Visual Line Plan
A visual line plan is a line plan expressed as an image-first board rather than a numeric table — the styles, colorways, and price architecture of a season laid out visually so the range can be shaped by eye and by the numbers together.
A traditional line plan lives in a spreadsheet: categories, option counts, price tiers, and financial targets in rows and columns. A visual line plan keeps that structure but adds the picture — so the team can judge balance, story, and price flow, not just totals.
The two are complements, not competitors. The visual line plan is where the range is composed; the numeric line plan is where option counts, margin, and open-to-buy are governed. The strongest process keeps both on one connected record so a change to one updates the other.
Canvas — the visual line board inside RetailNorthstar — puts these on one connected board, live against the plan from board to buy.