Post by Argon & Co

Margin conversations in luxury and retail often start too late, and with too little visibility. When pressure rises, the reflex is often familiar: renegotiate, freeze spending, reduce costs quickly. Sometimes that helps. But in many cases, the biggest opportunity sits upstream. ➡️ In the product design. ➡️ In the specification choices. ➡️ In the supplier structure. ➡️ In the ability to understand what something should cost before the quote even arrives. That is why cost transparency is becoming so important. It gives teams a stronger basis for decision-making, better negotiation leverage and a clearer view of where value is really being lost. With AI, that level of visibility is becoming much more achievable at scale. ➡️ For a closer look at how cost transparency supports margin improvement, read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/e4cCpEKk