From product conception to replenishment, Centric Software highlights how AI-driven planning, pricing, and product experience platforms are helping retailers accelerate speed-to-market and improve margins.
Centric Software is sharpening the spotlight on AI-led retail transformation as it prepares to showcase its latest innovations at NRF 2026. The Silicon Valley–based company is demonstrating how its end-to-end, AI-enabled product concept-to-commercialization platform is helping retailers, brands, and manufacturers respond to rapidly evolving consumer expectations and market pressures.
As shopping journeys become increasingly blended, retailers are being challenged to deliver consistent, personalized, and data-driven experiences across physical stores, e-commerce, marketplaces, and social channels. While brick-and-mortar retail remains a mainstay, digital discovery and decision-making now play a central role, intensifying the need for unified product data, smarter assortments, and faster go-to-market execution.
“Our AI-powered solutions help brands get the right product to the right place at the right time and at the right price—across every channel,” — Fabrice Canonge, CEO, Centric Software
At NRF 2026, Centric Software is highlighting the latest capabilities of its flagship Centric PLM™ platform, alongside a comprehensive suite of AI-powered solutions designed to support the entire retail lifecycle. These include Centric Planning™, a cloud-native solution for end-to-end planning; Centric Pricing & Inventory™, which leverages AI to improve margins and revenue performance; and Centric Market Intelligence™, offering real-time insights into consumer trends, competitor activity, and pricing dynamics. The portfolio is further strengthened by Centric Visual Boards™ for visual-first assortment planning and Centric PXM™, an AI-powered product experience management platform that unifies PIM, DAM, content syndication, and digital shelf analytics.
The impact of these solutions is already visible across Centric Software’s global customer base. Retailers and brands report up to 60% faster time to market, cost reductions of around 15%, and productivity gains reaching 50%. Industry recognition has followed, with Centric Software recently named a Leader and Ace Performer in the 2025 SPARK Matrix by QKS Group®, reinforcing its position in the consumer goods technology landscape.
Customer testimonials underline the operational value of Centric’s approach. Jun Kato, General Manager for DX Promotion at Onward Holdings, highlights the benefit of real-time visibility and shared information across teams, while Wilson’s Senior Director of Business Transformation, Susie White, points to Centric’s deep industry understanding and strong partnership-led implementation.
According to Fabrice Canonge, CEO of Centric Software, mounting pressures from agentic e-commerce models, tariff complexities, and the demand for speed are reshaping retail strategy. He notes that Centric’s AI-infused Planning, Pricing, PLM, and PXM solutions are designed to help organizations stay ahead by aligning innovation closely with real-world business needs.
With more than 20,000 brands worldwide relying on its platforms, Centric Software continues to position AI not as a buzzword, but as a practical driver of efficiency, agility, and competitive advantage in modern retail.