{"id":352190,"date":"2026-06-29T16:12:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/investing\/the-spread-is-the-story-management-one-inventory-planning\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:12:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:12:56","slug":"the-spread-is-the-story-management-one-inventory-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=352190","title":{"rendered":"The Spread Is the Story \u2014 Management One Inventory Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5f3d8d99622807202f05888e\/1712692992733-NHJDUUJS6W4QSYM5IK4O\/Copy+of+Indie+Insights+%281%29.png?format=1500w\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: start; ; white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--accent\"><strong>One More Thing We&#8217;re Watching<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: start; ; white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"sqsrte-large\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\">Independent retailers are going AI-native on the marketing side, and it&#8217;s no longer a one-off. We&#8217;re seeing it across different verticals: owners generating their holiday promo concepts with AI, and one service retailer running AI-written front-desk scripts that recommend mid-tier services first, lifting the average sale. We think that&#8217;s a good thing. AI is fast and cheap at marketing ideas, and the owners getting the most out of it are the ones backing those ideas with planning discipline: clean data, an honest open-to-buy, and a forecast they trust. That combination is exactly what M1 is here to build with you.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: start; ; white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--accent\"><strong>The Takeaway<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: start; ; white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"sqsrte-large\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\">May confirmed the recovery and widened the gap. 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