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Many tools on the market were designed for general retail and stretched to fit fashion. Nextail was built for fashion and footwear, with product-level forecasting and size curves at its core.
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Fashion changes week by week. Nextail updates allocation and replenishment as real data comes in, so you stop working from a plan you set nine months ago.
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When stock is scarce, the engine prioritizes shipments to the stores most likely to sell at full price. Fewer markdowns, fewer empty shelves.
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Transfers happen proactively throughout the season, not only when the warehouse runs dry. And you can see the projected sales uplift before you approve them.
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Frees up to 75% of planners' manual workload, redirecting their focus to strategic, high-impact decisions.
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More than €50M invested in machine learning for forecasting and optimization, all aimed at one problem: in-season inventory in fashion.
| Capability | Generic Retail Solutions | Fashion-Specific Vendors | Nextail Platform |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Built for Fashion | |||
| Industry Focus | Designed for broad retail in general (DIY, grocery, hardlines). | Fashion-aware, but often built on top of a generic retail core. | Built strictly for fashion and footwear industry realities from day one. |
| Product Logic | Generic product/stock level calculations without native size intelligence. | Some size handling, but limited localized size curve accuracy across markets. | Granular forecasting at SKU level with localized size curve profiles. |
| 2. Life Inside the Season | |||
| Operational Focus | Pre-season planning maps and static historical excel spreadsheets. | Pre-season planning with some in-season visibility, but limited real-time steering. | 100% focused on execution, steering supply with live in-season sales trends. |
| Response Time | Slow reactiveness when inventory or store performance problems become visible. | Faster than generic tools, but still largely reactive to problems already materializing. | Proactive daily adjustment recommendations as the active season unfolds. |
| 3. Allocation and Replenishment | |||
| First Allocation | Manually calculated, basic rules-based, or relying on static store grades. | Automated allocation but relying on historical patterns with limited predictive granularity. | Highly automated (delivering average of >75% direct operational time savings). |
| Scarce Stock Control | Distributed evenly or by simple ratio formulas, leading to stock shortages in hot markets. | Rules-based prioritization, but without real-time sell-out probability scoring per store. | Dynamically prioritized to stores with the highest proven sell-out probability. |
| 4. Store Transfers | |||
| Execution & Value | Reactive, heavy manual operational work, with unclear sales margin uplift. | Transfer suggestions exist but lack projected margin impact at scale. | Proactive store-to-store rebalancing at scale with visible projected sales uplifts. |
| 5. Your Team | |||
| Work Focus | Planners spend the majority of their time manually compiling and verifying raw data. | Reduces some manual tasks, but planners still spend significant time validating outputs. | Frees up to 75% of planners' manual workload, redirecting focus to strategic high-impact decisions. |
| 6. The Partnership & Expertise | |||
| Heritage & Proof | Generic suite support serving many disparate software domains. | Fashion knowledge but spread across a broader product suite with divided R&D focus. | 10+ yrs fashion focus, €50M+ ML investment. Trusted by Guess, Flying Tiger, Gina Tricot. |
Alberto García - CSCO | Merkal
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Nextail Switch means a fast-track onboarding with a named project lead, migration support that runs in parallel with your current setup, and a pilot you can prove before committing to full rollout. No big bang cutover, no starting from zero.
No. Nextail focuses on in-season execution: first allocation, replenishment and store transfers. It does not replace your ERP or your product development tools.
No. Nextail works with fashion and footwear brands of every size, from small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) to global enterprises.
Less manual work, more time for decisions. We work with your planners so the change feels like an upgrade, not a disruption.
Let our experts show you how Nextail can help your organization to sell more with less stock.
Let our experts show you how Nextail can help your organization to sell more with less stock.
