Markdown Optimization
Markdown Optimization for Improved Profitability
Effortlessly manage end-of-life products with retail markdown optimization. Optimize the timing and depth of discounts to efficiently clear inventory by your target date — without sacrificing margins.
Capture Additional Profit Across Categories
Efficiently clear aging inventory, make room for new products, and boost margins — all while maintaining customer satisfaction and driving category performance.
Profit Potential
Time discounts to capture additional demand while still selling through merchandise.
Clear Space
Ensure discontinued merchandise is cleared from your shelves just in time to make room for new products.
Control Tradeoffs
Adjust markdowns and maximize profitability to exceed your financial and operational targets.
Markdown Optimization: Start Before It’s Too Late
Avoid Profit Loss from Poorly Timed Discounts Relying on deep, last-minute discounts erodes profits and limits opportunities. Instead, strategically align markdown timing and depth to capture demand earlier, clear inventory confidently, and protect your margins.
Easy-to-Use Markdown Rules
- Adjust markdowns to fit your strategy
- Quickly fine-tune trade-offs to match your goals
- Streamline your process with workflows to avoid costly mistakes
Science-Backed Decisions
- Forecast demand to optimize timing and discounting strategies
- Reevaluate markdown decisions based on high-quality data
- Customize markdowns by region or store to meet inventory needs
Hear from Our Customers
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“ClearDemand was the unanimous choice to deliver the pricing and promotions necessary for our growth and transformation.”
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“Partnering with ClearDemand has given us the tools needed to continuously evaluate and reevaluate our pricing. It gives us a clear look at how our pricing and promotional strategy affects units, profits, and customer satisfaction.”
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“Our goal is to provide our customers with a new shopping experience that reflects changes in their shopping preferences. ClearDemand will enable us to better plan, manage and optimize our promotions so that we can continue to fulfill our promise to customers.”
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“ClearDemand was the unanimous choice to deliver the pricing and promotions necessary for our growth and transformation.”
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“Partnering with ClearDemand has given us the tools needed to continuously evaluate and reevaluate our pricing. It gives us a clear look at how our pricing and promotional strategy affects units, profits, and customer satisfaction.”
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“Our goal is to provide our customers with a new shopping experience that reflects changes in their shopping preferences. ClearDemand will enable us to better plan, manage and optimize our promotions so that we can continue to fulfill our promise to customers.”
Price Optimization
Maximize competitiveness with AI-powered pricing execution
- Find the prices that motivates customers to buy while protecting your bottom line
- Respond quickly to competitor pricing changes
- Model demand and elasticity for every item in every location.
Competitive Intelligence
Understand the market with high-quality complete intelligence
- Stay ahead by analyzing competitor price movements and promotional tactics
- Identify competitive gaps and areas to refine your strategy for big impact
- Leverage insights to execute a winning price strategy
Promotion Optimization
Drive sales with effective promotions
- Avoid unnecessary discounts by optimizing promotional events
- Simulate what-if scenarios to find the right price and timing
- Evaluate past performance and manage all promotions in one platform
Markdown Optimization
Avoid profit loss from poorly timed discounts
- Adjust markdowns to fir your strategy
- Forecast demand to optimize timing and discount plans
- Balance profit and sell-through to clear inventory efficiently
Take Control of Your Markdowns
Don’t let outdated markdowns eat into your profits or leave inventory sitting on shelves. See how our intelligent markdown optimization helps you balance profitability and sell-through while clearing merchandise at the right time.