News | Press Release

3rd July 2019 | 1 min read Retail Express was recognised among a shortlist of vendors in the 2019 report. July 2019 – Retail Express, a leading provider of merchandising solutions, today announced that it has been identified as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for Unified Price, Promotion and Markdown Optimisation Applications – July 2019. “Our sole focus for seven years has been on …

Forecasting | Press Release

31st December 2018 | 1 min read Retail Express was recognised among a shortlist of vendors in the 2018 report. Dec 2018 – Retail Express, a leading provider of merchandising solutions, today announced that it has been identified as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for Retail Forecasting and Replenishment Solutions[1]. “Our sole focus for four years has been on working closely with our customers …

News | Press Release

20th June 2018 | 1 min read Retail Express was recognised among a shortlist of vendors in the 2018 report. June 2018 – Retail Express, a leading provider of merchandising solutions, today announced that it has been identified as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for Unified Price, Promotion and Markdown Optimization Applications, 2018 [1]. “Our sole focus for four years has been on working closely …

News | Press Release

17th May 2018 | 2 min read Retail Express attended Next Generation Retail Summit, Royal Turnberry Hotel, 14 – 16 May 2018 Scotland UK – May 14th – 16th 2018 – Retail Express The summit was an opportunity to sit down 1 on 1 over 3 days with key retailer professionals from across Europe and discuss the latest advances in machine learning and how we can use …

Trade Shows | Press Release

7th May 2018 | 1 min read Retail Express wraps up 2 successful days at Retail Business Technology Expo 2018. London UK – May 2nd & 3rd 2018 – Retail Express The show was an opportunity to meet with retail professionals, listen to our peers in the industry and learn from the people on the front line of retail. As a team of former retail professionals, we …

News | Press Release

30 October 2017 | 1 min read Retail Express Chosen by Gartner Research for Inclusion in 2017 Market Guide for Retail Forecasting and Replenishment Solutions Leeds UK – Oct 30, 2017 – Retail Express has been selected for the 5th consecutive year by Gartner research to be included in their latest market report “Market Guide for Retail Forecasting and Replenishment Solutions”. In the report, Mike Grizwold, Research …

Merchandising | Press Release

30th March 2017 | 1 min read Retail Express Chosen by Forrester Research for Inclusion in 2017 Vendor Landscape: Merchandise Management Systems report Leeds UK – March, 2017 – Retail Express has been selected by Forrester Research to be included in their latest Vendor Landscape: Merchandise Management Systems report. In the report, George Lawrie, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, reviews the leaders in the field of Merchandise …

News | In the news

27th January 2017 | 3 min read RETAIL EXPRESS CEO BLOG: TESCO BUYS /MERGES WITH BOOKER PLC – WOW We all awoke this morning to the surprise news that the Tesco group was merging with Booker plc which adds £5 Billion in sales to the resulting Tesco group, £155 Million in operating profits and a hefty £200 Million per annum a Year in Synergy savings by the …

Analytics | Press Release

12th December 2016 | 2 min read Retail Express is pleased to announce the extension of its PREDICTIVE PRICE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION with a series of enhancements to provide auto pricing with ‘multi level’ rules to complement the existing rule and constraints processing; this allows the Rules to be conditional based on circumstances at the time with a user defined priority sequence with multiple constraints possible at each …

Category Management | Press Release

10th November 2016 | 1 min read Retail Express is pleased to announce the extension of its Category Management / Merchandise Management solution with the provision of its COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE and ANALYTICS offering; this provides an analysis of the performance of a retailer’s stores organised by the profile of each store’s competitors and providing INSIGHT into how different types of stores perform financially when their primary competitor …

Assortment | Press Release

11th October 2016 | 1 min read Retail Express is pleased to announce the extension of its Category Management / Merchandise Management solution with a series of cross modules enhancements from the adding off STOCK DATA to the Retail Express Intelligent Merchandising suite of products. The application now supports END OF DAY STOCK BALANCES by ITEM BY STORE OR ECOMMERCE CHANNEL. The end of day STOCK is …

Category Management | Press Release

16th September 2016 | 1 min read Retail Express is pleased to announce the extension of its Category Management / Merchandise Management solution with the provision of SALES, PROFIT & VOLUME Analytics with a series of new facilities that provides on demand ABC Analysis for Sales, Profit, Unit Volumes and Margin with YEAR TO YEAR RANKINGS by FORMAL ABC Structures or customized on demand User definitions at …

Category Management | Press Release

20th August 2016 | 1 min read Retail Express is pleased to announce the extension of its Category Management / Merchandise Management solution with the provision of Space Analytics, Sales, Profit, Unit, Margin, GMROI analysis by Store, Store Type, Market, Store Group, Store Size, Store Sq. Ft ( Sq Metres), by Linear Shelf Space, this Year v Last Year with Variances and versus Plan/Budget. The analysis can …

Assortment | Press Release

10th August 2016 | 1 min read Retail Express would like to announce the implementation of a set of Standard Analytical Reports providing multiple views of the Trading Performance for the Historical Analysis of performance by Format, Market, Store and by Department, Category, Item etc., In addition the RE 2.0 solution can combine the Historical with the Predicted future view so that two weeks into the period …

Analytics | Press Release

Further to the announcement of its Retail Data Analytics and Reporting platform Retail Express is pleased to announce the enhancements to support ‘location analytics’ with a new Store Profile capability which detail the attributes of Bricks and Mortar Stores and other Channels such as Web-based E –Commerce. The profiling will support a range of new analytical offering from Retail Express with Queries, Reports and Insights across a …

Forecasting | Press Release

8th July 2016 | 1 min read Retail Express is pleased to announce the availability of its Intelligent Merchandising solution RE 2.0 release 4.4.0 with its new Vertica based Column Orientated Analytical NO SQL Database platform to manage Large data volumes and fast Query and Insights. A new Reporting module is being provided with this release to allow users to write their own query and to take …

Analytics | Press Release

4th July 2016 | 1 min read Retail Express Announces that it has integrated the HP Vertica cluster-column-oriented Analytics Platform with its Intelligent Merchandising Solution; Vertica was designed to manage large, fast-growing volumes of data and provide very fast query performance when used for data warehouses and other query-intensive applications. The platform drastically improves query performance over traditional relational database systems, provide high-availability, and petabyte scalability on …

Customer Centric | In the news

4th July 2016 | 1 min read We are pleased to announce that Chelmsford Star Co-operative Society selects Retail Express Price Lifecycle Optimisation and Forecasting software. The solution will improve the Chelmsford Star Coop’s ability to respond to changes in market conditions and shopper behaviour, strengthening their position to combat the competitive pressures placed on them by the larger Supermarkets and Discounters Leeds UK – 4th July …

Analytics | Press Release

17th September 2015 | 3 min read East of England Co-operative Society selects Retail Express Price Optimisation and Forecasting software. The solution will improve the East of England Coop’s ability to respond to changes in market conditions and shopper behaviour, strengthening their position to combat the competitive pressures placed on them by the larger Supermarkets and Discounters Leeds UK – September 17th, 2015 – Retail Express LEEDS, …

Analytics | Blog

5th February 2015 | 1 min read Automatically taking account of past/present/future merchandising plans for each new merchandising decision be that a price, promotion or advert. Tracking the impact and cross effects of those decisions in real-time. Enabling you to make more informed decisions about your category. Visibility Accurately see the impact of all current and planned merchandising activities on all new activities such as prices, promotions, …

Assortment | Press Release

4th December 2014 | 1 min read Retail Express Chosen by Gartner Research for Inclusion in 2014 Market Guide for Unified Price Optimisation Leading Price Optimisation solution highlighted by Gartner Leeds UK – Nov 19, 2013 – Retail Express has been selected by Gartner research to be included in their latest market report “Market Guide for Unified Price, Promotions and Markdown Optimisation Applications”. In the report, Robert …