Retail pricing complexity is rising as inflation, tariffs, demand volatility and fierce competition reshape how brands operate. Today’s price-aware consumers heighten margin pressure, making it essential to unify pricing, promotion and markdown strategies with a data-driven lifecycle approach.

The Gartner Competitive Landscape report examines how vendors are enabling pricing modernization through unified solutions. It outlines the capabilities retailers need to connect planning, promotions and markdowns for faster, more strategic pricing across the full product lifecycle.

To stay competitive, retailers are prioritizing solutions that:

Centric Software is named in this Gartner-authored report as part of the competitive landscape for retail unified price, promotion and markdown optimization solutions.

Centric Pricing & Inventory™ empowers brands and retailers to align pricing strategies across planning, inventory and market demand, enabling data-driven, lifecycle decisions that connect strategy to execution.

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Gartner, Competitive Landscape: Retail Unified Price, Promotion, and Markdown Optimization Solutions, By Jonathan Kutner, 1 December 2025

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