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We are the fastest-growing Retail, CPG and Supply Chain focused enterprise AI SaaS product company. We have built award winning products and our success is driven by focus on innovation and changing existing processes through automation.

We have customers ranging from small business owners to Fortune 500 companies. Our SaaS solutions are built to provide quick visibility into your business, based on real time information, and enable smarter decisions based on data driven insights, while optimizing costs and adding millions back into the bottom line.

We synthesize business wisdom from top-tier strategy consultants, deep retail expertise brought in by ex-retailers and retail C-suite advisors, and cutting-edge product development by expert application designers and engineers to build solutions that enable clients to win.

Our Clients

Speaker Sessions at NRF

Prashant
Prashant Agarwal
Impact Analytics
CEO and founder

Prashant Agrawal is on a journey to help organizations from retail, QSR, CPG and hospitality to move from the world of excel to the world of AI-Driven automation and efficiency. Prashant, a JD/MBA from Columbia University and BS from Cornell University has a unique and diverse experience of 20+ years across industries. He led BCG’s PE and corporate finance practice in India for more than 2 years. He has also led multiple advanced analytics projects and initiatives across domains and industries. Also, as a former senior consultant at the McKinsey & Company, he has led diverse projects in media and private equity sectors where the focus was on operational improvement and transformational projects utilizing analytics. As the founder and CEO of Impact Analytics, a leading AI-powered SaaS company Prashant now focuses on creating 360-degree automation solutions for data-driven decision making.

Prashant Agarwal

CEO and founder

Impact Analytics

Chris DeFuria
Chris DeFuria
Tapestry
Sr. Director Global Analytics

Chris currently leads the Global Analytics, Merchandising, and Planning Systems at Tapestry, a leading global house of brands. Prior to Tapestry, Chris was with Accenture where he focused on building and implementing analytics solutions for leading retailers. Chris has over 20 years experience shaping data driven organizations.

Chris DeFuria

Sr. Director Global Analytics

Tapestry

Juan Hernandez
Juan Hernandez
DICK’S Sporting Goods
Director of Omni-Channel Pricing

Juan is the Director of Omni-Channel Pricing at DICK'S Sporting goods. In this role, he oversees the segments of markdown and promotion optimization, base-price optimization, while also ensuring competitive monitoring and overall lifecycle pricing execution. He has 9 years of industry experience, out of which he spent 5 years in handling the e-Commerce vertical, 3 years in retail, and 2 years in Pricing at DSG. An alumnus of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Juan worked in diverse continents and can speak 4 languages fluently. He is a huge Cleveland sports fan and is always in for a good laugh.

Juan Hernandez

Director of Omni Channel

Pricing, DSG

Tapestry and DICK'S Sporting Goods applying AI at scale in large organizations

January 16, 2022 | 2:00 - 3:00 PM

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Ben Pivar
Prashant Agarwal
Impact Analytics
CEO and founder

Prashant Agrawal is on a journey to help organizations from retail, QSR, CPG and hospitality to move from the world of excel to the world of AI-Driven automation and efficiency. Prashant, a JD/MBA from Columbia University and BS from Cornell University has a unique and diverse experience of 20+ years across industries. He led BCG’s PE and corporate finance practice in India for more than 2 years. He has also led multiple advanced analytics projects and initiatives across domains and industries. Also, as a former senior consultant at the McKinsey & Company, he has led diverse projects in media and private equity sectors where the focus was on operational improvement and transformational projects utilizing analytics. As the founder and CEO of Impact Analytics, a leading AI-powered SaaS company Prashant now focuses on creating 360-degree automation solutions for data-driven decision making.

Prashant Agarwal

CEO and founder

Impact Analytics

Ben Pivar
Ben Pivar
Carter’s Oshkosh B’gosh
Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President

Ben Pivar is Chief Information Officer at Carter’s Oshkosh B’gosh. In this role, he is responsible for creating the vision and roadmap for Information Technology while also managing project delivery, applications, security, infrastructure, desktop, business intelligence and support. Ben has 25 years of experience in the Retail, Consumer Products, Merchandising, Supply Chain and IT, of which the last 15 years have been in Executive Leadership roles.

Ben Pivar

CIO

Carter’s

Deren Hull
Daren Hull
Vera Bradley
President

Daren Hull has been committed to improving the customer buying experience for the past two decades. He has overseen many campaigns disrupting the marketplace to improve consumer interest. Daren is currently the Brand President at Vera Bradley, where he is responsible for day-to-day operation of the brand. Prior to Vera Bradley he was focused on conceiving and growing direct-to-consumer businesses for established companies such as Amazon, Williams-Sonoma, Guthy-Renker, and L’Oreal as well as a number of startups. His work has received numerous honors from the likes of ERA to L2, and he was named one of the original Shoptalk Heretics. Daren has a degree from the University of Illinois and lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana with his wife and daughter.

Daren Hull

President

Vera Bradley

Carter’s and Vera Bradley increasing efficiency throughout retail and wholesale with ML

January 17, 2022 | 9:15 - 10:00 AM

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Our Solutions

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Forecasting – ADA

Accurate forecasts with state of the art forecasting engine

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AssortSmart

Build localized store & channel assortments

Promotion Optimization Software

PriceSmart

Suite of pricing solutions that optimize business strategies

Inventory Allocation

InventorySmart

Simplify & automate inventory management and allocation

TestSmart

Automated testing platform to test new initiatives

Recognitions that speak for us

Deloitte Award

#88 in Deloitte Fast 500

List of fastest-growing
companies 2020

Financial Times

Ranked #51

on the Financial Times' America's
Fastest Growing Companies 2020.

Inc 500

In Inc 500 list

Fastest growing companies in US
for the last three years.

Forbes

Top 25 ML companies

Featured in 2019 by Forbes

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