BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Tendenci - The Open Source AMS for Associations//Tendenci Codeba se MIMEDIR//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:--- This iCal file does *NOT* confirm registration.\nEvent det ails subject to change. ---\nhttps://www.caf-fcv.ca/events/96/\n\nEvent Ti tle: MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE: How AI Is Changing Retail Operations a nd Store Execution\nStart Date / Time: Jun 17, 2026 18:00 PM America/Toron to\nLocation: \nSpeaker: Wayne Rigney, Andy Matthews\n\nYour team already has the dashboards, the reports, and the data. The problem isn't access - it's that the operational issues that matter most, buried inside all of it , spread across systems, and slow to surface.\nJoin us for a practical 30- minute session on how AI is changing the way fashion retailers find perfor mance issues, understand what's driving them, and move from insight to act ion - faster, and with less analytical effort.\nWHAT WE'LL COVER\n\nWhy th e most valuable operational detail stays hidden, and what it costs you\nWh at AI does well in retail operations - and where it breaks down\nWhy conne cted, structured data is the foundation that makes AI genuinely useful\nA live demo: from a single Store Score to AI-driven analysis to action taske d to the right person\n\nYOU'LL SEE HOW TO ANSWER QUESTIONS LIKE\n\nWhich stores are drifting on labour, margin, or conversion before it shows up in sales?\nWhere are inventory gaps quietly limiting what you could sell?\nI s next week's staffing plan actually aligned with expected demand?\n\nThe goal isn't another report. It's a faster path from signal to action.\nWHO SHOULD ATTEND\nRetail operations leaders, store and field operations teams , merchandise planners, analysts, finance teams, and executives at Canadia n apparel retailers.\n \nREGISTER NOW, space is limited.\n \nABOUT THE RET AIL SCORE\n\n\nThe Retail Score (tRS) is a retail intelligence platform pu rpose-built for fashion, apparel, footwear, and accessories brands. We hel p retailers transform fragmented data from ERP, ecommerce, wholesale, reta il stores, inventory, returns, marketing, and finance systems into a singl e, trusted source of operational truth.\n \nFashion businesses face a uniq ue set of challenges: high SKU counts, seasonal product lifecycles, multip le sales channels, inventory risk, markdown pressure, returns, and rapidly changing consumer demand. Generic reporting tools often struggle to addre ss these complexities because they were not designed around the way appare l businesses operate.\nOriginally developed by a fashion retailer for fash ion retailers, tRS combines a retail-specific data warehouse, automated re porting, advanced analytics, and AI-driven insights within a unified retai l data model. The platform helps merchandise planners, finance teams, reta il operations leaders, and executives spend less time reconciling data and more time making confident decisions about demand, inventory, margin, ass ortment, pricing, and growth.\n \ntRS has earned the trust of leading fash ion and apparel retailers, including Zimmermann, Sussan, Cue, Macpac, and Brand Collective.\n \nWhat differentiates tRS is its deep foundation in re tail. The company was founded by a fashion retailer and built by a team wi th extensive experience across apparel retailing, wholesale operations, me rchandise planning, retail technology, and analytics.\n \nHaving lived the challenges of managing seasonal assortments, inventory investment, multip le sales channels, markdowns, and margin performance, the team designed tR S around the realities of how apparel businesses operate&mdash\;not around generic reporting requirements.\n \nToday, The Retail Score is bringing i ts proven approach to helping apparel brands unlock the full value of thei r data, improve productivity, and make faster, more profitable decisions t o the Canadian market.\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n--- This iCal file does *NOT* con firm registration.Event details subject to change. ---\n\n--- By Tendenci - The Open Source AMS for Associations ---\n UID:uid96@caf-fcv.ca SUMMARY:MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE: How AI Is Changing Retail Operations and Store Execution DTSTART:20260617T180000Z DTEND:20260617T190000Z CLASS:PUBLIC PRIORITY:5 DTSTAMP:20260604T181835Z TRANSP:OPAQUE SEQUENCE:0 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Event Title: MAKI NG THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE: How AI Is Changing Retail Operations and Store Execution

https://www.caf-fcv.ca/events/96/

When: Jun 17, 2026 18:00 PM America/Toronto
Speaker: Wayne Rigney, An dy Matthews

Your team already has the d ashboards, the reports, and the data. The problem isn't access - it's that the operational issues that matter most, buried inside all of it, spread across systems, and slow to surface.

Join us for a practi cal 30-minute session on how AI is changing the way fashion retailers find performance issues, understand what's driving them, and move from insight to action - faster, and with less analytical effort.

WH AT WE'LL COVER

YOU'LL SEE HOW TO ANSWER QUESTIONS LIKE

The goal isn't anothe r report. It's a faster path from signal to action.


WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Retail operations leaders, store and field operations teams, merch andise planners, analysts, finance teams, and executives at Canadian appar el retailers.

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REGISTE R NOW, space is limited.

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ABOUT THE RETAIL SCORE

The Retail Score (tRS) is a retail intelligence platform purpose-built for fashion, apparel, footwear, and accessories brands. We help retailers transform fragmented data from ERP, ecommerce, wholesale, r etail stores, inventory, returns, marketing, and finance systems into a si ngle, trusted source of operational truth.
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F ashion businesses face a unique set of challenges: high SKU counts, season al product lifecycles, multiple sales channels, inventory risk, markdown p ressure, returns, and rapidly changing consumer demand. Generic reporting tools often struggle to address these complexities because they were not d esigned around the way apparel businesses operate.
Originally d eveloped by a fashion retailer for fashion retailers, tRS combines a retai l-specific data warehouse, automated reporting, advanced analytics, and AI -driven insights within a unified retail data model. The platform helps me rchandise planners, finance teams, retail operations leaders, and executiv es spend less time reconciling data and more time making confident decisio ns about demand, inventory, margin, assortment, pricing, and growth.
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tRS has earned the trust of leading fashion and a pparel retailers, including Zimmermann, Sussan, Cue, Macpac, and Brand Col lective.
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What differentiates tRS is its deep foundation in retail. The company was founded by a fashion retailer and b uilt by a team with extensive experience across apparel retailing, wholesa le operations, merchandise planning, retail technology, and analytics.
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Having lived the challenges of managing seasona l assortments, inventory investment, multiple sales channels, markdowns, a nd margin performance, the team designed tRS around the realities of how a pparel businesses operate&mdash\;not around generic reporting requirements .
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Today, The Retail Score is bringing its pr oven approach to helping apparel brands unlock the full value of their dat a, improve productivity, and make faster, more profitable decisions to the Canadian market.
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