Ottawa, Canada (PRWEB) May 06, 2014 -- 360pi, the leader in retail price and product intelligence, today announced a collaborative effort with SAS®, the leader in business analytics software and services. The goal is to allow retailers who combine 360pi's industry-leading competitive price intelligence with SAS’ Revenue Optimization engine to gain full real-time visibility into competitive pricing to make more profitable pricing decisions.
Ubiquitous online shopping and consumer price transparency, combined with an increased frequency of retailer price changes, have made acting on competitive pressures a constant challenge for retailers. Real-time competitive intelligence empowers retailers to act on opportunities to increase margins or market share at the SKU level without losing sight of the big picture of pricing strategy.
SAS’ Revenue Optimization engine will receive a feed of real-time competitive price intelligence from 360pi's 360price solution, in turn helping retailers optimize pricing and promotions. Armed with a powerful automated decision engine that takes into account daily price changes on millions of products by hundreds of competitors, retailers are able to right-price to any market at any time.
"Competitive intelligence is a vital element in pricing decisions,” said Kevin MacDonald, SAS Retail Product Manager. “The combination of 360pi's best-in-class competitive price intelligence with our pricing and analytics technology will help drive increased revenues and margins for retailers.”
"The 360pi team is excited to work with SAS to empower retailers to make more profitable pricing decisions on thousands of products daily," stated Alexander Rink, CEO of 360pi. "SAS has a stellar reputation in the industry and serves a who’s who roster of clients, such as Staples, Macy’s and Vistaprint. 360pi's competitive price intelligence and insights, combined with the SAS Revenue Optimization suite, form a potent combination that will deliver compelling benefits for any retailer."
About 360pi
360pi helps top retailers compete and win in an increasingly price transparent environment. 360pi actively monitors millions of products from hundreds of retailer websites and delivers price intelligence for exact and similar matched products with unprecedented accuracy. 360pi's customer base of "brick & mortar", e-commerce, and multichannel retailers accounts for over $US100 billion in annual retail sales and includes Ace Hardware, Build.com, Overstock.com, and RIS Fusion award-winner Best Buy Canada. 360pi clients gain real-time visibility into the market and full awareness of the competitive pricing landscape to "right price" to consumers. Ultimately, 360pi's customers make smarter pricing decisions that drive increased conversions, revenues, margins and customer loyalty.
About SAS
SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions, SAS helps customers at more than 70,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Since 1976 SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW®.
Brittany Gracka, 360pi, http://www.360pi.com, +1 (613) 562-2525 Ext: 511, [email protected]
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