Featured in WWD A Retail Industry Whitepaper by Merchmix

FOR FASHION TEAMS OUTGROWING RANGE ANALYTICS

One system. Plan, buy, allocate, trade. 

Style Arcade shows you the plan. Merchmix runs it. From budget and range through allocation, POs and markdown, on one live view of your sales, stock and competitor signals, every recommendation becomes an action the same day, without re-typing it into another system.

Merchmix Weekly Trade Dashboard showing sales, margin and stock KPIs, best and bottom sellers, and trade commentary in one live view
One
SYSTEM FOR BUDGET, RANGE, ALLOCATION AND TRADE
Zero
MANUAL RE-ENTRY BETWEEN THE READ AND THE ACTION
Same day
HOW FAST A RECOMMENDATION BECOMES A PO, AN ALLOCATION OR A MARKDOWN
THE PROBLEM

Every tool reads. Merchmix acts.

The read has never been the problem. Tools like Style Arcade see the data well. What is missing is the system that connects that read to the action, budget to shop floor, in one place.

01

From read to PO, in one move

Most tools stop at the recommendation, and someone re-keys it into a PO system by hand. In Merchmix the reorder call becomes a draft PO in your ERP the same day, approved by your team, written straight back to the system of record.

02

One live number, every team

Range, allocation and markdown usually sit in separate tools, each landing on a slightly different figure. Merchmix runs them on one live view of your sales and stock, so finance, planning and trade all work from the same number and the meeting starts at the decision.

03

Budget connected to the buy

A reorder call means nothing if it breaks the budget. Merchmix builds OTB top-down, business to subcategory, and carries it live through range, allocation and trade, so every buy is checked against the plan before it is placed, not after.

Vs Style Arcade

Style Arcade plans and analyses the buy beautifully. Merchmix does that too, then allocates it, executes it, and runs the season around it.

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Merchandising-led
PLANNING & TRADING
Action layer
AI, ALLOCATION & VM
  • Reads daily stock and sales, then turns that read into the day's actions: the risk flagged, the PO drafted, the allocation moved
  • Tracks competitor pricing and new-product activity, and ingests live demand signals
  • AI decision intelligence: detects risk, quantifies the financial impact, recommends the action
  • Every recommendation becomes a tracked task, assigned to an owner with a due date
  • A reorder or markdown call becomes a draft PO or an allocation in your ERP the same day, no re-typing
  • OTB and budget built top-down and carried live through range, allocation and trade
  • Allocation and replenishment by store and size, on the same live demand data
  • Visual merchandising, floor plans and fixture ROI connected to the same stock and range
  • Scenario and what-if modelling across sales, margin and stock
  • Landed cost, cross costing and margin checked before the buy is committed
  • Weekly trade review replaces the emailed recap deck; critical path links range to launch dates
  • One live number for every team, across apparel, FMCG and furniture, not fashion alone
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Style Arcade

Fashion-focused
RANGE ANALYTICS
Insight layer
RANGE BOARDS
  • Pulls live sales and stock from your ERP, POS and ecommerce systems
  • Beautiful, purpose-built range visualisation and range boards for fashion
  • Calculates precise buy and reorder quantities by size and store
  • Size curves, landed cost and scenario planning built into the buy file
  • Checks the buy against OTB and budget as you plan
  • Fast to adopt, merchandiser-friendly, live in weeks
  • Exports cleanly into your PO and planning systems
WHAT MERCHMIX DOES

One platform. Built to grow with you.

Merchmix helps your team plan what to buy, put stock where demand is, and keep the shop floor selling. Every module stands alone: buy one, buy a few, or run the whole platform. Most retailers start with Core, because that is where it hurts.

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ARRO

Move stock to live demand

Allocation and replenishment by SKU, store, channel and week, using live stock, rate of sale, cover, store grades and size curves.

Truly modular.

Start where the pressure is. Add modules as your team grows, with every workflow connected to the same sales, stock and planning truth.

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Planogram

Make the shop floor match the plan

2D and 3D floor plans, VM guides, compliance and fixture-level ROI connected to range and stock performance.

Most start here
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Core

Plan the season. Trade the day.

Budgets, MFP/WSSI, OTB, option planning, range planning, dashboards, reporting packs, product reviews and AI actions, all connected to daily retail decisions.

Connects to your stack

ERP, POS, ecommerce and supplier data, connected in one workflow.

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ERP

Run retail operations

Products, inventory, purchasing, sales and finance workflows connected to planning and execution.

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PLM

Develop product into the range

Specs, samples, suppliers and critical path linked directly to buying, planning and store execution.

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WMS

Run the warehouse

Receiving, putaway, picking, packing, dispatch and warehouse KPIs tied to the same stock truth.

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OMS

Take orders from anywhere

Routing, splits, backorders, dropship and fulfilment exceptions across every channel and location.

CUSTOMER STORY
Better retail outcomes diagram showing flow from Planning, Execution and Performance to Real-time alignment and Fewer delays
PROOF & CREDIBILITY

Built by retailers who know where margin really leaks.

Merchmix was built by people who have worked inside brands like ASOS, M&S, Best & Less and SABA, buying, planning and trading real ranges, with real stock, real suppliers and real margin pressure.

That experience is built into the platform: fewer disconnected decisions, faster action on stock risk and clearer commercial control for finance.

INTEGRATION MODEL

Built to connect your stack.

Merchmix connects to the systems you already use, giving teams one live view of sales, stock, orders, suppliers and store performance. Nothing gets ripped out: your ERP, POS and ecommerce tools keep doing their jobs, and the exports your team used to run by hand become feeds that run themselves.

Some teams run Style Arcade and Merchmix side by side today. Merchmix is built to make that need smaller over time, not to force a rip-and-replace on day one.

Truly modular. Start with the workflow that hurts most, then add more as the business grows.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Merchmix a Style Arcade alternative or a replacement?+
Both, depending on the team. Merchmix covers the same range and size curve analysis Style Arcade is known for, then connects that read to budget, OTB, supplier POs, allocation, replenishment and markdown. Teams that only need the range read can keep using Style Arcade. Teams that want that insight to run the season move it into Merchmix.
Can I keep Style Arcade and still use Merchmix?+
Yes. Some teams run both today. Merchmix is built to reduce how much you need a separate analytics layer over time, not to force you off a tool that's working for you.
Does Merchmix do size curve analysis?+
Yes. Size curve analysis runs natively in Merchmix's range and allocation workflow, connected to live sales and stock, not as a standalone report.
Does Merchmix do markdown suggestions?+
Markdown sits inside Merchmix's live trading reviews, where stock, sell-through and cover are visible alongside the rest of the season. It's part of the weekly decision, not a separate optimisation engine.
What is the difference between WSSI and MFP?+
They describe the same discipline. WSSI, weekly sales stock and intake, is the UK and European term; MFP, merchandise financial planning, is the US one. Merchmix runs both as one live planning grid.
How does data get in without manual exports?+
Through 300+ connectors across ERP, POS, ecommerce and supplier systems. Sales, stock and intake feed in automatically, and your ERP stays the system of record.
Does Merchmix only work for fashion?+
No. Merchmix spans apparel, FMCG and furniture, in the same platform, on the same connected planning and trading workflow.
What does it take to move from a range tool to Merchmix?+
Less than replacing a system, because there is nothing to rip out. Merchmix connects to the stack you already run, and most teams start with the workflow that hurts most, then add modules as the business grows.
Is Merchmix hard to learn if my team is used to a range tool?+
No. The planning and range views are editable grids your team will recognise. What changes is what sits behind them: live data, budget connection, and a route from every decision to execution.

See it run your whole season, not just show it.

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