Karen A. Aboud: Biography and Business Profile

Planning

   Analytics and planning is Karen's forte. She has a proven record of meeting profit objectives; successfully helping her clients with all their analytics and planning needs through:

  • Effective and timely analysis
  • Documented learning's
  • Actionable plans
  • Modeling and forecasting which achieve profit goals
Karen continues to work with many of Canada's leading retailers and brands. 

Process and System Development

 To meet business objectives, Karen has developed and implemented numerous processes, systems and tools including:
  • Merchandise Planning (Budgeting)
  • Assortment Planning
  • Store Clustering & Allocation
  • Fashion Seasonal Modeling
  • Markdown Management
  • Sales & Inventory Analysis
  • Assortment Optimization
  • Purchase Flow Maximization
  • Open to Buy Management to business trends

Current Projects

 Town Shoes - Sizing.  
 The Shopping Channel - Special Projects within Merchandise Planning - March 2016 - May 2017.
 Project Lead - Developing and implementing both a Vendor Portal and Merchandise Planning System. Also working on Inventory management projects.
 King's Crown 1774 - analytics and strategy