and supply chain impact

Posted on May 31, 2011 by aviyer2010

A New York Times article (May 28, 2011) describes one department selling the helium-3 gas as fast as the other department worked to build up stocks, thus creating a shortfall.  The gas is helium-3 that is cited as a “byproduct … Continue reading →

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