Circuit City Selects JDA Software for Best Practices Category Management; Consumer Electronics Retailer Chooses JDA Portfolio to Deliver Strategic Value at Shelf Level

Business Wire, March 2, 2006

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- JDA(R) Software Group Inc. (Nasdaq: JDAS) today announced that Circuit City Stores Inc., a leading consumer electronics retailer, will implement JDA Portfolio(R) category management software. Circuit City signed a license with JDA in fourth quarter 2005 for several applications within the Intactix(R) suite to support the retailer's merchandising systems transformation.

"We want to deploy packaged applications that will expedite our ability to serve the business and deliver the industry's best practices," said Bill McCorey, Circuit City's vice president of information technology business applications. "With its strong market position, JDA is a known leader that has enabled other retailers to achieve solid category management results.

"JDA's software will help us gain the flexibility and functionality needed to better manage inventory and assortments for a particular market, and even for a specific store," McCorey said. "Having the right product in stock leads to higher customer satisfaction."

"Circuit City's selection of JDA's innovative category management solutions demonstrates that leading retailers can rely on us to focus on optimizing their business operations," stated Wayne Usie, JDA's senior vice president of operations, North America. "We look forward to helping Circuit City better serve its customers by delivering real strategic value and results at the store shelf."

About JDA Software Group Inc.

JDA(R) Software Group Inc. is the global leader in helping more than 4,900 retail, manufacturing and wholesale customers in 60 countries realize real demand chain results. By capitalizing on its market position and financial strength, JDA commits significant resources to advancing the JDA Portfolio(R) suite of demand chain solutions. JDA Portfolio software enables high-performance planning, promoting, flowing, pricing, managing and selling of finished goods from the supplier warehouse to the consumer. With offices in major cities around the world, JDA employs the industry's most experienced demand chain experts to develop, deliver and support its solutions. For more information, visit www.jda.com, e-mail info@jda.com or call 800-479-7382.

We do not believe this press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Nevertheless, if remarks in this press release are considered to be "forward looking," or to have forward-looking implications (including McCorey's and Usie's remarks concerning the anticipated benefits to Circuit City from the implementation and use of JDA's products, as well as any implication that other retailers will continue to license our products), we would remind our investors and prospective investors that future events may involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the risk that complex software solutions such as JDA's may be costly and time consuming to implement and/or may not produce the level of benefits anticipated by the parties at the outset of the project. Other risks and uncertainties that may affect our business are detailed from time to time in the "Risks 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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