Gartner features Impact Analytics PlanSmart in its Market Guide for Retail Merchandise Financial Planning

Retailers today need to tightly connect financial targets with merchandise sales plans to stay competitive and profitable. Traditional, manual approaches often lead to excess inventory or stockouts across seasons—hurting both margin and customer satisfaction. By simplifying, localizing, and optimizing merchandise financial planning, companies are now making strategic planning more efficient, accurate, and sustainable with the power of AI and ML.

PlanSmart, a leading solution in the market today, enables retailers and brands to:

• Create AI-forecasted, sales-driven financial plans
• Plan flexibly across merchandise and location hierarchies
• Build multiple what-if scenarios with version control
• Align open-to-buy budgets with planning decisions
• Simplify exception management and reviews
• Create demand-led, customer-centric plans across levels

We are honored and delighted to be recognized by Gartner as a representative vendor, and this further validates our mission to empower both large and small businesses in achieving true growth, increased profits, and fostering digital-first decision-making through automation and innovation.