Centric Software to Host Webinar with Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) Education Platform

Campbell, Calif. – March 26, 2018 

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Centric Software to Host Webinar with Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) Education Platform

Diagnose Your PLM Readiness

Campbell, Calif., March 26th, 2018 – Centric Software, the leading Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software solution provider for retail, footwear, outdoor and consumer goods companies, in partnership with the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), will offer a webinar on April 4, 2:00 p.m. EDT. Centric Software will demonstrate how outdoor fashion and apparel brands can assess company readiness for implementing companywide PLM software solutions.

Outdoor brands will learn the steps to take when assessing new software that will help them streamline product development and operations. Attendees will also learn how PLM improves collaboration, reduces errors and costs, and speeds time to market resulting in better collaboration to drive business growth.

Joining the Centric Software webinar is fashion and apparel industry expert Colin Israel, founder of Black Ink Strategy. Israel will explain step-by-step strategies and tools to help brands prepare for the implementation of a PLM solution. He has extensive experience in the apparel and outdoor industry, including roles as CFO, COO, CIO and GM. Colin now specializes in business transformation and application systems implementations for the apparel and footwear industry.

Centric Software PLM is trusted by more than 240 companies using their solutions to develop 600 iconic brands. PLM technology helps brands speed product development, reduce costs and increase market responsiveness. Join the conversation, please register here.

Centric Software (www.centricsoftware.com)

From its headquarters in Silicon Valley and offices in trend capitals around the world, Centric Software provides a Digital Transformation Platform for the most prestigious names in fashion, retail, footwear, luxury, outdoor and consumer goods. Centric Visual Innovation Platform (VIP) is a visual, fully digital collection of boards for touch-based devices like iPad, iPhone and large-scale, touch-screen televisions. Centric VIP transforms decision making and automates execution to truly collapse time to market and distance to trend. Centric’s flagship product lifecycle management (PLM) platform, Centric 8, delivers enterprise-class merchandise planning, product development, sourcing, business planning, quality, and collection management functionality tailored for fast-moving consumer industries. Centric SMB packages extended PLM includes innovative technology and key industry learnings tailored for small businesses.

Centric Software has received multiple industry awards, including the Frost & Sullivan Global Product Differentiation Excellence Award in Retail, Fashion and Apparel PLM in 2016 and Frost & Sullivan’s Global Retail, Fashion and Apparel PLM Product Differentiation Excellence Award in 2012. Red Herring named Centric to its Top 100 Global list in 2013, 2015 and 2016.

Centric is a registered trademark of Centric Software. All other brands and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Beth Cochran, cochran@whatsuppr.com

Centric Software

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Europe: Kristen Salaun Batby, ksalaun-batby@centricsoftware.com

Asia: Lily Dong, lily.dong@centricsoftware.com

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Beth Law Cochran