{"id":23631,"date":"2025-02-20T11:52:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T11:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.board.com\/resources\/merchandise-planning-challenge\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T17:34:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:34:46","slug":"merchandise-planning-challenge","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.board.com\/resources\/merchandise-planning-challenge","title":{"rendered":"The Merchandise Planning Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section id=\"block_ba682c2cd8d687ef5b373bebaf8b8291-\" class=\"block block--spc columns-block block-hero-bubble grid grid--2 block-margin-bottom\">\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\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"columns-block-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"column-content d-flex align-items-center\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-grad-left\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-grad-copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Merchandise Planning Challenge<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"column-content text-start align-self-start\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-grad-right\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hero-bubbles-bg hero-bubbles-bg--large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.board.com\/wp-content\/themes\/board\/assets\/images\/bubbles.svg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"position: relative; 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