Since 1999, RPE has been specializing in strategic, functional and retail management consulting to deliver innovative retail merchandising and supply chain solutions including business process improvement, package selection, strategic IT planning and systems implementation. Areas of expertise include JDA Software and most leading solutions and IBM and Toshiba hardware. RPE also provides cloud computing services including hosting, Software-as-a-Service and managed services. Clients include Boy Scouts of America, Clintons, Dollar Tree, Fifth & Pacific, Francesca’s Collections, It’Sugar, KatzGroup, Kipling, Mark’s, Michael Kors, Navarro, Newfoundland Labrador Liquor, Papyrus, Rexall, rue21, Spencer’s, The North Face, VF Corp, Vineyard Vines, XS Cargo and many more. Visit www.rpesolutions.com.

1. RPE Sponsors JDA Software Innovation Forum for Retailers
More than 150 retailers, manufacturers, supply chain and distribution/logistics professionals
gathered in New York City in September for the JDA Software Innovation Forum. Regional JDA
customers, executives and product experts came together for a day of strategic, collaborative and
insightful sessions to learn about the new realities and opportunities in merchandising and supply
chain planning and execution. Sponsored by RPE, the full day forum with lunch and reception
was complimentary to attendees.
A unique peer-to-peer supply chain event, the JDA Software Innovation Forums are held in cities
throughout the United States, bringing together some of the most successful industry- leading
companies and their leaders to network and discuss trends, challenges and problem solving
strategies. A key focus of the JDA Software Innovation Forum was how integrated supply chain
planning and execution solutions can power high performance supply chains. Attendees
discovered and discussed ways to move products more efficiently, reduce costs, drive market
share and increase sales utilizing innovative retail supply chain consulting services and
technologies.
“The all-channel consumer has tipped the scale for manufacturers, retailers, distributors and their
supply chain partners to move products faster and farther than before, putting greater pressures
on what’s already a complex environment,” said Cliff Epstein, president, RPE. “The JDA
Software Innovation Forum is designed to offer discussion forums, networking opportunities and
information sharing related to meeting that dynamic customer demand.”
As a leading retail consulting services provider, RPE specializes in retail management
consulting, JDA merchandise management systems and supply chain management solutions and
winner of the JDA Alliance Partner Leadership Award for three consecutive years. RPE
represents key retailers throughout the United States and Canada including VF Corp, The North
Face, Nautica, Rexall and many others providing assortment planning, merchandise planning,
enterprise planning, and advance allocation solutions.
About RPE
Since 1999, RPE has been specializing in strategic, functional and retail management consulting
to deliver innovative retail merchandising and supply chain solutions including business process
improvement, package selection, strategic IT planning and systems implementation. Areas of
expertise include JDA Software and most leading solutions and IBM and Toshiba hardware. RPE
also provides cloud computing services including hosting, Software-as-a-Service and managed
services. Clients include Boy Scouts of America, Clintons, Dollar Tree, Fifth & Pacific,
Francesca’s Collections, It’Sugar, KatzGroup, Kipling, Mark’s, Michael Kors, Navarro,
Newfoundland Labrador Liquor, Papyrus, Rexall, rue21, Spencer’s, The North Face, VF Corp,
Vineyard Vines, XS Cargo and many more. Visit www.rpesolutions.com.