In today’s consumer packaged goods arena, the consumer is truly in control.  Shopping processes have changed.  Expectations have grown.  The consumer experience is what separates those who get ahead from those who struggle to stay alive.  This reality necessitates that retailers and manufacturers collaborate to improve merchandising and execution at the store and cluster level, and work together to ensure efficient stocking levels, support for promotional activities, and shopper-friendly store plans.  IRI provides a suite of solutions that help you adjust stocking levels to demand, improve the efficiency of your store operations, proactively plan distribution status, understand and optimize sales trends and ultimately provide a shopping experience that better meets your consumer’s needs. This suite of solutions includes the following:

• Apollo Designer Workstation is a desktop product that uses automated procedures to dramatically improve the retail space planning process
• Apollo Space Management Suite is a collection of powerful software products that help manufacturers and retailers optimize shelf performance
  
• Apollo Total Store is a database-driven desktop software product that allows you to analyze store layouts and plan for space in the store
• Apollo Web Publisher is a web-based system that lets you quickly distribute planograms to their point of use
• Assortment Planning is a software solution that empowers data integration from both internal and external sources.
  
• Category Planning is a software solution that brings together all the data sources you need to help your team perform a full assessment of the category
• Perishable Service is a perishable segment reporting service that provides accurate, actionable scanner-based sales information for perishable items
• Price and Promotion Manager is a powerful web-based software suite that encompasses all aspects of pricing and promotion
• Retailer – Manufacturer Collaboration Methodology is a unique and proven process that empowers retailers and manufacturers to work more effectively with each other
• Virtual Shopping studies help retailers and manufacturers understand consumer in-store behavior through a web-based virtual shopping experience.