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Centric Software to Showcase AI-Powered Product Concept to Shelf Retail Solutions at NRF 2025

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Unique Platform Combines Planning, PLM, Pricing & Inventory Optimization and Competitive Market Intelligence with Visual Boards to drive margins and speed time to market

CAMPBELL, Calif., Nov. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Centric Software® is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at NRF 2025—Retail’s Big Show, the premier event for retail innovation, at the Javits Center in New York City, from January 11 – 15. Centric drives go-to-market innovation and value creation for consumer goods retailers, brands and manufacturers. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products such as fashion, outdoor, luxury, multi-category retail, grocery, food & beverage, cosmetics & personal care and consumer electronics to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals.

Our team is excited to show retailers at NRF 2025 why the AI-powered Centric suite of solutions is unique in the industry.

As consumers become more discerning and retail assortment (SKU) optimization evolves in real time, companies must adopt cutting-edge, market-driven technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) to maximize margins, enhance efficiency and optimize product offerings, including new product introductions (NPI). Dedicated to serving the consumer goods and retail industries, Centric Software’s solutions power end-to-end product go-to-market strategies—from Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP) to product ideation, development, sourcing, pricing, lifecycle management and inventory control.

Centric Software’s flagship platform, Centric PLM™, drives impressive results—speeding time to market by as much as 60%, lowering costs by up to 15%, reducing inventory by as much as 30%, increasing gross margins by up to 15%, boosting productivity by as much as 50%, all while promoting sustainability. Recognized several times by the Just Style Excellence Awards, the most recent win announcement states, “Centric PLM particularly stands out in the market as the only Product Lifecycle Management solution capable of managing multi brands, multi categories and multi processes for consumer goods brands, retailers and manufacturers of any size. The solution brings cost savings, reduces time to market and improves efficiencies for thousands of companies around the world.”

These impressive results are echoed by Centric’s global customer base, who have experienced firsthand the transformative impact of Centric PLM on their operations. Billy Murray, Group VP Enterprise Systems at Abercrombie & Fitch Co. says, “As part of our ongoing digital revolution at Abercrombie & Fitch Co., we’re focused on implementing tools that allow us to get the right products to the right places around the world as efficiently as possible. With that, we’re looking forward to partnering with Centric to provide an innovative end-to-end solution to speed time to market and support communication and visibility across multiple global functions.”

Geertje Bastiaans, Packaging Development Manager at Aviko, Europe’s largest potato products processor says, “Centric PLM will give us the opportunity to improve end-to-end packaging development. The system holds all relevant labeling information for specific regions and channels to ensure quick generation of compliant labeling briefs.”

Centric Software is the only company offering exclusive, AI-powered solutions that seamlessly manage the entire retail process—from pre-season planning through in-season execution and replenishment to post-season analysis. Regularly featured by leading industry analysts, including Gartner, Forrester and IDC, Centric PlanningTM is an innovative, cloud-native, AI solution delivering end-to-end planning capabilities to maximize retail and wholesale business performance, including SKU optimization, resulting in an up to 110% increase in margins. Centric Pricing & Inventory™, the leading AI-powered tool for price and stock optimization, expertly balances demand and supply throughout a product’s lifecycle to drive margins and boost revenues by up to 18%. “Combining Centric PLM, Centric Planning and Centric Pricing & Inventory is essential for a company, because now you have a full end-to-end solution.” says Julien Jacotey, Head of Planning & Allocation at Guess Europe.

Centric Visual Boards™ is a visual platform connecting people and systems driving informed decision-making and execution across merchandising, design, buying, product development, sourcing and more. “With Centric Visual Boards, we aim to increase the garment portfolio by 75% to 90% at our Colombian and Mexican factories,” says Liliana Díaz, Product Development and Innovation Manager at Permoda.

Nicole Kaluzne, Manager of Design and Merchandising Systems at Eileen Fisher says, “Centric Visual Boards has allowed us to envision and plan the whole line in a more efficient way with the visual tools and ability to make real-time changes immediately accessible across our teams.”

Rounding out the suite is Centric Market Intelligence™, is an AI-driven platform giving insights into consumer trends, competitor offers and pricing to boost competitivity and get closer to the consumer, with an up to 12% increase in average initial price point. Jordan Pious, VP, Neiman Marcus Performance & Growth states, “I see Centric Market Intelligence as a useful tool to streamline how we view and operate the business as it relates to our positioning competitively—from an assortment standpoint, a pricing standpoint, finding those whitespace opportunities and really knowing when and how to react to business trends.”

On a recent call, an industry analyst observed, “With the integration of Centric Software’s PLM, Planning, Market Intelligence and Visual Boards solutions, there is now a comprehensive offer that captures the wide-ranging needs of users across the entire product lifecycle, from concept to replenishment. The AI-powered market intelligence tools enable retailers to gain insight into consumer behaviors and effectively track market trends.”

Centric Software serves 18,000 brands and boasts a 100% go-live rate. Centric solutions are key to optimizing retail strategy, resulting in faster market entry and seamless seasonal transitions. Nearly 15% of new projects this year have integrated multiple Centric solutions, highlighting the undeniable value of seamlessly connecting pre-season and in-season processes.

“We are the leaders in retail technology, with the market responding strongly to our end-to-end platforms.” says Chris Groves, CEO of Centric Software. “Our team is excited to show retailers at NRF 2025 why the AI-powered Centric suite of solutions is unique in the industry. It covers the entire concept-to-replenishment product lifecycle to drive the efficiency that is critical for retail in today’s competitive environment.”

Visit Booth #6257, Level 3 to meet our industry experts. Learn how to stay in sync with consumers and ahead of varying market conditions. Make an appointment to reserve your time. See you at the show!

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TeamLogic IT Honors Top Franchisees, Brings Leading Industry Experts Together at TeamLogic IT Owners Summit Convention

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MISSION VIEJO, Calif., Oct. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TeamLogic IT, a national provider of managed IT services and technology support, celebrated the achievements of its franchise network at the company’s annual Owners Summit and Vendor Show, held October 5-8, 2026. The event brought together TeamLogic IT franchisees, vendors and partners for a week of learning, collaboration and connection, culminating in the recognition of the network’s top-performing franchisees.

“One of the things that makes TeamLogic IT so special is the strength of our franchisee community. Our TeamLogic IT franchise owners represent the very best of the managed services industry,” says Richard Lowe, president and CEO of TeamLogic, LLC. “Owners Summit gives us the opportunity to come together, exchange ideas and celebrate what we’ve accomplished as a network. Recognizing our top-performing owners is always a highlight. Their leadership and commitment to delivering high-quality technology solutions are helping drive our network forward and strengthen the TeamLogic IT brand nationwide.”

The sold-out vendor exhibition featured more than 70 leading companies in the technology industry, including Pax 8, the conference’s signature sponsor, Bitdefender, Blackpoint, Cytracom, Sophos, Kaseya, N-able, NinjaOne, Proofpoint, Rewst, Slide and more.

At a closing ceremony, the following awards were presented:

Franchisee of the Year: Arti Dutt – West Northridge, CA

Rookie of the Year: Reese Verschelde and Corey Gisondi – Bryn Mawr, PA

Technician of the Year: Federico Hansen – N. Palm Beach, FL

VIP (Volume Increase Percentage)
Larry Anderson and Tony Anderson – Montgomery, ALSteve Anderson – Johns Creek, GATop 15 (Based on 2025 sales)
Jim Hackett and Andrew Hackett – Woburn, MATodd & Linda Harrell – Morris Plains, NJTodd & Ruth Tolly – Santa Rosa, CAPaul Behrman & Nadia Pukhova – Lake Forest, CACory & Kathleen Boxall – Ashburn, VARob Fallows & Chris Kasten – Phoenix, AZKirk Gramoll and John Halama – Germantown, WICindy McPike, Cameron Nelson, and Jacob Harrington – Salem, ORBob Roloff – Ft. Myers, FLDwight & Allison Blankenship – Columbus, OHRick Higgins – Dunwoody, GADan & Becky Thomas – Durham, NCScott Daniels – Naples, FLEric Summers – Des Moines, IARandall Wilson – Decatur, ALMillion Dollar Club
Kyle Temple – Richmond, VAJeremy Mason – East Madison, WIJoseph & Joyce Tauras – Manchester, NHSandeep Kaushal – Vernon, CTJim & Mikki Young – Lake Arlington, TXSteve & Jamie McGlumphy – Aurora, ILMike Treiser and Danny Ramey – Denver West, COMayank & Jaimini Patel – Niles, ILAllen Chu – White Plains, NY

About TeamLogic IT
TeamLogic IT is a national provider of advanced technology solutions for companies of all sizes. Local offices provide clients with the IT support they need to run their businesses more efficiently by leveraging the latest technology solutions, including managed IT services, cybersecurity, business continuity, cloud, co-managed IT services, managed AI, and consulting and support. With more than 350 independently owned and operated locations across North America, TeamLogic IT helps companies minimize downtime, improve productivity and secure their IT infrastructure. Visit www.teamlogicit.com or www.TeamLogicFranchising.com for more information on the TeamLogic IT franchise network.

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Mili and Egnyte Partner to put Client Documents to work in Financial Advice

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The partnership brings Egnyte’s secure content platform and Mili’s AI agents together, so advice firms can deliver more comprehensive, personalized advice at scale.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Mili, an AI platform for wealth management firms, and Egnyte, a leader in secure content collaboration, intelligence, and governance, today announced a partnership that brings Mili’s AI agents to client documents in Egnyte. Advisors work from a file or a whole client folder alongside data from the firm’s CRM, portfolio and planning systems, under each advisor’s Egnyte permissions.

Kitces Research finds that reviewing client documents is the most common way advisors use AI. Its productivity research puts a new financial plan at 15 to 40 hours of team time.

Advisors use Mili’s agents to model the tax cost of moving a client’s accounts into the firm’s strategy, weigh a rebalance against unrealized gains, summarize a bonus agreement and build a financial snapshot from a statement. The agents link answers to their sources and flag what an analysis may still need.

David Ringler, Managing Director at Onyx Bridge Wealth Group ($1.6B+ AUM), said, “Egnyte and Mili are two valuable pieces of technology in our stack, and bringing them together has changed how our practice runs. Mili’s meeting prep and planning agents have become significantly better with Egnyte data behind them.”

Chirag Gandhi, Co-Founder and CEO of Mili, said, “How many clients an advice firm can serve well has long been capped. It is set by the work of understanding each client’s financial life. Agentic AI is changing that, helping advice firms uplift client capacity by accelerating the delivery of high-quality advice.”

Kyle Blair, Director of Global Financial Services at Egnyte, said, “Egnyte helps financial services firms accelerate critical business operations by turning document-heavy tasks into faster, connected, and revenue-generating workflows. Our partnership enables Mili’s AI agents to securely access and work on customer data within Egnyte for better business outcomes.”

The integration is live for mutual customers. Building on Mili’s work with hundreds of advice firms, it aims to put a firm’s full client knowledge into its advice.

About Egnyte

Egnyte is a leader in secure content collaboration, intelligence, and governance, trusted by more than 23,000 customers to increase employee productivity, drive operational efficiencies, and secure mission-critical content. Egnyte’s AI-powered platform empowers organizations to create, share, and protect their information at scale, with specialized solutions designed to meet the unique needs of organizations in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), financial services, life sciences, and other industries. For more information, visit www.egnyte.com.

About Mili

Mili is an AI platform for wealth management firms. Its specialized agents automate advisor workflows across meetings, prospecting, onboarding, planning, data management, document intelligence, and compliance. Mili is SOC 2 certified, ISO 27001 compliant, and works with RIAs and broker-dealers managing $250B+ in client assets. Learn more at getmili.ai.

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QUANTUM CONNECTIONS PROMOTES JAMES “JAMIE” GRIFFETH TO CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND DIRECTOR OF THE DIALOGUE TRAINING INSTITUTE

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DALLAS, Oct. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Quantum Connections® has promoted James “Jamie” Griffeth to Chief Operating Officer. Griffeth joined the organization in September of 2025 as Chief Learning Officer and will continue to serve as Director of the Dialogue Training Institute in addition to his new responsibilities.

Since joining Quantum Connections, Griffeth has focused on the organization’s learning mission. He designed a four-tier practitioner credentialing framework, architected the Quantum Dialogue Profile behavioral assessment, led the migration to a new enterprise learning management system, and built the organization’s localization pipeline—delivering that training in French Canadian with Spanish and Chinese queued as next languages.

Griffeth’s expanded role brings together organizational operations and learning leadership around multiple goals: maintaining the company’s infrastructure in ways that align with its mission, expanding the certified leadership network, and continuing to make dialogue skills easier to access, practice, and apply in everyday life.

“Jamie has earned my complete trust and admiration thorough his exceptional leadership, strategic thinking, and ability to turn vision into execution.” Said Dr. Jonathan Thorp, Chief Executive Officer of Quantum Connections. “When I asked him to success me as Chief Learning Officer, I already knew he was capable of great things. His performance has only reinforced that confidence. I’m delighted to recognize his contribution with this promotion and look forward to partnering with him as we continue building the future of Quantum Connections.”

Griffeth will continue to support Quantum Connections’ mission by preparing the company for sustainable growth while maintaining the quality and consistency of its learning experiences. By linking program delivery to assessments and evidence, Griffeth aims to use technology to expand its reach to more partners and clients, helping them understand how to apply dialogue skills and the outcomes that follow.

About Quantum Connections
Quantum Connections, founded by renowned relationship experts Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., and Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D., leverages over 40 years of expertise to provide individuals and organizations with invaluable relational competency skills rooted in neuro and quantum social sciences. Quantum Connections serves small businesses, large corporations, global faith communities, educational institutions, and community organizations, as well as individuals, couples, and families, offering live and on-demand training, coaching certification, and resources to foster authentic connections through effective communication and skill development.

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