Walmart has poured resources into digital merchandising platforms that allow real-time collaboration between buyers, planners, and suppliers. The result is faster buying cycles and rolling assortment updates that can respond to shifting consumer trends almost instantly.

Levi’s faced a challenge familiar to global brands: coordinating merchandising decisions across teams in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. By adopting a more connected workflow, they reduced product launch timelines by 20% and created bandwidth for new capsule collections designed to capture emerging trends.