Markdowns That
Drive Clearance.
Clear inventory after a category reset, end of season, or end-of-life while improving sell-through performance with AI and automation.
BRING CONTROL TO MARKDOWN COMPLEXITY
Markdowns are time-sensitive and
margin-critical.
Teams must balance inventory levels, demand signals, seasonality, and promotional overlap across thousands of SKUs and locations. Fragmented tools and manual processes introduce risk, slow execution, and leave margin unrealized.
DemandTec Markdowns brings intelligence, automation, and control to markdown teams across the enterprise.
KEY CAPABILITIES
Comprehensive Markdown
Optimization
Ensure markdown decisions account for inventory in all forms and locations.
- Evaluate inventory across stores, distribution centers, warehouses, and on-order quantities
- Consider overlapping promotions during markdown optimization
- Optimize by channel, location, or item hierarchy based on your business requirements
Precision Timing
and Depth
Optimize when to mark down and how much to discount with confidence.
- Use advanced AI to optimize markdown depth and timing across any channel or hierarchy
- Leverage automated store clustering capabilities
- Balance sell-through performance with inventory and margin targets
Automated Markdown
Execution
Reduce manual effort and adapt markdowns as conditions change.
- Automate markdown creation, approvals, and execution end-to-end
- Automate re-models and re-optimization based on updated demand and inventory signals
- Replace manual processes with continuous, rules-based automation
BUILT FOR EVERY RETAIL STAKEHOLDER
The Right View for Every Role
Markdown Teams
Maintain control and visibility without slowing execution. Review summarized metrics on demand and drill into SKU-level detail. Track percent-off, inventory balances, and item-level performance as markdowns progress.
Markdown control view
Buyers & Analysts
Replace manual processes with intelligent markdown decisioning. Automate workflows and save time. Use AI to surface anomalies and missed opportunities early. Hit markdown budgets with greater precision.
Analyst tools
Supply Chain Managers
Incorporate warehouse, DC, and on-order inventory into planning. Use markdown signals as demand inputs for supply chain solutions. Avoid unintentional overstocks and misaligned inventory movement.
Supply chain view
END-TO-END MARKDOWN INTELLIGENCE
Supporting Every Stage
Markdown Optimization
Inventory-aware markdown planning across all locations, channels, and item hierarchies.
Optimize inventory
Precision Timing & Depth
AI-driven depth and timing with store clustering for granular markdown accuracy.
Time it right
Automated Execution
Continuous re-optimization and rules-based automation replaces manual markdown workflows.
Automate markdowns
Performance Monitoring
Track sell-through, inventory, and margin at every level as markdowns progress through the season.
Monitor performance
EXPLORE RELATED SOLUTIONS
Markdowns Don't Operate
in Isolation
Explore how DemandTec connects markdowns with your full retail strategy.
Pricing
AI-driven pricing that enhances margins, improves consumer price perception, and grows market share.
Promotions
Collaboration-based planning that eliminates errors and drives double-digit ROI gains year-over-year.
Retail Collaboration Hub
A shared platform connecting retailers with suppliers to plan, execute, and optimize trade investments.
TAKE CONTROL OF MARKDOWN PERFORMANCE
Improve Sell-Through.
Protect Margin.
AI-powered markdown optimization built for modern retail complexity.
