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STORIS Ranked As A Leader In Gartner’s Frontrunners Retail Technology Analysis

Furniture World News Desk on 3/25/2017


STORIS recently announced that it's Retail Software Solutions has been ranked as a Leader in Gartner, Inc.’s 2017 Retail Technology FrontRunners Analysis. Gartner is the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company. According to Gartner, “The FrontRunners quadrant provides a data-driven assessment of Retail Management Software to determine which ones offer the best capability and value for small businesses.”

STORIS is among 33 software solutions that meet Gartner’s criteria for top performing products in their given market and among six named Leaders. Gartner defines the Leader portion of their Quadrant as containing all- around strong product that offer their market the highest value and capability. STORIS is the only software provider specifically serving the home furnishings industry to be named to the FrontRunners Quadrant and to be designated as a Leader.

The Quadrant is plotted on two dimensions; capability and value. FrontRunners scores are derived from individual end-user reviews based on their own experiences, vendor-supplied information and publicly available product information. Markets are defined by a core set of functionality, with additional features contributing to the capability score for a product.

Each area that contributes to a vendor’s placement is based out of 5 points. Areas of high performance for STORIS (scoring over a 4) included:

  • User Reviews of Capability
  • User Reviews of Value
  • Breadth of Features
  • Confidence Score from Customer Base
  • Technology and Skill Adoption by User Base
  • Brand Presence as Ranked by Google

“On behalf of the STORIS team, I would like to thank our client base, as they are a significant part of STORIS being ranked as a Leader on Gartner’s FrontRunners Quadrant. It is always humbling to receive feedback directly from our clients. It reassures us that we are providing a solution and delivering services that are at the forefront of our industry’s needs.” STORIS COO, Doug Culmone.

More about Gartner: Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. Gartner delivers the technology-related insight necessary for its clients to make the right decisions, every day. Gartner works with clients to research, analyze and interpret the business of IT within the context of their individual roles. Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A., and has almost 9,000 associates, including 1,900 research analysts and consultants, operating in more than 90 countries.