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Provides Competitive Edge to Brokers, Delivers Unmatched Insight into and Control of Category Management and Tightens Relationships with Retailers

Aldata Solution, a leading provider of software solutions for the retail industry, today announced that Cincinnati, Oregon-based National Marketshare Group Inc. and Milwaukie, Oregon-based Signature Sales Group, have both selected Aldata’s Apollo Space Optimization products to provide their retail accounts with the analysis, information and recommendations that drive the highest level of category performance.

National Marketshare Group represents dozens of consumer product categories – including baby care, consumables and general merchandise – within convenience stores, mass merchandisers, supermarkets and other retail stores. National Marketshare Group and its retailers use Apollo to exchange category plans, share ideas and conduct “what if” analysis to select the optimal combinations of SKU, shelf inventory and merchandising to improve category performance and ensure customer satisfaction.

“Apollo allows us to provide consulting services to key accounts from a space management and category development perspective,” said Tom Koopman, president of National Marketshare Group. “It has become one of our ‘core’ services that we provide and has also given us a very competitive approach to our business in key accounts. It is the de facto standard for space optimization and planogram development in our industry.”

Signature Sales Group focuses on the consumer packaged goods industry, representing 25 – 30 general merchandise manufacturers, including Crayola, Igloo coolers and Top Flight stationery. Signature Sales Group uses Apollo as its primary tool to work hand-in-hand with analysts at its key accounts, providing the planograms necessary to optimize and consistently merchandise through all of their stores. With Apollo, discontinued products, new product introductions, updated UPC codes and other ongoing product changes are dealt with at the planogram level so that individual stores can avoid timely and costly manual changes to the merchandising mix. Apollo also helps with the planning process for seasonal goods, merchandise offered to particular geographies or any other store-specific requirements.

“The Apollo Space Optimization products are recognized as the gold standard when it comes to assortment and space planning,” said Debbie Berglund, sales support and analyst for Signature Sales Group. “It is easy to use, simplifies my job and delivers benefits to both suppliers and retailers. It is a critical component of my job and opens the door to continuing to grow our influence in the brokerage industry.”

Used by thousands of space planners worldwide, Aldata’s Apollo Space Optimization products enable companies to manually create and analyze planograms. Its solutions provide the power to not only build virtual planograms that realistically and accurately represent retail space but also to evaluate and optimize plans through a “what-if” process. Apollo Space Optimization products also offer comprehensive, customizable reporting capabilities that quickly and easily translate complex business data into user-friendly reports that can easily be tailored by audience. Reports can also be distributed via email, Web, screen or hard copy.

“Adoption of our space optimization products touches all areas of the retail supply chain, helping companies cut time, reduce costs, improve customer satisfaction and boost bottom line revenue,” said Shaun Bossons, senior vice president at Aldata, Apollo Solutions Group. “We are excited to have National Marketshare Group and Signature Sales Group on board. We will continue to innovate our products in order to give a strategic edge to these two businesses and the rest of our valued customers.”