blue yonder Convenience-store distributor Core-Mark is integrating BlueYonder Category Management solutions entirely to Blue Yonder’s SaaS (software as a service), completing the digital transformation of its space and floor offerings. Blue Yonder Global Professional Services will implement the project. The partnership offers solutions for c-store retailers to better plan their space and floor layouts to determine local assortments that attract and retain customers. Core-Mark has used Blue Yonder’s SaaS solutions in its operations in the western, southeastern and eastern regions, and the company was looking to upgrade its category management capabilities in the Midwest region to the cloud to fully digitalize its space and floor offerings, consolidate its toolset for planning staff and standardize the services offered to its customer base, it said. “Our goal is to offer intelligent assortment and space planning insights to our small- to medium-sized c-store customers to help them succeed,” said Jim Hachtel, director of category management for Core-Mark. “To achieve this, we need to offer solutions that automate cumbersome tasks and provide robust recommendations to optimize their sales. Blue Yonder is the leader in category management, so we are leveraging their capabilities to expand our use of their cloud solutions. As a result […]
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