KSS Retail

KSS Retail, a dunnhumby company and global provider of price modeling, optimization and customer insights solutions for the retail industry, has named Andy Kalamaras as Senior Vice President, Sales and Professional Services. Mr. Kalamaras joins KSS Retail with two decades of extensive experience working with leading technology providers including Accenture, Epicor, MicroStrategy and Guidance Software, and a proven track record in sales and negotiations with Fortune 500 companies.

“As we ready to launch our next generation of PriceStrat capability, we are focused on delivering maximum value to our existing and future clients by transforming how they will optimize prices and promotions moving forward. In this environment, Andy is uniquely positioned to provide sales and service leadership globally to help meet our business objectives,” said Yael Cosset, CEO of KSS Retail.

Mr. Kalamaras was most recently Northeast Regional Sales Director for Guidance Software, where he exceeded sales goals and helped lead the North American implementation of Salesforce.com.

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KSS Retail a, dunnhumby company and global provider of price modeling, optimization and customer insights solutions for the retail industry, will showcase the use of Customer Segments within Price and Promotion Optimization at the 2012 National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show in January.

Utilizing customer segments within pricing and promotional decisions allows retailers to put shoppers at the center of merchandising decisions. KSS Retail has pioneered the usage of customer segments within price optimization. It will provide demos of the functionality in booth #119 at NRF, the largest gathering of retail and technology businesses & professionals in the world, New York City, January 15-18, 2012.

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Bashas’ Family of Stores, operator of more than 120 grocery stores throughout Arizona, has commenced a new relationship with KSS Retail for price modeling and optimization.

It will work with KSS Retail to model, measure and implement pricing strategies for its Bashas’ and Food City banners. Bashas’ joins a growing list of retailers such as 7-Eleven, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Fred’s Inc. and Raley’s who use KSS Retail for price optimization.

“Our goal is to provide our customers with a superior shopping experience,” said Robert Ortiz, Bashas’ Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “Working with KSS Retail will give us the ability to better understand our customers and what’s most important to them.”

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Dr. Paul Helman, Chief Science Officer of KSS Retail, will describe the benefits of utilizing customer segment data within price optimization in an address at the upcoming Retalix Synergy Conference.

KSS Retail, a dunnhumby company and global provider of price modeling, optimization and customer insights solutions for the retail industry, is participating in the 2011 Retalix event on November 7, 2011 in Dallas, Texas.

“We have the ability to better understand how various customer segments differ in their reaction to pricing and promotions,” said Dr. Helman. “We’ve found that the differences can be quite drastic across various segments. The insights gained are helping our clients better serve their shoppers with more relevant pricing and promotions.”

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