Belk merchandising

Belk has signed an agreement to use TradeStone’s Merchandise Lifecycle Management suite of software solutions. Sales of Belk’s private brand merchandise have increased to more than 25 percent of the company’s total sales. As one of the nation’s leading privately-owned department stores, Belk prides itself on meeting customers' needs for fashion, quality, value and selection. TradeStone’s software solutions will help Belk reduce the private brands design, production and delivery cycle time, thus improving its ability to deliver fashion-forward merchandise to stores and customers in a timely and efficient manner. (Diane Hartjes, Belk project manager and director of private brands operations.)