For retail teams outgrowing inventory tools · compared with Cin7
Cin7 shows the stock. merchmix moves it.
Cin7 keeps stock and orders under control. merchmix adds the layer above it: plan a trend in days and get in while it is hot, hold your continuity lines tight so the earners never run dry, and move both off one live signal. The right stock at the right tempo, not four systems and three handoffs.
- 10+ systems, 50+ spreadsheets
- What a mid-market retailer runs on before merchmix.
- Live in seconds
- Sales, stock and trade, near real time.
- Free 6-week POC
- On your own data, no contract.
Seeing the stock is not a decision.
- Visibility is not a decisionYou can see stock across every channel. Nothing tells you what to buy, how much, or where it should go before the season turns.
- Trends move faster than your stackBy the time a winner shows up in a report, the window to chase it has closed. The lag between knowing and acting is where markdown and stockouts live.
- Continuity runs on manual effortYour reliable earners drift out of stock or pile up, because holding them at the right level is a spreadsheet job, not an automated one.
merchmix and Cin7
Cin7 runs the stock. merchmix runs the tempo.
Cin7 gives product businesses a strong operational layer for inventory, orders, sales channels, warehouses and fulfilment. merchmix connects the retail merchandising workflows around it, from WSSI, OTB and range planning to allocation, replenishment, the planogram and the actions yukti takes. Run it beside Cin7, or grow into horizon, forge, orbit and vertex when you are ready.
merchmix
Merchandising-led · Planning, trading and action
- WSSI, OTB and range planning
- Option planning and range building
- ERP, POS, ecommerce and supplier data, connected
- Weather, search demand and market data streams
- Competitor product movement and pricing signals
- Forecasts and merchandising recommendations
- Allocation and replenishment by SKU, store and week
- Store transfers and stock availability
- Planogram, visual merchandising and store-level action
- Works with your existing systems, with approved write-back
Cin7
Inventory-led · Stock, orders and fulfilment
- Inventory and stock control
- Order management and fulfilment workflows
- Sales channel and ecommerce integrations
- Purchasing, supplier and warehouse workflows
- Operational reporting and stock visibility
core
From first signal to shop floor.
core is the commercial engine. Budgets, planning, range building and daily trade in one place, reading years of your sales history beside live signals from every connected system. Plug it into the stack you already run, with write-back to your ERP, OMS or Shopify.
Direction
Before a single budget is set, merchmix reads your history and your signals and shows where growth can come from, and what is holding it back.
core · DirectionSnapshot 2 July 2026Outcome influence mapWatchOpen detail →Driver mix from the latest briefing flagsSelect a driverOverstock exposure · 64.7%AW25 outerwear · 22.4 weeks cover — $21.2M of the $32.8M at risk across 6,720 SKUs. Mark down, then transfer the residual.Revenue$21.2MSKUs6,720yukti · AW25 outerwear is holding 22.4 weeks of cover at 8% margin, so the markdown clears it before the autumn intake lands.Revenue at risk$32.8MAcross all four driversTop actionmarkdown2,376 SKUsBudget
Growth direction becomes commercial targets: sales, GP, stock investment, OTB, down to category level. One budget, one version.
Edit budget · 2027Outerwear · top-down and bottom-up allocations, by store and week.Hierarchy viewStore → Metric → Deptyukti · Northgate is running 6.1% ahead on Outerwear with cover at 6.2 weeks, so W2 carries $46,200 without moving the intake.Hierarchy Total company (sales $) $1,248,750 $1,312,500 $1,385,625 $1,451,250 Total company (sales u) 20,813 21,875 23,094 24,188 Total company (GP $) $799,200 $853,125 $886,800 $943,313 Total company (GP %) 64.0% 65.0% 64.0% 65.0% 300 · Northgate (Outerwear) – – – – Sales $ (metric) $39,960 $42,000 $44,340 $46,440 Sales U (metric) 666 700 739 774 GP % (metric) 64.0% 65.0% 64.0% 65.0% GP $ (metric) $25,574 $27,300 $28,378 $30,186 Control
The WSSI turns the budget into a weekly sales, stock and intake plan. Continuity protects your never-out lines before gaps become lost sales.
Merchandise financial planningWomenswear · Outerwear — sales, stock, intake and markdown in one live weekly view.?BrandAllCategoryWomenswearSub-categoryOuterwearStoreAll storesYear2026ViewSearch metrics…Quick POMetric Trend Q1 1 2 WK1 WK2 WK3 WK4 WK5 WK6 WK7 WK8 TY WoW % 6.8 -8.4 -4.6 2.8 3.5 -1.9 4.2 2.6 FC WoW % 4.3 -3.1 -1.8 1.5 2.2 1.4 2.0 1.7 BGT WoW % 2.8 4.7 1.9 2.3 3.1 1.2 2.4 2.0 Gross sales TY 1,256,173 1,150,655 1,097,725 1,128,461 1,167,957 1,145,766 1,193,888 1,224,929 Full-price sales TY 1,174,686 1,070,110 1,019,605 1,048,821 1,085,997 1,063,356 1,110,708 1,140,909 Markdown sales TY 81,487 80,545 78,120 79,640 81,960 82,410 83,180 84,020 Gross sales FC 1,210,000 1,172,000 1,151,000 1,168,000 1,194,000 1,211,000 1,235,000 1,256,000 Discount % FC 24.0 24.5 24.8 24.6 24.2 24.0 23.8 23.6 Gross sales BGT 1,160,000 1,215,000 1,238,000 1,266,000 1,305,000 1,321,000 1,353,000 1,380,000 MFP recommendationsAI-driven analysis across sales, intake, stock, margin and weekly cover.Stock opportunity$45,200Potential upside from forecast adjustmentStock risk$128kProjected overstock exposureSKU candidates48Metrics flagged for reviewPriority actionsRebalance: Women’s outerwear12 SKUs are projected to exceed 20 weeks cover by W9, while forecast sales are recovering from W4 onward. Review markdown timing, intake phasing and transfer opportunities before committing further buys.High confidenceAvg cover 22.4wRange
Option counts shape the assortment, range boards turn it into product, and cross costing checks supplier, landed cost and margin before you commit the buy.
Moments
Trading moments and marketing spend planned against the same numbers as the range, so the calendar and the buy never disagree.
FY27Womenswear · Outerwear — build the channel allocation, review, approve, then track against it.DraftChannel planReviewApprovalTrackingTotal spend$6,392.37Incremental rev$38,993.46ROAS6.1xOrders268WeekMonthQuarterChannel W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 Baseline (organic)baseline — — — — — — Trading & promo Performance $672.16 $672.16 $672.16 $1,458.63 $1,458.63 $1,458.63 Paid social $262.16 $262.16 $262.16 $1,048.63 $1,048.63 $1,048.63 Paid search $410.00 $410.00 $410.00 $410.00 $410.00 $410.00 Weekly spend $672.16 $672.16 $672.16 $1,458.63 $1,458.63 $1,458.63 Budget line $3,329.29 $3,677.63 $4,388.34 $4,208.94 $3,781.38 $3,943.32 Variance $2,657.13 $3,005.47 $3,716.18 $2,750.31 $2,322.75 $2,484.69 Trade and review
The daily beat. merchmix surfaces the ranked move, your team approves, one click executes it across your stack, and the decision log records every call. Product reviews feed what worked back into the next budget. The loop closes.
AllSeasonal wrapPerformanceWeekly trade dashboardTopline metrics, category drill-down and the actions the room agrees on.Sales$793.6K+6.1% vs LYGross profit$367.7K+7.0% vs LYGP %46.3%+0.4 pts vs LYMarkdown18%-1.6 pts vs LWTop best sellersHero SKUs ranked by sales.Hero Leather SandalSS26-1042Sandals / SlidesUnits248Sales$31.8KMargin61.4%WOC6.2Luna Strappy HeelSS26-1067Heels / OccasionUnits211Sales$27.6KMargin58.9%WOC7.1Bottom sellersLowest-productivity SKUs.Cloud Walker SandalsAW25-0871Sandals / SlidesUnits38Sales$2.4KMargin8.0%WOC66.4Sky Strider Flip-FlopsAW25-0904Sandals / SlidesUnits49Sales$3.1KMargin9.7%WOC61.7Report PDFExecutive summaryOne clear narrative for the meeting.Trade commentarywaitingSalesCurrent$793,560STD$4,862,400Next week$812,000Gross profitCurrent$367,694STD$2,245,900Next week$376,000
Every product stands alone.
Plan what to buy, put stock where demand is, and keep the shop floor selling. Buy one product, a few, or run the whole platform. Most retailers start with core, because that is where it hurts.
- coremost start here
Plan the season in one place.
Budgets, WSSI, OTB, ranges and sizes, connected. Replaces the planning spreadsheets.
- core plus
core, plus allocation and the planogram.
Allocation and replenishment by SKU, store and week, and the shop floor made to match the plan.
- forge
Every product, from first sketch to costed, approved and ready to sell.
Specs, samples, suppliers and critical path, linked to buying and planning.
- beacon
One portal for your suppliers.
Orders, shipments, invoices, on time.
- atlas
Every number you trade on, live, on one screen.
Dashboards, reporting packs and the Monday meeting, without the deck.
- horizon
The retail ERP that already knows what a season is.
Products, inventory, purchasing, sales and finance, connected to the plan.
- orbit
Receive, store, pick, ship.
Warehouse management that talks to the plan.
- vertex
Every order, every channel, one view from click to doorstep.
Routing, splits, backorders and fulfilment exceptions across every location.
- yukti
The agent that does the work.
Rebalances, replenishes, raises the PO, creates the style. You approve, or let it run.
Every product stands alone. Start with the one that hurts most.
Cin7 stays the stock and order truth.
merchmix connects to the systems you already use and gives the team one live view of sales, stock, orders, suppliers and store performance. Keep Cin7 for stock, orders and channels, with approved write-back from merchmix where you want it.
Start with the workflow that hurts most. Add more as the business grows.
Questions, answered.
What is the best Cin7 alternative for retail planning?
merchmix, for retailers that need merchandising workflows around WSSI (MFP), OTB, range planning, allocation, replenishment, the planogram and the actions yukti takes. Cin7 is a strong inventory and order management system. merchmix connects the retail workflows that sit around it.
How is merchmix different from Cin7?
Cin7 is inventory-led, with strengths across stock control, order management, sales channel integrations and warehouse routing. merchmix is merchandising-led, connecting planning, buying, allocation, replenishment, store execution and trade actions into one retail workflow.
Can merchmix integrate with Cin7?
Yes. merchmix works alongside Cin7 and other POS, ecommerce and supplier systems. It reads sales, stock, product, supplier and order data, and writes approved outputs back where you want it to.
Does merchmix replace Cin7?
It does not have to. Run merchmix as the retail workflow layer around Cin7, or grow into the full platform with horizon, forge, orbit and vertex when you are ready.
What retail planning does merchmix include?
WSSI (MFP), OTB, option planning, range planning, budget planning, product reviews, dashboards, trade reporting, forecasts and merchandising recommendations.
What is the best software for WSSI, OTB and range planning?
merchmix connects WSSI (MFP), OTB and range planning in one workflow, so the team moves from budget to range to allocation and replenishment without disconnected spreadsheets.
What is the difference between MFP and WSSI?
MFP (merchandise financial planning) and WSSI (weekly sales, stock and intake) describe the same discipline: planning sales, stock, intake and open-to-buy at weekly level. WSSI is the common term in UK and Australian retail. MFP is more common in the US. merchmix runs both under one weekly planning engine, connected to OTB, range planning, allocation and replenishment.
How does merchmix help with allocation and replenishment?
core plus allocates and replenishes by SKU, store and week, moving stock to demand and protecting availability across stores and channels. yukti raises the refill inside the rules you set.
Why do retailers use merchmix alongside inventory management software?
To add merchandising workflows, faster trade actions, external data streams, forecasts and store execution without losing the stock and order truth they already have.
Trend speed, proven in six weeks.
A 1-hour demo with sales and product, then a free 6-week POC on your own data, no contract. Live in 12 to 15 weeks, end to end.