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AI agent for retail managers

Collection Sell-Through and Markdown Agent

A weekly list of slow styles with markdown scenarios that protect margin, checked against sales after each change

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Collection Sell-Through and Markdown Agent: what goes in, what the agent does and what you get

What it does

A boutique looks at sales once a month, finds twelve slow styles and marks everything down by 40 percent, wiping out the margin on the ones that would have sold in two more weeks. Each week this agent reads sales by style, size and color and compares sell-through against the plan for the season. It flags laggards, sorts them by how far behind they are and how much stock remains, and models markdown scenarios against the margin floor and the remaining weeks in the season. After each approved change, it rechecks sales for the following days to see whether the price move worked, and adjusts the next step. The owner approves each price change. Edge case: a style that is slow in the main size but selling out in a small size is flagged for a size-specific action, not a blanket markdown.

How it works

Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.

Start and resultWhat it doesA check on its own workWaits for your OKGoes back and retries
Yes, continueApprovedYes, continueNoNo 1 STARTS WHEN Sales week closes 2 USES A TOOL Read sales, stock and the sell-through plan by style 3 DOES Calculate sell-through against plan and flaglaggards 4 DOES Check whether slowness is by size or color or acrossthe style 5 DOES Model markdown scenarios against the margin floorand weeks remaining 6 CHECKS THE RESULT Does the proposed markdown stay above the marginfloor? If not: Model a smaller markdown or a different actionsuch as bundling. Back to step 4. 7 YOU APPROVE Owner approves each price change 8 USES A TOOL Record the change and read sales for the next 7 days 9 CHECKS THE RESULT Did sell-through rise toward plan after themarkdown? If not: Model the next step and flag the style for theowner. Back to step 4. 10 RESULT Weekly markdown report and updated plan
Read the steps as a list
  1. Sales week closes
  2. Read sales, stock and the sell-through plan by style
  3. Calculate sell-through against plan and flag laggards
  4. Check whether slowness is by size or color or across the style
  5. Model markdown scenarios against the margin floor and weeks remaining
  6. Does the proposed markdown stay above the margin floor?If not: Model a smaller markdown or a different action such as bundling. Back to step 4.
  7. Owner approves each price changeThe agent waits here for your OK.
  8. Record the change and read sales for the next 7 days
  9. Did sell-through rise toward plan after the markdown?If not: Model the next step and flag the style for the owner. Back to step 4.
  10. Weekly markdown report and updated plan

How it decides

It flags a style when actual sell-through is more than 15 points below plan, then picks the smallest markdown that lifts projected sell-through to plan without breaking the margin floor.

  • Flag a style when it is more than 15 points behind plan
  • Start with a 10 to 20 percent markdown before deeper cuts
  • Never go below the margin floor unless the owner chooses to clear stock
  • Treat size-specific slowness as a size action first

Make it yours

Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.

  • Margin floor
  • Sell-through gap that triggers a flag (default 15 points)
  • Markdown steps
  • Day of the weekly report
  • Season end dates

What keeps you in control

It always asks you first

  • Owner approves every price change before it is applied

Hard limits

  • Never change prices on its own
  • Never use a margin floor the owner has not set

It stops when

  • Done: Flagged styles have an approved action and follow-up check
  • Stop: Sales data is missing for the week, so the agent reports the gap and waits

Set it up

We guide you through the set-up, step by step

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An example run

What happensStyle 118, a linen shirt, is 31 percent sold against a plan of 52 percent with 6 weeks left. A 15 percent markdown keeps the margin at 48 percent, above the 45 percent floor. The owner approves. After 7 days sell-through rises 9 points, still short, so the agent models 25 percent, which would drop the margin to 41 percent, and it flags the style rather than cutting again.

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