JDA Announces 2006 Real Results Award Winners at Its FOCUS Conference; Ace Hardware, The Clorox Sales Co., Famous Footwear and Michaels Stores among Companies Recognized in JDA Awards Ceremony

Business Wire, May 9, 2006

LAS VEGAS -- JDA Software Group Inc. (Nasdaq:JDAS) announced the winners of its inaugural Real Results Awards contest at its annual JDA FOCUS conference. JDA launched this contest to recognize its customers' significant achievements using JDA Portfolio(R) solutions. In a Las Vegas-style awards ceremony, JDA celebrated the winners, which include: Ace Hardware Corp., Casual Male Retail Group, The Clorox Sales Co., Dollar Tree Stores Inc., Famous Footwear, H-E-B, Maurice Sporting Goods, Michaels Stores Inc., Palmer & Harvey McLane Ltd. and Rite Aid Corp.

Wayne Usie, JDA's senior vice president of the Americas, who served as the master of the Real Results Awards ceremony, stated, "We are proud of the fact that more than 4,900 demand chain companies around the globe rely on JDA Portfolio solutions every day to enable their success. The Real Results awards give us a chance to honor a handful of our retail, manufacturing and wholesale-distributor customers that are achieving phenomenal operational excellence in order to anticipate, create and satisfy customer demand more profitably."

Famous Footwear Results Include Five Consecutive Quarters of Store-for-Store Gains

Famous Footwear, a 900-plus store division of Brown Shoe Co. and the nation's No. 1 retailer of name brand shoes for less for the entire family, won for the "Best in Planning" category.

The $1.2 billion dollar footwear retailer was looking to deliver the most desirable products at speeds that benefit their customers while matching the right products and quantities to specific regions and target customers. Using stellar Advanced Planning and Allocation by Arthur(R) applications to drive proven practice processes, Famous Footwear has achieved more precise planning and targeted allocations. JDA's solutions have contributed to the company's operational excellence and financial performance, including five consecutive quarters of store-for-store gains and an increase in sales of 6.3 percent in 2005.

"We are honored to be selected as the 'Best in Planning' winner," stated John Dembinski, vice president of merchandise planning and allocation. "This award further proves that we are maximizing our investment in our internal systems and adding significant value to our organization's bottom line."

Michaels Stores Brings Inventory Operations under Control

JDA recognized $3.7 billion Michaels Stores Inc., the world's largest specialty retailer of arts and crafts, for "Best in Replenishment, Retail."

By simplifying store operations and using Advanced Replenishment by E3(R) solutions as well as numerous other JDA Portfolio applications to rigorously and systematically bring inventory operations under control, Michaels Stores has reaped a number of benefits. These include improved in-stocks across 32 million active store/SKU combinations to 95 to 97 percent, improved in-stocks on advertised items to better than 97% and reduced inventory by 12 percent. Bringing inventory under control has enabled Michaels to achieve operational excellence that includes increased sales at a compounded annual rate of 12 percent and more than doubled operating earnings.

Commenting on the importance of the award, Tom DeCaro, executive vice president of supply chain for Michaels Stores, stated, "It's our corporate culture to recognize our high-performing employees. We appreciate the opportunity to participate in this awards ceremony and acknowledge our employees in front of JDA's entire user community for their commitment to delivering quality work and results to our organization."

The Clorox Sales Co. Reduces Planogram Production Time by 50 Percent

JDA also celebrated The Clorox Sales Co. for demand chain excellence in the "Best in Category Management" category. Using CategoryAdvisor(TM), Clorox reduced the time to generate planograms by 50 percent and reduced space planning training for users by 50 percent.

Clorox's other benefits include improved ability to target assortments and store inventory of each retail partners' regional markets, more enriched planogram analysis and additional granular store clustering analytical capabilities.

JDA FOCUS 2006 Real Results Winners

JDA is proud to honor all the 2006 Real Results winners. These companies include:

--Best in Planning -- Famous Footwear

--Best in Allocation and Replenishment -- Casual Male Retail Group Inc.

--Best in Replenishment, Retail -- Michaels Stores Inc.

--Best in Replenishment, Wholesale-Distributor -- Maurice Sporting Goods

--Best in Collaboration, Wholesaler -- Ace Hardware Corp.

--Best in Collaboration, Retail -- Rite Aid Corp.

--Best in Category Management, Manufacturer -- The Clorox Sales Co.

--Best in Category Management, Distributor -- Palmer & Harvey McLane Ltd.

--Best in Labor Management, Discount Retailer -- Dollar Tree Stores Inc.

--Best in Labor Management, Grocery Retailer -- H-E-B

--Best in Advertising & Promotion Management -- Albertsons

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.