Take the Guesswork Out of Ordering

Avoid over buying and become more profitable with M1

4 Ways We Help Independent Retailers

Data Insights

You feel that your inventory turns aren’t optimized. Know exactly where the opportunities are to take your company to the next level.

Soundboard

It’s lonely at the top and its hard to make hard decisions yourself. A soundboard can help you gut check your decisions and stay motivated.

Offload It

You’re wearing too many hats and don’t always feel qualified. Offload technical inventory analysis and focus on where you’re confident.

Knowledge

It’s not always clear why your business can’t move forward. Learn the retail concepts you need to drive better, more confident decisions.

Let’s ask you some questions to figure out what’s best for you.

Is Your Inventory Turning Fast Enough?

You can calculate your inventory turns it by dividing your Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) by your average inventory for the year.

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Typical Annual Inventory Turns
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Let’s chat about where we can help you improve

We’ve helped thousands of independent retailers in every vertical imaginable manage billions in goods.

“We saw drastic results. We were over-inventoried and it made us a better store. It's the best investment we ever made. It pays for itself."

Rita Phillips
Iowa State University Book Store
Ames, IA
Books, Gifts

“I wish we would have had Management One when we started our business. We made some expensive mistakes that they would have helped us avoid.”

Josephine Pfeiffer
Fleur De Lys
Costa Mesa, CA
Gifts, Apparel

"M1 offers a roadmap for growth and scalability, offering key insight into what's working and what's not for our retail store."

Mallory Dabney
heyday
Bozeman, MT
Apparel, Gifts, Home Goods

Management One has been amazing! Their information drives improvement in sales, margin and inventory turns. Now we can clearly see what’s working and what isn’t, and easily figure out what to do about it.

Mark Wells
Tommy’s Slalom Shop
Colorado, Florida, Michigan
Boating

No more winging it. No more flying blind.

What we offer:

Inventory Insights &
Forecasting Software

  • Supercharge your “gut feel”

  • Sophisticated & actionable reporting and easy to consume insights

Professional expertise

  • You’re not on your own

  • An expert can be involved as much or as little as you need

Our software and expertise is flexible to fit your needs.

Management One is all about Inventory planning, but there are other types of inventory software.

POS + Excel

Uses basic POS data combined with Excel spreadsheets to manage inventory

How It Helps ▶
  • Provides visibility to inventory without needing specialized software
  • Simple and inexpensive solution for managing inventory basics
When It Doesn't Help ▶
  • Lack of automation makes it error-prone
  • Difficult to scale for anything over $200k

Inventory Planning (what we offer)

Software that helps forecast inventory needs based on historical sales data and trends

How It Helps ▶
  • Identifying stock issues before they become issues
  • Reducing time spent digging through data manually
  • Taking confident markdowns
When It Doesn't Help ▶
  • For new retailers without adequate data history
  • Stores too small (below $200k annual revenue)

Min-Max

Simple system setting minimum and maximum inventory levels

How It Helps ▶
  • Managing replenishment for predictable, low-complexity inventory needs
  • Quick, simple methods to prevent stockouts
When It Doesn't Help ▶
  • For high-variety, high-complexity inventory needs
  • Cannot adjust for trends or unique demand patterns

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