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New Home Sales and Housing Market Continuing to Slow Down
30 Jul, 2018 • Chad Symens
The US Commerce Department announced this week that new home sales decreased to an 8-month low in June, decreasing 5.3%, the lowest since October 2017. While economic GDP reports last week show the US economy as robust, housing has seen rising building material costs and shortages of supply, causing its contribution to the US economy... Read more »

Report Upgrades Coming Soon for Dillard’s Reporting
24 Jul, 2018 • Chad Symens
For customers using Accelerated Analytics for daily Dillard’s reporting exclusively, we have report upgrades coming soon! These upgrades are based on customer feedback and requests. In order to remain the most robust Dillard’s reporting tool on the market, Accelerated Analytics will be implementing the following upgrades. Upgrades include updating the source of descriptions of style,... Read more »

Lowe’s and Sherwin-Williams Partnership Expands
23 Jul, 2018 • Chad Symens
Following the February 2018 announcement that The Sherwin-Williams Company, Consumer Brands Group would become the sole nationwide supplier to Lowe’s US stores, today the DIY retailer announced a new line of Valspar exterior stain products. The Valspar stain will come in 50 colors and is offered exclusively at Lowe’s stores and on Lowes.com. The... Read more »

Retail Trends for the Rest of 2018
03 Jul, 2018 • Chad Symens
As retail looks to the remainder of the 2018 year, several trends are emerging as most popular among chains. Analysts predict 2018 to continue to be a good year for retail and these trends are contributing to the sector’s success. The beauty industry continues to strive for innovative experiences in stores for its customers, whether... Read more »

Accelerated Analytics Third 2018 Innovation Award Goes to Vera Bradley
04 Jun, 2018 • Chad Symens
Accelerated Analytics awarded its third and final 2018 INNOVATION AWARD to General Merchandise and Apparel category winner, Vera Bradley. Accelerated Analytics CEO, Chad Symens, and Director of Sales and Marketing, Jen Freyer, presented the award to Shequeita Orr, Vera Bradley’s Director of Sales and Business Planning, in their NYC showroom. The Vera Bradley team uses... Read more »

Accelerated Analytics 2018 Customer Innovation Award for DIY Goes to WM Barr
17 May, 2018 • Chad Symens
Accelerated Analytics is excited to officially announce the first of its three 2018 INNOVATION AWARD winners is W.M. Barr. W.M. Barr has been a customer of Accelerated Analytics for 10 years, utilizing best practice POS reporting to manage their business at The Home Depot. Accelerated Analytics awarded W.M. Barr this honor in the DIY, Home... Read more »

Accelerated Customers with Home Depot Reporting Outperform Others in 2017!
17 May, 2018 • Chad Symens
Congratulations to our customers working with The Home Depot! Last month, THD released it’s Q4 performance, reporting 7.5% growth in sales over the same period prior year. During the same period, our THD customers more than doubled that pace, posting a collective 16.3% increase in sales over the prior year. Long term sales growth guidance... Read more »

We Are Hiring!
01 May, 2018 • Chad Symens
Accelerated Analytics is growing quickly, and we are looking for bright, energetic and dynamic people to join our team! We currently have open positions across all areas of our organization: * Recruiter * Inside Sales Representative * Marketing Specialist * Microsoft SQL Database Engineer * Project Manager * Business Analyst * Receptionist Check out our... Read more »

Reliance Worldwide Corporation/Sharkbite Wins the 2018 Spark Award
27 Mar, 2018 • Chad Symens
Reliance Worldwide Corporation was presented with the Spark Award at the Suppliers Reception held on Sunday, January 7, 2018 at The New American Home® in Orlando, Florida, prior to the opening of the International Builders Show®. RWC recently joined Accelerated Analytics family of customers in the DIY, home and hardware retail segment, to process their... Read more »
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