Assortment Scoutv1.0.0

A merchandiser pastes catalog exports and margin notes into the skill to surface long-tail bloat and hero-product dependence across a 400-SKU line. The brief delivers keep-add-expand-merge-retire recommendations and a 30-day cleanup plan.

An Amazon or Etsy seller needs to decide which variants to expand, bundle, or retire before peak season. The skill maps price-band and feature coverage gaps and flags duplicate-risk clusters from pasted performance data.

A category manager wants to know where the assortment is under-covered in price bands and pack sizes. The skill builds a coverage and gap map and highlights expansion candidates with confidence notes.

A consultant needs a fast first-pass assortment review to present to a retail client without ERP or PIM access. The skill turns rough notes into an advisory brief with a scorecard, watchlist, and likely owners.

A merchandising team prepares for a promotional push and wants to retire cannibalizing SKUs and protect hero products. The skill flags overlap clusters and returns a 30-day execution brief with human-approval framing.

Sells its own catalog through branded storefronts with owned taxonomy and margin data. Uses the skill regularly for category reviews and catalog cleanup without connecting a PIM.

Operates on Amazon, Etsy, or similar platforms where variant structure and duplicate risk drive listing performance. Uses the skill to plan line reviews and bundle strategy before peak periods.

Advises client retailers on assortment planning and catalog strategy. Uses the skill to produce fast, repeatable first-pass assortment memos that clients approve before execution.