Clara · Retailer Signals · public example
Attribute signals across retailer-defined newness and sales rank
Cardigan structure anchors both the current winning layer and the clearest emerging detail, while the available evidence supports a bounded category read rather than a broad directional claim.
The evidence supports continuity in garment structure, with newer products adding a more specific knit expression rather than replacing the current winning form.
This is a bounded synthesis of passed bundle comparisons.
It describes the captured retailer snapshot and does not establish causality.
Long-sleeve cardigans provide the broadest recurring structural signal, while black cardigans add a more specific color-and-form expression.
Long-sleeve cardigans appear in 33.3% of top sellers versus 12.5% of other products, covering 13 top sellers across 11 brands.
The breadth across brands makes this more than a single-label effect.
The bundle remains descriptive of the captured retailer rank surface.
Black cardigans account for 12.8% of top sellers versus 3.9% of other products and span 5 top-seller brands.
Color sharpens an already established garment-form signal.
The bundle is narrower than the broader long-sleeve cardigan pattern.
| layer | comparison | signal_bundle | focus_n | baseline_n | focus_share | baseline_share | delta | index | brands | source_file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winning now | Top sellers vs others | black + cardigan | 5 | 6 | 12.8% | 3.9% | +8.9 pp | 3.25x | 5 | top_seller_pairs.csv |
| Winning now | Top sellers vs others | black + cardigan + v-neck | 3 | 1 | 7.7% | 0.7% | +7.0 pp | 11.69x | 3 | top_seller_triples.csv |
| Winning now | Top sellers vs others | black + v-neck | 4 | 4 | 10.3% | 2.6% | +7.6 pp | 3.90x | 4 | top_seller_pairs.csv |
| Emerging signal | Recent vs rest | cardigan + cable-knit | 4 | 0 | 10.3% | 0.0% | +10.3 pp | 4 | innovation_pairs.csv | |
| Emerging signal | Recent vs rest | black + v-neck | 3 | 5 | 7.7% | 3.3% | +4.4 pp | 2.34x | 3 | innovation_pairs.csv |
Source: top_seller_pairs.csv, top_seller_triples.csv, innovation_pairs.csv, innovation_triples.csv
The ranked surface contains some brand over-indexing, but the leading cardigan bundles themselves span several brands.
Khaite represents 2.1% of the captured catalog and 7.7% of the top-seller cohort, an over-index of 3.67x.
Brand effects are present and should be separated from bundle breadth.
A high index can be amplified by a small catalog base.
Cable-knit cardigans are the clearest differentiated bundle in the retailer-defined new cohort.
Cable-knit cardigans appear in 10.3% of retailer-defined new products and 0.0% of the remaining assortment, with 4 new products across 4 brands.
The signal adds specific knit detail to a familiar cardigan structure.
The absolute cohort remains small and should not be treated as a market forecast.
A differentiated bridge is not a completely new garment form; it is a more specific knit expression inside an already visible cardigan structure.
The same bundle reaches 7.7% of top sellers and 10.3% of retailer-defined new products, compared with 0.7% of other products and 0.0% of the remaining assortment.
The bundle is already visible among winners while becoming more prevalent in the newest cohort.
The high overlap between ranked surfaces means these layers are related rather than independent confirmation.
| signal_bundle | alignment | current_n | current_share | current_delta | current_index | emerging_n | emerging_share | emerging_delta | emerging_index | current_brands | recent_brands | source_files |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cardigan + cable-knit | Bridge | 3 | 7.7% | +7.0 pp | 11.69x | 4 | 10.3% | +10.3 pp | 3 | 4 | innovation_pairs.csv | top_seller_pairs.csv | |
| black + v-neck | Bridge | 4 | 10.3% | +7.6 pp | 3.90x | 3 | 7.7% | +4.4 pp | 2.34x | 4 | 3 | innovation_pairs.csv | top_seller_pairs.csv |
| brown + cardigan | Bridge | 4 | 10.3% | +7.6 pp | 3.90x | 3 | 7.7% | +4.4 pp | 2.34x | 4 | 3 | innovation_pairs.csv | top_seller_pairs.csv |
| cardigan + long sleeve | Bridge | 13 | 33.3% | +20.8 pp | 2.67x | 11 | 28.2% | +14.4 pp | 2.04x | 11 | 9 | innovation_pairs.csv | top_seller_pairs.csv |
| brown + long sleeve | Bridge | 5 | 12.8% | +9.5 pp | 3.90x | 6 | 15.4% | +12.8 pp | 5.85x | 5 | 4 | innovation_pairs.csv | top_seller_pairs.csv |
Source: top_seller_pairs.csv, top_seller_triples.csv, innovation_pairs.csv, innovation_triples.csv
| rank | lane | gross_weight | incremental | cumulative | skus | brands | robustness | source_file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Color Black + Lifestyle Contemporary | 30.5% | 30.5% | 30.5% | 13 | 6 | 3/4 alpha settings | web_shelf_selected_shelves.csv |
| 2 | Lifestyle Premier Designer + Sleeve Length Long Sleeve | 27.6% | 26.8% | 57.3% | 28 | 15 | 4/4 alpha settings | web_shelf_selected_shelves.csv |
| 3 | Color Pink + Sleeve Length Long Sleeve | 11.3% | 11.1% | 68.4% | 5 | 4 | 2/4 alpha settings | web_shelf_selected_shelves.csv |
| 4 | Color Red + Sleeve Length Long Sleeve | 12.5% | 10.4% | 78.8% | 5 | 5 | 2/4 alpha settings | web_shelf_selected_shelves.csv |
| 5 | Lifestyle Contemporary + Sleeve Length Long Sleeve | 16.0% | 5.5% | 84.3% | 14 | 11 | 4/4 alpha settings | web_shelf_selected_shelves.csv |
Source: web_shelf_selected_shelves.csv, web_shelf_robustness_summary.csv
Selected products make the recurring bundles concrete, while the package offers no usable consumer-review validation for this snapshot.
The package contains 0 usable winner-review rows and 0 usable emerging-product review rows.
Product examples can validate expression, but consumer experience cannot be assessed from this package.
Missing reviews are not evidence of consumer rejection.
| cohort | rank | brand | product | matched_signal | rating | reviews | attributes | caveat | image_file | source_file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top seller | #1 | Saks Fifth Avenue | COLLECTION Cashmere Cropped Open Bolero Cardigan | black + cardigan | No review metrics in package; Sparse resolved attributes | images/0400021837770.avif | top_seller_products.csv | |||
| Top seller | #3 | Akris punto | Cashmere Cardigan | black + cardigan | No review metrics in package; Sparse resolved attributes | images/0400024692491.avif | top_seller_products.csv | |||
| Top seller | #6 | DÔEN | Arella Puff-Sleeve Cashmere Cardigan | black + cardigan | No review metrics in package; Sparse resolved attributes | images/0400023290797.avif | top_seller_products.csv | |||
| Top seller | #28 | Khaite | Scarlett Cashmere Cardigan | black + cardigan + v-neck | No review metrics in package; Sparse resolved attributes; No package image | top_seller_products.csv | ||||
| Top seller | #14 | Vince | Weekend V-Neck Cashmere Sweater | black + v-neck | No review metrics in package; Sparse resolved attributes | images/0400017216322.avif | top_seller_products.csv | |||
| Top seller | #2 | Saks Fifth Avenue | Cashmere Cable-Knit Cardigan | cardigan + cable-knit | No review metrics in package; Sparse resolved attributes | images/0400024692486.avif | top_seller_products.csv | |||
| Top seller | #11 | Prada | Re-Cashmere Cardigan | cardigan + cable-knit | No review metrics in package; Sparse resolved attributes | images/0400022159374.avif | top_seller_products.csv | |||
| Top seller | #21 | Guest in Residence | Jane Plaid Cable-Knit Crewneck Cardigan | cardigan + cable-knit | No review metrics in package; Sparse resolved attributes | images/0400025560209.avif | top_seller_products.csv | |||
| Top seller | #7 | Vince | Scallop Trim Wool-Cashmere Cardigan | red + cardigan | No review metrics in package; Sparse resolved attributes | images/0400026463899.avif | top_seller_products.csv | |||
| Recent | #42 | DÔEN | Danae Rib-Knit Cashmere Cardigan | red + cardigan | No review metrics in package; Sparse resolved attributes | images/0400023290706.avif | recent_products.csv |
Source: top_seller_pairs.csv, top_seller_triples.csv, innovation_pairs.csv, innovation_triples.csv, top_seller_products.csv, recent_products.csv
winning now
Saks Fifth Avenue
A black cropped cardigan that makes the winning color-and-form bundle visible in product form.
winning now
Miu Miu
A long-sleeve cardigan sitting inside the broad winning structural bundle.
emerging signal
Saks Fifth Avenue
A cable-knit cardigan that directly expresses the strongest emerging bundle and its bridge to winners.
emerging signal
Prada
A second-brand cable-knit cardigan that reinforces the bundle's cross-brand expression.
The analysis compares normalized cohort prevalence from the existing audited package. Retailer-defined newness and captured rank surfaces are descriptive inputs, not causal or market-wide measures.
The retailer-defined new cohort contains 39 products and the remaining cohort contains 152 products.
Cohort shares, not raw counts alone, are the relevant comparison basis.
Newness follows the retailer-ranked surface already encoded by the package.
sort_overlap_qualityThe newest and top-seller ranked surfaces have unusually high top-window overlap, so the layers should not be read as independent confirmation.
review_evidence_unavailableConsumer-review validation is unavailable for both the winning and emerging bundle layers.
retailer_snapshot_scopeFindings describe one captured retailer assortment and rank surface rather than the wider market.