Mr. Heath Wells reports

NUORDER BY LIGHTSPEED REVOLUTIONIZES VISUAL MERCHANDISING WITH A NEW ASSORTMENT PLANNING SOLUTION FOR BRANDS

Lightspeed Commerce Inc. has launched NuORDER Assortments, a groundbreaking solution that revolutionizes the way brands plan assortments. The cutting-edge technology allows them to visualize, merchandise and plan their assortment -- all in one collaborative on-line environment. NuORDER Assortments gives brands the capability to optimize their assortment to plan for the right mix of products in the right place at the right time. The ability to develop a more localized assortment ensures customers can find what they are looking for, helping reduce markdowns and increase overall margins.

Traditionally, brands struggled to assort their own retail stores due to manual processes and disconnected data systems. These outdated practices result in continuous updates and errors, leading to inefficiencies and wasted resources. NuORDER Assortments allows brands to bid farewell to cumbersome procedures and embrace a streamlined, collaborative on-line environment that empowers them to visualize, merchandise and plan assortments across multiple storefronts more effectively.

"Our new assortment planning solution is a game changer for brands," said Heath Wells, general manager, B2B (business-to-business), at Lightspeed. "Enabling them to visualize what each store assortment will look like, combined with the ability to slice and dice data by any product attribute to make more informed decisions, is really something that's never been done before. NuORDER Assortments empowers brands that own and operate multiple retail locations to optimize their inventory allocation, identify merchandising gaps and make more informed decisions -- all in one unified platform. This technology has been successfully utilized by our esteemed retail partners, including Nordstrom, Saks and Macy's, and we're excited to bring its benefits directly to brands themselves."

NuORDER Assortments offers tangible benefits to brands that own and operate their own retail locations, streamlining the preseason assortment planning process and leading to significant time savings. Early adopters of the solution have reported a 55-per-cent reduction in time spent on fixing errors, a 40-per-cent reduction in time spent on sizing and an impressive 60-per-cent reduction in time spent on manual data entry.

"Implementing NuORDER Assortments meant more accurate roll-ups and a clear process to write smarter buys," said Stephanie Gin, director of buying, Brunello Cucinelli. "We now get an immediate visual of the assortment, thus making it much easier to analyze and review. The tool has improved collaboration between the merchandising and planning teams, they are now able to analyze and pull live data throughout the writing process. The tool has replaced all manual processes and has become essential to our buying process."

Key features will enable brands to:

• Identify and fill merchandising gaps: Conduct visual style-outs with increased visibility. Roll up and review plans by store or any product attribute.
• Improve internal collaboration: Buying, planning and allocation teams can share and edit assortments in real time.
• Streamline product allocation: Use preset size curves and bulk distribution to more accurately allocate products across stores.
• Boost productivity: Spend less time on manual data entry. Robust ERP (enterprise resource planning) and back-end integrations feed up-to-date product data into the platform.

"We are thrilled to introduce NuORDER Assortments to the market," added Mr. Wells. "To date, the NuORDER by Lightspeed product offering has focused on developing innovative technology to streamline the wholesale buying and selling process. NuORDER Assortments is our first solution that streamlines the direct-to-consumer retailing process, expanding our product offering to revolutionize the way brands merchandise their own stores. Now, brands can transform their planning process, gain valuable insights, and drive more efficient and profitable assortments."

About NuORDER by Lightspeed

NuORDER by Lightspeed is a leading B2B (business-to-business) platform powering commerce and discovery for the world's best brands and retailers. The platform includes virtual showroom technology, visual assortment and merchandising tools, and integrated payments solutions. Today, more than 3,000 brands and more than 100,000 retailers use NuORDER by Lightspeed to streamline the wholesale buying and selling process. Lightspeed acquired NuORDER in 2021.

About Lightspeed Commerce Inc.

Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale and provide exceptional customer experiences. Its cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies on-line and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.

Founded in Montreal, Canada, in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange. With teams across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality and golf businesses in over 100 countries.

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