Trusted inventory planning system for apparel and fashion brands

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Keep your inventory on trend, even when fashions change

In the era of influencer culture, if your brand can’t keep up with fashion trends, it will quickly go out of style.

You need the power to switch up your inventory to meet rapidly-changing demand – or risk tying up your cash in items that are already out of fashion.

Inventory Planner intelligently predicts demand and offers buying recommendations you can count on, even when trends change overnight.

Features for apparel industry retailers

Fashion-focused demand forecasting

Our forecasting models reliably and accurately work for seasonal, non-seasonal, fast-fashion, slow-fashion, retail and wholesale products, so you always know the exact inventory you need to meet demand.

SKU-level inventory planning

Cut, size, color and fabric – Inventory Planner offers reliable purchasing recommendations at variant level, saving you hours on tedious, error-prone calculations.

Shorter purchasing cycle, healthier cash flow

Shorten your purchasing cycle while keeping stockout risk low (and releasing much-needed cash). Reduce your ideal ‘stock cover days’ on fast-supply items, while keeping some margin on items in short supply.

Buy new styles with confidence

Eliminate the guesswork of buying new products by ‘borrowing’ sales data from similar products. Get predicted demand and buying recommendations for every new variant, including size, color and pattern.

Plan your purchasing budgets

Plan your buying budgets with Inventory Planner’s market-leading Open-to-Buy (OTB) feature. Plan at the level that works for you – according to SKU, category or by your custom product tags. Factor in previous years’ revenue, expected margins or even the exact number of units to order based on retail price.

Optimize merchandising to boost sales

Easily identify your bestsellers, cash drainers and periodic trends with 200+ meaningful metrics. Integrate Google Analytics for combined marketing and inventory metrics and better merchandising.

Forecast for multiple inventory locations

Accurate forecasting with intelligent purchasing and warehouse transfer recommendations for all your locations including your brick and mortar stores, warehouses, FBA and 3PLs.

Optimize your shelf space and shipping

Factor your shelf space capacity in every warehouse into your buying recommendations. Scale your purchase orders to max out the space or weight available in containers, reducing the unit shipping cost of each item.

Manage all your suppliers in one place

Seamlessly manage your suppliers from one platform and scale orders to meet vendor requirements, including minimum order quantities, and more.

From SMBs to billion-dollar brands…

Retail, e-commerce, DTC, wholesale and manufacturing brands small and large rely on Inventory Planner

"Inventory Planner has definitely been an enabler for growth. We rely on that gross profit margin, so to have an accurate, top-line profit margin at all times allows us to effectively manage that bottom line."

Richard Udeze, Financial Director at Maniere De Voir

"Inventory Planner stops me getting bogged down by managing day-to-day stuff and frees me up to focus on the bigger picture."

Reiss Edgerton, Founder and CEO at AYBL

"Inventory Planner has a huge part to play in that. With the insights and accuracy we receive across each individual item, we can keep making our inventory profitability better and better."

Mike Hodgen, Co-Founder at Freedom Rave Wear

"Before, I was hesitant buying new stock, but now I know when I have enough, and that knowledge is extremely valuable. Having Inventory Planner behind us means that for the first time in my 20 year history, I have the confidence to scale."

Danielle Malconian, CEO at Vikki Vi and Plus By Design

"Inventory Planner was a game changer from the word go. It analyzes your data and gives you a reliable breakdown of exactly how much inventory we should manufacture and when to avoid running out or having too much stock."

Jessica Brooks, CEO at J Brooks Boutique

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Faq

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What does Inventory Planner do for clothing brands?

Inventory Planner helps clothing brands forecast demand and plan purchasing, so they always have the right styles and sizes in stock. It analyses sales trends, seasonality, and inventory data to recommend what (and how much) to reorder. For apparel businesses, this means reducing overstock of slow-selling items and preventing costly stockouts on popular lines—maximising both sales and cash flow.

Do I still need Inventory Planner if I already have an apparel Inventory Management System (IMS)?

Yes. While your apparel IMS tracks current stock levels, locations, and movements, Inventory Planner goes a step further by helping you plan future stock needs. It forecasts demand, generates smart replenishment suggestions, and highlights when to reorder each SKU. Together, your IMS and Inventory Planner give you complete control: one manages “what you have now,” the other ensures “what you’ll need next.”

What is apparel ERP software?

Apparel ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software is a system designed to manage all key business processes for clothing brands, from design and production to inventory, sales, accounting, and even returns. Unlike generic ERPs, apparel ERP solutions handle style and size matrices, seasonality, and complex supply chains unique to the fashion industry.

How to keep clothing inventory records?

Keeping clothing inventory records involves:

Using an inventory management system (IMS) that tracks each item by style, colour, size, and SKU.
Regularly conducting stock counts to spot discrepancies.
Recording incoming shipments and sales so your data stays up-to-date.
Running inventory reports to monitor bestsellers and slow movers.
This helps apparel businesses avoid costly errors, maintain optimal stock levels, and make informed buying decisions.

What is inventory in the apparel industry?

In the apparel industry, inventory refers to all the clothing products a business holds for sale, including finished goods in various styles, colours, and sizes. It also often covers raw materials like fabrics or trims waiting to be turned into garments. Managing this inventory efficiently is critical for clothing brands to meet demand without tying up too much cash in excess stock.