CAMPBELL, CA, July 19, 2023 – Centric Software, the product lifecycle management (PLM) market leader, has received four accolades in the Just Style Excellence Awards 2023. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source, price and sell products such as apparel, footwear, sporting goods, furniture, home décor, consumer electronics, cosmetics, food & beverage and luxury to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals.
One of the largest, most prestigious and widely recognized programs throughout the industry, the Just Style Excellence Awards is powered by the business intelligence of GlobalData. Just Style’s team of researchers and journalists, with the assistance of artificial intelligence, analyze over 1 billion datasets each year to identify and rank the achievements of top-tier companies. The end-goal is to recognize forward-thinking, innovative companies that drive positive change in the fashion and retail industry.
Centric Software is four-time Category Award Winner in the following areas: Business Expansion, M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions), Innovation in Digitalization and finally Innovation in PLM. These formally recognize that Centric Software has evolved and innovated its business through new offerings, customers, partnerships and acquisitions.
Centric Software is known for its flagship platform, Centric PLM, used by brands, retailers and manufacturers of all sizes across the fashion, outdoor, footwear and retail sectors, serving over 750 customers representing 12,500+ brands in 50 countries. Boasting a 99% customer retention rate, Centric Software has expanded its offering in recent years to include Centric Planning, Centric Pricing and a unique visual collaboration solution, Centric Visual Boards. Just Style singles out the addition of Centric Pricing, strengthened 3D innovations and notable customer partnerships in its report.
“In addition to continuing to further the development of its core product, the company also deepened strategic partnerships during the research period with the likes of PVH Europe and Arc’teryx. Centric also entered into new technology partnerships with providers like Alvanon, and also acquired StyleSage (now Centric Pricing), a platform providing AI-powered market intelligence,” says Sam Duke, head of awards at Just Style.
Just Style also highlights that Centric Software entered partnerships with its first customers in India in 2023; and that the recent integration of Centric PLM with 3D material solutions such as Vizoo and swatchbook (adding to existing integrations with Browzwear, CLO, Optitex, SolidWorks and Rhino) demonstrate Centric Software’s continuing commitment to end-to-end Digital Product Creation (DPC) capabilities.
“We are honored to accept four accolades from the Just Style Excellence Awards,” says Chris Groves, president of Centric Software. “The awards focus on business expansion, innovation and M&A, which reflects our focus as a company. Working closely with our customers to develop market-led innovations, we strive to expand the potential and scope of our product concept to launch platform to every process and team that touches the product lifecycle.”
About Centric Software
From its headquarters in Silicon Valley, Centric Software provides a product concept to launch platform for consumer goods such as fashion, retail, footwear, luxury, outdoor, consumer electronics, cosmetics & personal care and food & beverage. Centric Software’s flagship product lifecycle management (PLM) platform, Centric PLM, delivers enterprise-class merchandise planning, product development, sourcing, quality and product portfolio optimization innovations specifically for fast-moving consumer industries. Centric Visual Boards offer highly visual, touch-screen experiences for collaboration and decision-making. Centric Planning is an innovative, cloud-native, augmented-intelligence solution delivering end-to-end retail planning to maximize retail and wholesale business performance. Centric Pricing is an AI-driven market insight platform for data-informed decision-making on pricing and product assortments to maximize revenue and margins. Among many other market-driven innovations, Centric Software is widely known for its connectivity to dozens of other enterprise systems, including ERP, DAM, PIM, e-com and more, in addition to creative tools such as Adobe Illustrator, a host of 3D CAD connectors and sustainability tools, such as HIGG. Centric Software has the highest user adoption rate, customer satisfaction rate and fastest time to value in the industry.
Centric Software is a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, the world leader in 3D design software, 3D digital mock-up and PLM solutions.
Centric Software has received multiple industry awards and recognition, including being named by Red Herring to its Top 100 Global list several times. Centric Software also received five excellence awards from Frost & Sullivan over the past decade.
For more information, visit www.centricsoftware.com.
