Product 3 of 5 · Size and pack
A size curve for every store. Packs your suppliers can build.
SeasonTail decides how each buy splits across sizes and stores, and how it ships in packs, so every store keeps a sellable run of sizes until the season ends.
| Store | XS | S | M | L | XL | Packs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin, Domain | 4 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 × A + 4 eaches |
| Chicago, Loop | 6 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 × B + 2 eaches |
| Denver, Cherry Creek | 2 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 2 × C + 6 eaches |
| Miami, Brickell | 7 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 × B |
| Portland, Pearl | 3 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 × C + 4 eaches |
What goes wrong today.
One chain curve for every store
The same size mix goes to a downtown store and a suburban one. One runs out of M in week five; the other is left with XL in week twelve.
Sales history hides demand
When a size sold out, its sales stopped. A curve built on raw sales learns that customers didn't want the size they couldn't find.
Packs set by habit
Prepack ratios chosen years ago push the wrong mix into stores that never needed it, and the fringe sizes pile up.
Same buy. Different ending.
A single size curve for the whole chain sends the same mix to every store. SeasonTail gives each store its own curve, so the same units sell through instead of waiting for markdown.
What size and pack does.
Size curves by store
Learned for each store, category and fit from its own sales and stock. Stores with thin history borrow from similar stores, never from the chain average.
Lost sales from missing sizes
Weeks when a size was out are recognised, and the demand it would have sold is estimated, so the curve reflects what customers came for.
Pack optimization
The prepack ratios and the mix of packs and eaches for each store, within supplier minimums and your warehouse rules.
New styles and new stores
Curves taken from similar styles and similar stores, so a first buy is not a guess.
Size-run risk before the buy
See which stores are likely to break a run, and in which week, while the order can still change.
Purchase-order detail
Quantities by size and pack for every style, ready for the purchase order and the first allocation.
From your data to a decision you can check.
Every recommendation shows its reasons. Planners adjust and approve before anything is sent.
Reads
- Weekly sales and stock by store and size
- Product attributes and fits
- Supplier pack rules and minimums
- Store list, grades and clusters
Decides
- A size curve for each store and category
- Pack ratios for each style
- Packs and eaches for each store
Sends
- Purchase-order quantities by size
- Pack definitions for suppliers
- The first allocation by store and size
One model behind every decision.
Size and pack reads from the same season model as the other four decisions. Use it on its own, and every one you add later starts with what it has learned.
How the platform fits togetherKeep your stack. Add size and pack.
Size and pack works on its own, next to the systems you already use. Add the other decisions when you're ready: they read from the same season model, so each one starts with everything the last one learned.
See how it fits together- Works with what you run
- Exports from your merchandising, ERP and allocation systems are enough to start. Decisions go back in the formats those systems already take.
- Planners stay in charge
- Every recommendation shows its reasons. Planners adjust and approve, and nothing leaves until they do.
- Your data stays yours
- It is used to plan your season, and never shown to another retailer.
Questions about size and pack.
How much history do we need?
Two years of weekly sales and stock by store and size is ideal. Less works: stores and styles with thin history borrow from similar ones.
What if a supplier can only build a few packs?
Pack count, minimum quantities and ratios per supplier are constraints. SeasonTail finds the best mix of packs and eaches within them.
Does it work for footwear and bottoms?
Yes. Width, length and inseam are sizes like any other. Curves are learned on the size grid each category actually uses.
See size and pack on your own season.
Bring one category's sales and stock. We'll show you what SeasonTail would decide, and why.