RETAIL SYSTEMS

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
AVIS RETAIL SYSTEMS	RILLEM CORPORATION	500 AVIS DRIVE ANN ARBOR MI 48108	RETAIL SYSTEMS;RETAIL STORE SERVICES AND DISTRIBUTORSHIP SERVICES IN THE FIELD OF COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE;
GERS RETAIL SYSTEMS	ESCALATE, INC.	Suite 100 9890 Towne Centre Drive San Diego CA 92121	RETAIL SYSTEMS;Computer services, namely, computer custom programming for others, integration of computer systems and networks, computer systems analysis, and computer consultation;
RETAIL SYSTEMS ALERT	RETAIL SYSTEMS B2B	77 OAK STREET, SUITE 201 NEWTON UPPER FALLS MA 02464	A NEWSLETTER ABOUT AUTOMATION FOR RETAILERS;RETAIL SYSTEMS;
RETAIL SYSTEMS ALERT	FRIEDMAN, THOMAS H.	P.O. BOX 312 NEWTON HIGHLANDS MA 02161	A NEWSLETTER ABOUT AUTOMATION FOR RETAILERS;RETAIL SYSTEMS;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

The invention provides methods of, and systems for, optimizing the allocation of inventory to, and pricing of, goods sold by multiple retail sites, e.g., in a store, chain or other retail enterprise. Such a method includes generating a plurality of possible or "candidate" allocations of a given inventory among the multiple retail sites. That inventory can be, for example, a supply of the same or like goods at a distribution center that serves the retail sites. Each candidate allocation comprises an assignment of a respective share of that inventory to each of the sites. For each of the candidate allocations, an optimal price of the goods at each of the retail sites is estimated. The optimal price is one that will return an optimal gross margin to the respective site, given its assignment of the respective share of the inventory for the particular candidate allocation. For each of the candidate allocations, a sum is determined of the optimal gross margins across all the retail sites. From substantially all possible allocations, the candidate allocation that results in a largest total optimal gross margin is efficiently chosen.