JDA Software Enables LifeWay Christian Stores to Sustain Growth & Leadership; JDA Portfolio Provides Sound Infrastructure for Retailer to Achieve Dramatic Improvements

Business Wire, Jan 16, 2003

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2003

JDA(R) Software Group Inc. announced that LifeWay Christian Stores, the world's second largest Christian retailer of bibles, books, gifts, music and other religious products is successfully using several JDA Portfolio(R) applications to sustain its growth and market stronghold in more than 20 states. According to Eric Glover, vice president of business operations for LifeWay Christian Stores, JDA's integrated corporate headquarters, store, planning and business intelligence applications provide a sound infrastructure for achieving dramatic improvements.

"We've enhanced operational efficiencies and our decision making by increasing visibility throughout the entire retail process," explained Glover. "We expect to fully recover our technology investment within the next few years by growing sales, improving margins, reducing inventories, and increasing productivity and efficiency."

The retailer is licensed to use Merchandise Management System-i(TM) (MMS(R)), Win/DSS(R) in-store system, Merchandise Planning by Arthur(TM) and Performance Analysis by IDEAS(TM).

JDA Portfolio Enables Best-of-Breed Functionality

With the integrated Portfolio solutions in use for approximately nine months, LifeWay Christian Stores is impressed with the results thus far. "Since implementing Win/DSS, we have reduced check-out time and achieved other time savings at the point of service. For instance, we've reduced credit card clearing time from 20 seconds to two seconds or less during peak times thanks to Win/DSS interfacing with AJB Software's Retail Transaction Switch," stated Glover.

MMS is also living up to its best-of-breed reputation. "MMS is head and shoulders above the competition and we are excited about implementing Arthur Planning. By combining MMS with Arthur Planning's state-of-the-art planning environment, we anticipate significant improvements in merchandise management performance," added Glover who led the successful implementation of JDA applications with the philosophy of changing processes not the system.

"We are pleased to welcome LifeWay Christian Stores to the growing list of JDA clients who have implemented and are efficiently operating their business using JDA Portfolio applications. We attribute LifeWay Christian Stores' achievements to exceptional executive leadership and enthusiastic users who were committed to the JDA partnership," stated David Tidmarsh, JDA's senior vice president of client services.

"From pre-selection to post implementation, JDA associates have been extremely professional, highly skilled and responsive to our unique business needs. Our choice of JDA as a strategic business partner was a wise one," Glover concluded.

LifeWay Christian Stores plans to go live with IDEAS and Arthur in early 2003.

About JDA Software Group Inc.

With more than 4,600 retail, wholesale and manufacturing clients in 60 countries, JDA Software Group Inc. is the global leader in delivering integrated software and professional services for the retail demand chain. By capitalizing on its market position and financial strength, JDA commits significant resources to advancing JDA Portfolio, its suite of merchandising, POS, analytic and collaborative solutions that improve revenues, efficiency and customer focus. Founded in 1985, JDA is headquartered in Scottsdale and employs more than 1,200 associates operating from 29 offices in major cities throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. For more details, visit www.jda.com, call 800/479-RETAIL (7382) or e-mail info@jda.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Future events may involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, uncertainties concerning the ability of our products to achieve the expected results, such as increased sales, improved margins, reduced inventories, and increased productivity and efficiency, or delays in the time schedule for implementation, and other risks detailed from time to time in the "Risk Factors" section of our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result of these and other risks, actual results may differ materially from those predicted. We undertake no obligation to update information in this release.

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