{"id":17946,"date":"2025-02-20T17:27:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T17:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.board.com\/customer\/merchandise-planning-transformation-very-group\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T16:17:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T16:17:58","slug":"merchandise-planning-transformation-very-group","status":"publish","type":"case-study","link":"https:\/\/www.board.com\/customer\/merchandise-planning-transformation-very-group","title":{"rendered":"Merchandise Planning Transformation at The Very Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section id=\"block_18cababfef77ee305c79ff19832fbfcc-\" class=\"block hero-case-study position-relative block-margin-bottom\">\n\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.board.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1920x600_header-customer-page_the-very-group-1600x500.jpg\" class=\"hero-bg-fw wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.board.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1920x600_header-customer-page_the-very-group-1600x500.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.board.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1920x600_header-customer-page_the-very-group-768x240.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.board.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1920x600_header-customer-page_the-very-group-1536x480.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.board.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1920x600_header-customer-page_the-very-group-480x150.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.board.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1920x600_header-customer-page_the-very-group-215x67.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.board.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1920x600_header-customer-page_the-very-group-572x179.jpg 572w, https:\/\/www.board.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1920x600_header-customer-page_the-very-group.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"overlay-gradient\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumb-bar bg-brand-pearl\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"d-flex flex-wrap list-unstyled mb-0 breadcrumbs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"mb-0 d-flex\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.board.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"display-2\">Merchandise Planning Transformation at The Very Group<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><p>Enhancing planning decision-making across 2,000+ brands with a flexible, efficient planning solution.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section id=\"block_34e7a8adb49ec634a0addb1e123e029f-2\" class=\"block block--spc block-content-case-study single-page__post\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"d-lg-none container\">\n\t\t\t\t<aside class=\"company-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"company-info__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.board.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/the-very-group_logo-1-768x298.png\" alt=\"The Very Group Logo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"company-info__section\">\n\t\t\t<h2>Company stats<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"list-unstyled company-info__list list-with-ticks\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mb-0\"><strong>Industry: <\/strong>Fashion &amp; Luxury<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mb-0\"><strong>Department: <\/strong>All<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mb-0\"><strong>Revenue: <\/strong>\u00a32.2 billion<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mb-0\"><strong>Brands: <\/strong>+2,000<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mb-0\"><strong>Customers: <\/strong>4.4 million<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"container container--narrow\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-7 single-page__post-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>The Very Group, a major UK retailer and financial services provider, faced volatile demand and supply chain challenges due to the pandemic. Lacking integrated planning, they sought a partnership with Board to enhance efficiency, collaboration, and consistent results. With Board&#8217;s help, they transformed their planning approach, achieving faster data insights and standardized frameworks. Now more efficient and adaptable, The Very Group can respond effectively to changing customer demand and supply chain instabilities in their fast-paced environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"block block--spc columns-block wp-block-acf-testimonial-single\" id=\"block_c97b8b548fe76615734648ba1caa7d2e\"\t\tclass=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"card card--testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-quote\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-quote__wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Planning is one of the most difficult capabilities to land successfully. When we were looking for a solution provider, it was clear that Board would be right for us because of its flexibility, and our teams instantly became comfortable with the user interface they would be working with.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-info-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"testimonial-name\">Tom Goulden<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-job-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"testimonial-role\">Product Director, Retail<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"video-wrap loading ratio ratio-16x9\">\n\t\t\t<button id=\"block_ca1cd0f8fc283fdeb9c403cbf1f82edd-vimeo-play-button\" class=\"video-wrap__play vimeo-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play Video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"video-wrap__bg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Placeholder\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/i.vimeocdn.com\/video\/1762396554-8629141ad6a22b360581e51875e7504275fe52d5331333b79c30d469f49f1e68-d_1920x1080?&#038;r=pad&#038;region=us)\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<iframe id=\"block_ca1cd0f8fc283fdeb9c403cbf1f82edd-vimeoVid\" title=\"Vimeo video player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/857523668?h=70b7d36ba5\" class=\"vimeo-video\"  allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Very Group, one of the UK\u2019s largest multi-brand retailer and financial services provider, faced challenges due to volatile demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. These <strong>challenges ranged from supply chain disruptions to evolving customer needs<\/strong>. Inconsistent, unconnected planning processes emerged across the various business categories. The team embarked on a transformation journey to address these issues by<strong> adopting a more intelligent planning approach to enhance planning efficiency and team collaboration and provide a framework for consistent results<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Partnering with Board, The Very Group experienced a collaborative relationship throughout the implementation process. Together, they <strong>completely transformed their planning approach, establishing an integrated solution for consistent planning and improving day-to-day decision-making efficiency<\/strong>. The team now delivers data insights faster to key stakeholders, operating with standardized frameworks and achieving unprecedented planning efficiency. This positions The Very Group to effectively <strong>respond to fluctuating customer demand and supply chain instabilities in a fast-paced and ever-changing business environment<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-none d-lg-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<aside class=\"company-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"company-info__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.board.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/the-very-group_logo-1-768x298.png\" alt=\"The Very Group Logo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"company-info__section\">\n\t\t\t<h2>Company stats<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"list-unstyled company-info__list list-with-ticks\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mb-0\"><strong>Industry: <\/strong>Fashion &amp; Luxury<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mb-0\"><strong>Department: <\/strong>All<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mb-0\"><strong>Revenue: <\/strong>\u00a32.2 billion<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mb-0\"><strong>Brands: <\/strong>+2,000<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mb-0\"><strong>Customers: <\/strong>4.4 million<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/section>\n\n\t\n\n\t<section id=\"block_f1df3dd24d5227c372294c4fa4ae91ba-3\" class=\"block block--spc columns-block block-title-template pb-0 bg-shade-50 block-title-case-study\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container position-relative\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"columns-block-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-content text-start align-self-start\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center 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