Recent macro-economic events have taken their toll on the retail sector, with disruption to supply chains as a result of Brexit and the double blow of the pandemic and Ukraine crisis bringing the threat of global stagflation a step closer. As retailers restructure under the weight of enormous downward pressure, they will be thinking very […]
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Retail Express announces expansion and recruitment drive to support growth
Retail Express has moved to a new larger HQ in the thriving tech hub of Leeds, UK, to help the business deliver its next chapter of growth. The new office announcement comes at the same time as it launches a major upgrade to its intelligent merchandising software, RE 2.0, following a two-year investment cycle in […]
Advanced AI solution to meet retailers’ critical need for smarter merchandising
Retail Express has announced a major upgrade to its intelligent merchandising software, RE2.0, introducing significant AI enhancements. This upgrade will ensure its products reap the benefits of artificial intelligence, enabling the delivery of smarter merchandising and collaboration tools to support the modern retail industry and better meet global customer demand. The digitalisation of the retail […]
UK Software expands to meet growing UK and International business with New Leeds HQ
Retail Express CEO Barry Grange commented: “The acceleration by retail leaders in their digital transformation journey is driving demand for intelligent merchandising solutions; Retail Express is looking to help transform this market and is making rapid progress towards becoming a leader in Intelligent Merchandising and Supplier Collaboration. Our expansion will enable more Retailer’s to have […]
Ed Betts appointed UK & Eire General Manger
Retail Express has appointed Edward Betts its UK General Manager for UK and Eire, responsible for its UK Client base, New Customer Sales and Business Development and the company’s Business Consulting. Ed joined Retail Express in 2019 after spells with Asda, the UK Supermarket Group previously own by Walmart where he was a Category Manager. […]
Retail Express listed as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Retail Technologies, 2021
Retail Express was recognized among a shortlist of vendors in the 2021 report July 2021 – Retail Express, a leading provider of merchandising solutions, today announced that it has been identified as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Retail Technologies, 2021 [1]. “Our sole focus for seven years has been on working closely […]
Retail Express listed as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for Retail Assortment Management Applications: Long Life Cycle Products
Retail Express was recognised among a shortlist of vendors in the 2021 report May 2021 – 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 Assortment Management Applications: Long Life Cycle Products [1]. “Our sole focus for seven years […]
Retail Express listed as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for Retail Forecasting and Replenishment Solutions
Retail Express was recognised among a shortlist of vendors in the 2021 report February 2021 – 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 seven years has been on […]
Retail Express listed as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for Retail Unified Price, Promotion and Markdown Optimisation Applications
Retail Express was recognised among a shortlist of vendors in the 2021 report January 2021 – 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 Unified Price, Promotion and Markdown Optimization Applications[1]. “Our sole focus for seven […]
Retail Express listed as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for Retail Assortment Optimisation Applications in Merchandising
Retail Express was recognised among a shortlist of vendors in the 2020 report. October 2020 – 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 Assortment Optimization Applications in Merchandising [1]. “Our sole focus for six years has been […]
Phil Grange appointed Chief Financial Officer
Reflecting on the growth of Retail Express in recent years Philip Grange has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, a new role in the expanding management organisation at Retail Express. Philip, a Director of the Holding Company has been a long-time employee and Director since 2014. Philip in this new role will continue to have responsibility […]
Retail Express listed as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Retail Technologies, 2020
Retail Express was recognised among a shortlist of vendors in the 2020 report. July 2020 – Retail Express, a leading provider of merchandising solutions, today announced that it has been identified as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Retail Technologies, 2020[1]. “Our sole focus for six years has been on working closely […]
Retail Express listed as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for Retail Assortment Management Applications: Long Life Cycle Products
Retail Express was recognised among a shortlist of vendors in the 2020 report. May 2020 – 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 Assortment Management Applications: Long Life Cycle Products[1]. “Our sole focus for six years […]
New Software Supplier Collaboration Module
Retail Express has launched a new generation Supplier Collaboration module as part its Intelligent Merchandising platform. The solution provides a two-way Supplier Portal that connects with the heart of the Promotional Module and allows the Retailer and Vendors to plan, negotiate and agree deals and allowance for Promotions, Media, and Promotional Displays, and creates a […]
Retail Express listed as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for Retail Forecasting and Replenishment Solutions
Retail Express was recognised among a shortlist of vendors in the 2020 report. January 2020 – 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 six years has been on […]
Retail Express listed as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for Retail Forecasting and Replenishment Solutions
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 […]
Retail Express listed as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for Unified Price, Promotion and Markdown Optimisation Applications, 2018
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 […]
RE Included in Gartners 2017 Market Guide for Retail Forecasting and Replenishment Solutions
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 […]
RE Inclusion in Forrester 2017: Merchandise Management Systems report
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 […]
Auto Pricing & Rules Engine Upgrade
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 […]
Competitor Analytics & Landscape:
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 […]
Stock Data Added To Pricing & Merchandising System:
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 […]
Sales Analytics:
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 […]
Space Analytics (Historical & Predicted)
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, by Market, by Store Group, by Store Size, by Store Sq. Ft ( Sq Metres), by Linear Shelf Space, this Year v Last […]
Trading Performance – With Predictive Retail Analytics:
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 […]
Store Profiling For Location Analytics
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 […]
Retail Express Reporting Infrastructure
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 […]
Big Data Analytics Platform
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 […]
Chelmsford Star Co-operative Society selects Retail Express
We are pleased to announce that Chelmsford Star Co-operative Society selects Retail Express Price Lifecycle Optimization 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 […]
Retail Express listed as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Retail Forecasting and Replenishment Vendor Guide, 2013
Retail Express was recognised among a shortlist of vendors in the 2013 report. August 2013 – Retail Express, a leading provider of merchandising solutions, today announced that it has been identified as a Sample Vendor in The Gartner Retail Forecasting and Replenishment Vendor Guide, 2013 [1]. “Our sole focus this past year has been on working […]