Category Decision & Shelf Assortment Tool

Know which SKUs to cut, keep and reorder. By store.

Retailloom reads sell-through rate, gross margin, and shelf-space allocation per store — not the chain average, not last season's plan. Every Monday morning, your category team gets a ranked decision list: cut, keep, or reorder with quantities.

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Still running last season's assortment plan?
Still building store clusters in Excel?
Still guessing which SKUs to cut this cycle?
How It Works

From raw POS data to ranked decisions in three steps

No data warehouse needed. No consultant required.

1

Connect your data

Upload POS exports, ERP reports, or connect directly. Shopify POS, Square, NCR, SAP Retail — flat file or API.

2

Retailloom reads the signals

We process sell-through, margin per SKU, and shelf space allocation — by store, not chain average.

3

Get your ranked decision list

Every Monday: cut, keep, or reorder — by SKU, by store. Exportable to your planogram tool or buyer workflow.

See the full workflow
The Signals We Read

Four data dimensions. One ranked decision.

A cut/keep/reorder call made from one signal — sell-through alone, margin alone — is wrong about a third of the time. Retailloom runs all four together before producing a recommendation.

Signal 1

Sell-Through Rate

By store cluster and week — not the chain average that hides your hero stores and dead-weight stores.

Signal 2

Gross Margin per SKU

How each SKU's margin compares to the category average — a high-volume low-margin item may be costing shelf space.

Signal 3

Shelf Space Allocation

Facing count vs velocity — a SKU with 6 facings and 40% sell-through is underperforming, not struggling.

Signal 4

Plan vs Actual Deviation

Last season's forecast vs actual performance — large deviations flag which SKUs were planned on stale assumptions.

Monday Morning Output

Here is what your category team sees on Monday morning.

One ranked sheet per category. SKU by SKU. Store by store. Cut, keep, or reorder with quantities.

CATEGORY DECISION SHEET — Home Goods • Week of 2026-02-09 • 23 SKUs • 8 stores
SKU ID SKU Name Store Sell-Through Gross Margin Shelf Facings Recommendation
SKU-1042 Ceramic Mug Set Store 14 — Mpls NE 84% 31% 2 REORDER 36 units
SKU-0887 Woven Throw Blanket Store 07 — Uptown 62% 28% 3 KEEP
SKU-2231 Scented Candle 8oz Store 23 — Edina 27% 14% 6 CUT
SKU-3309 Bamboo Cutting Board Store 14 — Mpls NE 94% 26% 2 REORDER 48 units
SKU-1155 Linen Napkin 4-pack Store 31 — St. Paul 73% 22% 4 KEEP
SKU-4478 Glass Storage Jar Set Store 07 — Uptown 88% 34% 2 REORDER 24 units
SKU-0662 Decorative Tray Set Store 23 — Edina 31% 21% 5 CUT
SKU-2890 Herb Garden Kit Store 31 — St. Paul 67% 29% 3 KEEP
From the field

Category managers on the difference between a pivot table and a ranked decision list

We were running every category review from last year's sell-through averages. Retailloom showed us that three of our top-performing stores were running out of our best SKUs every week — we just couldn't see it in the chain average.

Category Manager, regional home goods chain

The cut list alone was worth it. We had six SKUs taking up six facings each with sub-30% sell-through. That space went to three new items that are already tracking at 75%. Retailloom made the case for me.

VP Merchandising, specialty gift retailer

I used to spend Tuesday building the POS pivot and Thursday deciding. Now I get the ranked list Monday morning and I'm in buyer conversations by Tuesday afternoon. Half the prep work just went away.

Buyer, 28-store outdoor goods chain

Ready to replace the guesswork?

Stop running last season's plan.

Get your first ranked SKU decision sheet in 48 hours. No data warehouse needed.