[April 15, 2014]

KSS Retail Increases Revenue 184% over Three Years

KSS Retail, a leading provider of price and promotion modeling and optimization solutions for retailers worldwide, today announced a significant three-year growth trend with the close of its 2013-14 fiscal year. The company recorded a more than 184 percent increase in revenue from software and services and a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of nearly 70 percent over the past three years, due in part to continuing integration and support from dunnhumby. The world's leading customer science company, dunnhumby acquired KSS Retail in 2010.

The recent fiscal year was highlighted by considerable expansion among KSS Retail's customer base as well as a record number of new users of its price and promotion optimization software. KSS Retail cemented its market-leading position for retailers in the grocery segment in particular, based on total market share, according to industry research. KSS Retail's PriceStrat® solution helps many of the world's largest supermarket chains to accurately forecast shopper behavior and make smart, shopper-focused decisions about promotions strategy. Much of the revenue growth can be attributed to increased PriceStrat adoption in the U.S. and Europe by dunnhumby clients, including The Kroger Co., Tesco U.K., and Raley's Family of Fine Stores.

KSS Retail also continued to independently contract with new high-profile clients and grow its base in other retail segments. A highlight from the past year was the addition of AutoZone to KSS Retail's client base. One the largest auto parts retailers in the world, with more than 5,000 locations, AutoZone selected PriceStrat with an eye on creating relevant promotions that improve customer loyalty.

In addition to adding new clients, KSS Retail continues to expand its investment in technology innovation, aided by dunnhumby's expertise and core focus on customer science and data analytics. The past year was marked by new product offerings and enhanced functionality released to meet the needs of merchandising, category management and marketing executives, including:

• The release and continued improvement of PriceStrat Analyzer, a new module that extends insights throughout the organization through dynamic, highly visual web-based dashboards and enables retailers to make faster business decisions
• The acquisition of Standard Analytics and its Heartbeat solution suite, which includes sophisticated market basket and shopper analytics, as well as tools to help retail organizations analyze and reduce out-of-stock issues
• The release of PriceStrat version 5.3, introducing major enhancements in the areas of promotions planning and optimization and competitive strategy, and giving retailers greater flexibility and precision when developing and executing their pricing strategy

"Our vision is to continue building innovative, world-class products and solutions that empower retailers and manufacturers to forecast, optimize and measure across the whole product lifecycle, so they can ultimately make smart, science-based decisions," said Yael Cosset, CEO of KSS Retail. "This growth demonstrates that retailers today recognize the need for analytics and data modeling solutions like PriceStrat and Heartbeat to support a long-term competitive strategy focused on the customer. That's why I'm confident we will continue to add new clients and grow market share."

About KSS Retail

KSS Retail, a dunnhumby company, is the premier global provider of price optimization and shopper insight solutions for the grocery, convenience, chain drug, general and online retail industries. Retailers use KSS Retail software and professional services to better understand their shopper's needs, and to deliver more effective pricing, promotions and merchandising decisions. KSS Retail clients consistently achieve improved market share, sales and profit growth, and enhanced competitive positioning. Current clients include The Kroger Co., 7-Eleven, Tesco, O'Reilly Auto Parts, BI-LO, Spartan Stores, Sonae, Raley's, United Supermarkets, ABC Fine Wine and Spirits, and many others. For more information, visit www.KSSRetail.com.

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