Planning experts share 5 emerging trends and 5 ways planners can free up time to get ready for them.

Most merchandise offices today struggle to keep pace with the shifting needs of shoppers. Not only must they effectively interact wherever and however shoppers want but must simultaneously react to escalating management demands.

And with all that pressure, merchandise planners must also somehow find time to evaluate and execute on emerging trends like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

In this informative and insightful webinar, Paula Rosenblum of Retail Systems Research will present the top five planning trends as identified by their latest Merchandising Benchmark Report. Peter Charness of Aptos, will follow with five practical tips for finding efficiencies within the planning process and creating more time to pursue new priorities and trends.

Finally, to expand further, retail strategy expert Carol Spieckerman from RetailWire’s BrainTrust panel will then join Paula and Peter for a lively discussion and audience Q&A.