JDA Software www.jda.com
JDA Software donated software licenses valued at $1,005,000 to the Department of Retailing at the University of South Carolina. Graduate students in the Master of Retailing program use the software in RETL 749 Category Management and Space Planning. Software licenses include Floor planning plus by Intactix, Efficient Item Assortment by Intactix, and Space planning by Intactix.

  BIGresearch www.bigresearch.com
BIGresearch donated multiple databases of consumer panel data valued at $360,000 to the Department of Retailing at the University of South Carolina. The data are used to prepare seminar content, research briefs, white papers, reports and press releases by University of South Carolina faculty and students. The licenses include the Simultaneous Media Usage Knowledgebase and Consumer Intentions and Actions Knowledgebase.