Wet Seal selects SAS® to size it right

SAS® Size Profiling helps retailer enhance customer service, turn inventory and improve margins

CARY, NC .– The Wet Seal Inc., a leading specialty retailer of fashionable and contemporary apparel, has selected SAS® Size Profiling to more effectively distribute clothing sizes in its individual stores. SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services, has already begun working with Wet Seal to roll out the software.

“Using SAS Size Profiling means our customers will find the fashion they want in their preferred sizes through most of the main selling season,” said Wet Seal CIO Jon Kubo. “We expect this will minimize markdowns and lost sales as the use of accurate, store-specific size profiles for each style will minimize situations where we order too many or too few of any specific size. We anticipate this will enhance our customer service and boost our margins. Automating this aspect of our ordering and buying processes with the very sophisticated size-related analytics in SAS Size Profiling helps ensure no opportunity is lost.”
What does SAS® Size Profiling do for retailers?

SAS Size Profiling uses powerful analytics to transform historical sales data into accurate projections of future demand by size. Integrated with existing merchandising systems, it applies this intelligence to purchasing and allocation workflows. The result is optimal, store-specific size profiles that match local demand. Both pre-season and in-season profiling are systematized through an intuitive user interface and automated workflow.