23 September, 2024

Acne Studios Supports Growth Ambitions with Centric Planning

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Luxury fashion brand to boost efficiency in assortment planning, merchandising and buying

CAMPBELL, Calif., September 24 ,2024 – Centric Software^® is pleased to announce that Acne Studios, the Swedish fashion house, has selected Centric Planning™ to support its global activity. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products such as fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home and related goods like cosmetics & personal care as well as multi-category retail to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals.

Acne Studios is a Stockholm-based avant-garde luxury fashion house. Founded in 1996, the company has experienced sustained growth, with over 80 stores worldwide and a thriving e-commerce business operating in regions including the US, UK, Europe, China and APAC countries.

A Centric PLM™ customer since 2017, Acne Studios sought a planning solution to improve speed and enhance creativity in decision-making processes. Entering a new phase of development, with clear business goals centered around localizing its merchandising strategy while driving expansion, the brand selected Centric Planning to support its innovative growth initiatives.

The implementation of Centric’s industry-leading merchandise financial and assortment planning solution will allow Acne Studios to optimize its targeted floor sets and ranges for the customer demographic of each store, increasing sell-through and addressing diverse customer needs. Furthermore, the seamless integration between Centric Planning and Centric PLM, delivering a flow of product data and product images from concept to channel, will streamline internal Acne Studios buying and planning processes, providing a uniquely visual and data-driven perspective to collections.

“We are pleased that Acne Studios continues to place their trust in Centric,” says Fabrice Canonge, President of Centric Software. “Acne Studios is at an exciting stage of expansion where they are making critical decisions about which tools will drive their growth strategy. We are thrilled to work with the Acne Studios team as they make their merchandise and assortment planning vision into a reality.”

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ACNE Studios (www.acnestudios.com) Acne Studios is a Stockholm-based fashion house with a multidisciplinary approach. Through founder and Creative Director Jonny Johansson’s interest in photography, art, architecture and contemporary culture, an alternative path has been found, turning Acne Studios into a well-respected creator of ready-to-wear, magazines, furniture, books and exhibitions. The collections are defined by Jonny Johansson’s signature juxtaposing design and attention to detail, with an emphasis on tailoring and an eclectic use of materials and custom-developed fabrics. The collections cover men’s and women’s ready-to-wear, accessories and denim.