Category management

Dead Batteries Beware: Batteries Plus Poised to Help Consumers 'Spring' into Outdoor Adventures

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Thursday, April 6, 2023
Lithium, Maintenance, Batteries Plus, Electronics, Season, Vibration, ATV, Shock, AGM, Golf, Fresh water, Water, Recreational vehicle, Mobile, Motorcycle, Category management, SLA, Electric battery, Toy, RV, Bluetooth

HARTLAND, Wis., April 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The promise of spring is right around the corner and with it brings the anticipation of pulling hibernated toys – boats, motorcycles, RVs, and more – out of storage and firing them up for the months of use to come. What can quickly put a damper on the excitement is finding those toys have a dead battery from a season of improper care and maintenance. This spring, Batteries Plus, the nation's leading battery retailer, is poised to help consumer not only replace their dead batteries but also educate them so that their purchase will last through the fall to winter storage and future seasons to come.

Key Points: 
  • As the nation's premiere battery retailer, Batteries Plus prides itself on providing top battery solutions for its customers' needs.
  • Lithium batteries, specifically X2Power lithium marine batteries, are lighter, more efficient and can last considerably longer than traditional lead-acid deep cycle batteries.
  • Batteries Plus also offers a range of products: automotive batteries (ATV, motorcycle, car, marine, and golf cart), chargers, cell phone batteries, phone essentials, SLA batteries, alkaline batteries, and generators.
  • For more information on Batteries Plus' products and services and to find the nearest Batteries Plus retail store near you, please visit https://www.batteriesplus.com .

CSP Announces Its 2023 Category Managers of the Year

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Friday, March 3, 2023
Convenience, Altria, CSP, CRU, Category management, Auction

ORLANDO, Fla., March 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CSP announced the winners of its eighth annual Category Manager of the Year (CMOY) awards March 1 during the Convenience Retailing University (CRU) conference in Orlando, Florida.

Key Points: 
  • ORLANDO, Fla., March 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CSP announced the winners of its eighth annual Category Manager of the Year (CMOY) awards March 1 during the Convenience Retailing University (CRU) conference in Orlando, Florida.
  • The final voting process took place online in January, and CSP tallied the hundreds of votes in February.
  • The winners received the coveted CMOY trophy during CRU and will be featured in a special section of the April issue of CSP, the 2023 Category Management Handbook.
  • CSP's 2023 Category Manager of the Year winners are:

Board Named as a Representative Vendor in 2022 Gartner® Market Guide for Retail Assortment Management Applications: Short Life Cycle Products

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Other Consumer, Retail, Other Professional Services, Other Technology, Convenience Store, Software, Networks, Supply Chain Management, Online Retail, Consumer, Professional Services, Data Management, Department Stores, Technology, Data Analytics, Marketing, Other Retail, Communications, Supermarket, Commerce, Organization, Tier 1, Category management, Zhejiang Market Guide, Strategic planning, Publication, Intelligence, Research, RAMA, Digital transformation, Gartner

Board , a leading global provider of Intelligent Planning Solutions which help organizations plan smarter — enabling actionable insights and better outcomes, announces today it has been named as a Representative Vendor in the 2022 Gartner Market Guide for Retail Assortment Management Applications (RAMA): Short Life Cycle Products.

Key Points: 
  • Board , a leading global provider of Intelligent Planning Solutions which help organizations plan smarter — enabling actionable insights and better outcomes, announces today it has been named as a Representative Vendor in the 2022 Gartner Market Guide for Retail Assortment Management Applications (RAMA): Short Life Cycle Products.
  • “This important recognition in the latest Gartner Market Guide, in our opinion, demonstrates Board’s crucial role in Retail Assortment Planning and Category Management as part of a retail digital transformation strategy,” said Marco Limena, CEO of Board.
  • “Retail leaders are accelerating intelligent planning with Board, to deliver integrated retail commerce strategies, and transform vital merchandising and assortment processes.”
    According to the report, “Retail assortment management applications are foundational for modernizing merchandising processes as part of a digital business transformation strategy in unified retail commerce.
  • According to Gartner, “Retail assortment management applications (RAMAs) support unified commerce processes that are critical to the selection of products presented to the customer in line with their needs.

HYCU Joins AWS ISV Accelerate Program

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Amazon, Partner, Micro ISV, CRN, Category management, Disbursement Acceleration Program, VMS, AWS, ISV, Amazon Web Services, Online shopping, Forging

The AWS ISV Accelerate Program is a co-sell program for AWS Partners who provide software solutions that run on or integrate with AWS.

Key Points: 
  • The AWS ISV Accelerate Program is a co-sell program for AWS Partners who provide software solutions that run on or integrate with AWS.
  • As a HYCU MSP partner and customer, today’s news is a win-win-win for us and our customers.”
    The AWS ISV Accelerate Program provides HYCU with co-sell support and benefits to meet customer needs through collaboration with AWS field sellers globally.
  • We are excited to expand on the co-sell alignment with AWS by joining the AWS ISV Accelerate Program,” said Simon Taylor, Founder and CEO, HYCU, Inc. “At HYCU, our customers and partners understand the fundamental benefit we provide in furthering protection and recovery for AWS workloads.
  • “The AWS ISV Accelerate Program helps participating members align their technology with AWS sales to improve the overall co-sell experience.

Wolseley, GE Appliances Air & Water Solutions Bring New Line of Residential HVAC Systems to Canada

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Ventilation, Atmosphere, Thermostat, GE Appliances, Category management, Water & Solutions, HVAC, Construction, Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, Haier

BURLINGTON, Ontario, Feb. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wolseley Canada and GE Appliances, a Haier company, Air & Water Solutions are teaming up to offer a comprehensive line of premium heating, ventilation, and air conditioning products in the Canadian market.

Key Points: 
  • BURLINGTON, Ontario, Feb. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wolseley Canada and GE Appliances, a Haier company, Air & Water Solutions are teaming up to offer a comprehensive line of premium heating, ventilation, and air conditioning products in the Canadian market.
  • The new residential ducted HVAC line-up from GE Appliances Air & Water Solutions includes furnaces, air conditioners, air handlers, heat pumps, evaporator coils, and package units that offer the ultimate in-home comfort.
  • “With these new products, we are able to offer the best in residential HVAC solutions,” says Shawn Hulshof, Vice President, Category Management with Wolseley Canada.
  • “From inverter-driven heat pumps to high-efficiency gas furnaces, we’ve designed a complete and new residential HVAC line to reduce downtime for pros and energy bills for consumers,” says Mark Talma, Canadian Director for GE Appliances Air & Water Solutions.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Netherlands Selects SymphonyAI Retail CPG Assortment To Execute Demand-Based Planning and Optimization

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Retail, Data Management, Other Communications, Technology, Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Other Consumer, Supply Chain Management, Convenience Store, Discount, Variety, Other Retail, Supermarket, Software, Food, Beverage, Consumer, Science, Stock, Sale, Self-signed certificate, Privacy, Category management, CCEP, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, CPG

SymphonyAI Retail CPG , a SymphonyAI vertical, today announced its selection by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) Netherlands for data-driven assortment optimization capabilities to better avoid out-of-stocks and overstocks, in turn, better meeting customer demand while delivering transparency and collaboration to its strategic retail partner.

Key Points: 
  • SymphonyAI Retail CPG , a SymphonyAI vertical, today announced its selection by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) Netherlands for data-driven assortment optimization capabilities to better avoid out-of-stocks and overstocks, in turn, better meeting customer demand while delivering transparency and collaboration to its strategic retail partner.
  • SymphonyAI Retail CPG assortment optimization enables retailers and CPG manufacturers to deliver an agile assortment that reflects current shopper behavior and improves supply chain efficiencies.
  • “With SymphonyAI assortment optimization, we can prioritize customer engagement at the point of sale and leverage the best science in the market to improve the bottom line,” said Job Rombout, Head of Category Management, CCEP Netherlands.
  • “Leading CPGs like CCEP Netherlands are embracing innovative technology to demonstrate the future of retailer-CPG collaboration, better engage shoppers, and drive bottom-line impact.”

North America Class 4-8 Replacement Turbochargers Aftermarket Report 2022-2028 with 2021 as the Base Year - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Automotive Manufacturing, Aftermarket, Manufacturing, Automotive, VGT, IAM, Category management, OES, Retail

The "Category Management: Class 4-8 Replacement Turbochargers Aftermarket in North America" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Category Management: Class 4-8 Replacement Turbochargers Aftermarket in North America" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • This study covers the class 4 to 6 (medium duty) and class 7 and 8 (heavy duty) replacement turbochargers aftermarket in terms of both volume (million units) and value ($ million).
  • The geographic scope is North America, including the United States and Canada.
  • The base year for analysis is 2021, and the forecast period is from 2022 to 2028.

Category Management: Class 1-3 Replacement Turbochargers Aftermarket in North America - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Automotive Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Other Automotive, General Automotive, Automotive, Research, OES, Category management, IAM, FGT, VGT, Propane

The "Category Management: Class 1-3 Replacement Turbochargers Aftermarket in North America" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Category Management: Class 1-3 Replacement Turbochargers Aftermarket in North America" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • Class 1-3 Replacement Turbochargers Aftermarket in North America covers passenger cars and light commercial vehicles replacement turbocharger aftermarket in the United States and Canada, in terms of both volume (million units) and value ($ million).
  • It analyzes unit shipment and revenue by product subcategories, such as new turbocharger, and remanufactured turbocharger, and in terms of product technologies, such as variable geometry turbochargers (VGT) and fixed-geometry turbochargers (FGT).
  • The base year for analysis is 2021 and the forecast period is from 2022 to 2028.

North America Class 1-3 Wiper Blades Aftermarket Report 2022: A $1.34 Billion Market in 2028 - Specialization in Premium Products to Enhance Profitability - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Monday, December 19, 2022
Aftermarket, Automotive, Other Automotive, Automotive Manufacturing, General Automotive, Manufacturing, Fleet Management, Category management, Growth, Research, Wiper, Online shopping

The "Category Management: Class 1-3 Wiper Blades Aftermarket in North America" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Category Management: Class 1-3 Wiper Blades Aftermarket in North America" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The report expects total revenue in the wiper blades aftermarket to rise from approximately $893.6 million in 2021 to an estimated $1.34 billion in 2028.
  • The North American class 1-3 wiper blades aftermarket is experiencing a major shift in demand from conventional to beam product types.
  • The publishing team bases its analysis of the North American class 1-3 wiper blades aftermarket on extensive interviews with suppliers and distributors.

Allbirds Announces Promotions within its Executive Leadership Team

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Thursday, December 8, 2022
Love, SAN, Category management, Sustainability, Adidas, Hong Kong Brands and Products Expo, Kate, Culture, Innovation, IPO, EVA, Growth, Senior, Fashion, Management, Allbirds, Flock

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Allbirds, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIRD), a global lifestyle brand that innovates with naturally derived materials to make better footwear and apparel products in a better way, today announces promotions within its Executive Leadership Team.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Allbirds, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIRD), a global lifestyle brand that innovates with naturally derived materials to make better footwear and apparel products in a better way, today announces promotions within its Executive Leadership Team.
  • Concurrent with Ms. Ridley’s promotion, Co-CEO Tim Brown will expand his focus to include leadership of Allbirds’s Innovation Futures team, which encompasses Innovation and Sustainability.
  • These changes at the Executive Leadership Team level, coupled with other efforts the team is hard at work implementing to streamline processes and improve our supply chain, will best position Allbirds for its next phase of profitable growth.
  • Allbirds serves customers across 36 countries in over 50 Allbirds stores and its e-commerce website, www.allbirds.com.