Retail is tough; so retailers like you need to take every opportunity to maximise efficiency and minimise waste, especially in complex non-core categories that are typically harder to run profitably. Data and technology has transformed complex category management, and rascal systems are at the forefront of it. One innovative way we have developed to do this in the notoriously difficult magazine category, is with EPoS-Based-Returns (EBR) - which is now proven to maximise category profitability through a reduction in shrink and labour hours in this complex category.

The solution is used by retailers such as Sainsbury's, Waitrose and WHSmith with impressive results and we'll tell you everything you need to know to consider if EBR can deliver the same for you.

Join Waitrose and rascal systems, as we use the example of magazines, to illustrate how this approach maximises profitability and category stability. We'll also look beyond magazines to suggest how comparable data at tech can be deployed to make similar improvements on other complex categories.