This solution brief explains how Blue Yonder Cognitive Merchandise Forecasting uses predictive AI and machine learning to improve merchandise planning accuracy while reducing manual planning effort. Designed to work alongside Cognitive Merchandise Financial Planning, the solution creates intelligent, granular forecasts based on demand drivers such as holidays, promotions, pricing, day-of-week effects, and external events instead of relying solely on historical sales data. Key capabilities include AI-driven plan seeding, trend sensing, future event-aware forecasting, configurable causal modeling, and mix-and-match forecasting models. Benefits include improved forecast accuracy, faster merchandise planning cycles, reduced reconciliation effort, improved in-season agility, and the ability for

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