Centric Software Named in Gartner Competitive Landscape Report for Retail Unified Price, Promotion and Markdown Optimization Solutions

Centric Software® is pleased to announce that it has been named in Gartner’s Competitive Landscape: Retail Unified Price, Promotion and Markdown Optimization Solutions, a report that examines vendors supporting retailers with AI-powered pricing, promotion and markdown optimized capabilities. Centric Software delivers innovative, integrated, end-to-end AI-powered enterprise solutions to take products from concept to commercialization. Fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home, cosmetics & personal care as well as multi-category retail companies can plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, assort, sell and replenish products to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals.

Gartner is a leading global technological research and consulting firm providing actionable insights to thousands of enterprises worldwide. Its competitive landscape report covers pricing, promotion and markdown optimization. It cites the drawbacks of aging ERP systems and homegrown AI merchandising tools.

Centric Software addresses retail pricing complexity through Centric Pricing & Inventory™, supported by Centric Market Intelligence™, delivering AI-powered capabilities that optimize pricing decisions from pre-season price setting through in-season promotions and end-of-season markdowns.

With a focus on short lifecycle categories such as fashion, footwear and seasonal goods, Centric Pricing & Inventory enables brands and retailers to centralize pricing strategies, align cross-functional teams and execute pricing decisions consistently across channels, regions and product hierarchies. This lifecycle-based approach supports stronger full-price sell-through, reduced markdown reliance and protected margins at scale.

In the report, Gartner identifies Centric Software as a Representative Vendor for unified price, promotion and markdown optimization solutions for retailers. Centric Software supports lifecycle pricing decisions with AI-driven optimization and explainable decision logic designed to improve transparency and speed across pricing workflows.

Centric Software’s modular SaaS architecture enables localized execution with centralized control, allowing brands and retailers to scale pricing strategies across diverse markets while maintaining agility in volatile trading environments.

Building on these capabilities, Centric Software continues to evolve its approach to price management by connecting pricing and inventory optimization with retail merchandise planning and market intelligence capabilities across the Centric platform. This broader vision reflects the industry’s shift toward more connected, insight-driven pricing workflows, extending beyond optimization to support scenario planning, strategic alignment and market responsiveness.

“Being included in Gartner’s competitive landscape for unified price, promotion and markdown optimization solutions is an important recognition,” says Fabrice Canonge, CEO of Centric Software. “As pricing decisions become more complex and increasingly influenced by AI, retailers need purpose-built solutions that bring speed, transparency and control to the entire pricing lifecycle. These capabilities are critical to protecting margins and staying competitive in fast-moving markets.”