Women's merchandise planning

Chico’s FAS, a women’s specialty retailer of private-branded, sophisticated, casual-to-dressy clothing, intimates and accessories, has licensed advanced technology from JDA Software to help improve merchandise planning, demand forecasting, inventory management and customer service levels, as well as help increase sales across its three retail brands that include Chico’s, White House | Black Market and Soma Intimates. “We needed proven, integrated software solutions based on retail best practices that would help us effectively balance our inventory investments with sales goals and consumer demand, and enable us to leverage every opportunity to drive revenues and increase profits,” said Jeff Jones, chief operating officer, Chico’s FAS. See http://www.chicos.com/store/home.jsp.