Gartner Positions Agility Multichannel in 2014 Magic Quadrant for "Master Data Management of Product Data Solutions" for Third Consecutive Year

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Agility Multichannel, whose Agility® Product Management for Commerce software empowers brand manufacturers, distributors and retailers around the world to conquer the complexities of commerce, today announced that it had been positioned in the Nov. 2014 Magic Quadrant for Master Data Management of Product Data Solutions by Gartner Inc. IT.

In their research, based on sources including a “telephone and web-based survey of reference customers,” Gartner analysts Andrew White and Bill O'Kane reported that “the MDM of product data solutions market segment grew nearly 9% in 2013. Increasingly, end-user organizations are exploiting MDM as the heart of a digital business transformation.”

The report further states: “Businesses of all sizes and in many industries struggle to maintain a consistent, shareable and accurate single version of product or service data across their organizations. With the increasing focus on digitalization of enterprises, management of their key master data is also becoming more important. The ability to achieve and maintain a single, semantically consistent version of product master data is crucial for customer­centric organizations.”

“We appreciate the thoughtful analysis,” said Agility Multichannel CEO Richard Hunt. “Our position in the Magic Quadrant is extremely gratifying. Our policy is to delight our customers with technical innovations that they love to use and to support them with a skillful and committed team they love to work with. We're proud to say that as a result of this policy, the people who use Agility have become its most vocal advocates.”

Award-winning PIM/MDM software

Agility Multichannel's award-winning Agility® software features the Agility Modular Interface (AMI), which is fully configurable for business-wide-acceptance and ease-of-use, as well as seamless integration with all channels and touch points, letting companies deliver enriched product data everywhere it needs to go, instantly, with inviolable integrity and quality.

About Agility Multichannel:

Agility®, ranked #1 for Customer Satisfaction in the 2014 MDM Landscape, is a simple-to-use but highly sophisticated Product Information Management (PIM) and Master Data Management (MDM) solution that puts your most valuable data at the stable core of a robust multichannel commerce strategy. Customers include Allied Electronics, Avon Products, Dunelm Group and Office Depot. Headquartered in Chicago, USA, and York, UK, with integration and reseller partners throughout the world. Visit www.agilitymultichannel.com for open, un-gated access to screenshots, research, videos, customer use cases and more.

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