Columbus Consulting retains by American Eagle Outfitter to improve sales & production

24 May '05

3 min read

A leading retail merchandise system consultants Columbus Consulting Inc announced it has been retained by lifestyle retailer American Eagle Outfitter (AE) to help the fashionable retailer improve business processes relating to assortment planning, allocation and replenishment.

AE, with total annual sales of more than $1.8 billion, currently operates 780 stores in 49 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and 70 stores in Canada.

Company to help leading lifestyle retailer better define business processes in order to improve sales and inventory productivity, and reduce markdowns.

“American Eagle has been one of the most successful retailers for the past couple of years, and is definitely one of the leaders of the industry,” said Rick Amari, president of Columbus Consulting Inc.

“Being selected by a company with AE's standing is strong endorsement of our capabilities, and we look forward to working with the AE team to implement processes that will help the company continue its long-term growth strategy and vision of being a dominant, multi-brand lifestyle retailer.”

The first phase of the AE project began in the first quarter of 2005. In addition to helping identify areas for improvement in assortment planning, allocation and replenishment, Columbus Consulting will also assist AE in the development of an RFI (Request for Information) for a software vendor selection process. This marks the second engagement with American Eagle for Columbus Consulting. In 2001, AE hired Columbus to identify and implement business process improvements for its product development, sourcing and supply chain efforts.

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