Marty Anderson
Principal
Successful dog training involves understanding unique personalities and extreme intelligence, as well as instincts and behaviors. Marty leverages this knowledge — combined with a solid sense of humor — to deliver meaningful results in a variety of client situations.
Marty brings nearly three decades of experience to Parker Avery, with notable executive-level positions in the retail industry in the areas of merchandising business process, planning, and change management. Marty focuses his deep expertise on leading complex programs that impact strategy and operations through strong change leadership in the areas of merchandise planning, allocation, replenishment, forecasting, size/pack optimization, pricing, assortment planning, organizational change, and process improvement. Marty is a highly engaging speaker, most recently focusing on centralized analytics. He is a graduate of Lambuth University and is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (NC State University). Marty lives near Charlotte, North Carolina, where he enjoys dog training, gaming, and spirits tasting—although typically not all at the same time.
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Recent Contributions
Apparel Retailer Expects Robust Results From Pricing and Promotions Roadmap
Client Case Study
New Forecasting and Replenishment Solution to Optimize Bottom Line
Client Case Study
NRF 2024 Exposes AI’s Customer-Facing Role In Retail Transformation
Retail & CPG Advisor, January 2024
The Expert Guide to Core Merchandising
Parker Avery Insights, September 2023
Enterprise-wide Planning Solution Drives Global Retailer’s Agility​
Client Case Study
The Expert Guide to Data Governance in Retail
Parker Avery Insights, August 2023
Transformation Happy Hour: Integrated Business Planning
Audio and Video Replays, August 2023
Transformation Happy Hour: More on Transformational Leadership
Talk Retail to Me Podcast & Video, June 2023
Retail Hierarchies Deep Dive
Talk Retail to Me Podcast and Video, April 2023
5 Key Takeaways from NRF’s 2023 Big Show
Parker Avery Blog, January 2023
The Expert Guide to Integrated Business Planning
Parker Avery Insights, November 2022
How Evereve’s private label took up 20% of its business
Modern Retail, September 2022
Not raising prices is the hot new inflation marketing tactic
Modern Retail, August 2022
Retail Pricing and Promotions Deep Dive
Talk Retail to Me Podcast, July 2022
New Merchandise Hierarchy Improves Planning and Allocation
Client Case Study
The Demand Intelligence Difference
Talk Retail to Me Podcast, September 2021
Assortment Planning: Expert Perspectives and Insights
Talk Retail to Me Podcast, September 2021
Implementing Strategic Assortment Planning Capabilities
Client Case Study
New Muscles for Effective Retailers
Talk Retail to Me Podcast, August 2021
Considerations of Remote System Implementations
Talk Retail to Me Podcast, May 2021
Considerations for Remote System Implementations
Parker Avery Blog, May 2021
Digging DEEP: Achieving Omnichannel Resilience
Parker Avery Blog, October 2020
Holistic Merchandising Organizational Design
Client Case Study
Mobilizing & Sustaining a Resilient Organization
Webinar Recap, April 2020
The New Pace of Change Leadership
Accelerating the Journey for Tomorrow’s World
Merchandising Business Process Transformation
Client Case Study
Merchandising Capability Assessment and Roadmap
Client Case Study