Improving Sales and Margins at DSW

Harris Mustafa, EVP of Supply Chain, and Linda Canada, VP of Planning and Allocation at DSW (Discount Shoe Warehouse), talk about using JDA software to profitably grow their business.

When DSW was a close-out footwear operation, it "didn't need a lot of choice and control." Then they made the fundamental shift to being a specialty footwear retailer. With a store capacity of 24,000 pairs of shoes, tailoring inventory to local tastes became a major challenge. Management saw a pressing need for a more sophisticated, integrated toolkit.

Benefits include:

Increased sales and margins in an economic downturn
Lowered inventory levels across all merchandise subclasses
Improved customer service by matching local assortments to consumer needs
Improved buyers' productivity and efficiency


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Science & Technology

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• JDA
• Software
• supply
• chain
• management
• retail
• planning
• operations
• business
• technology