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Itasca Retail

Itasca Retail

Simple. Accurate. CGO.

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Get To Know Us

ITASCA RETAIL could be thought of as The Inventory Mastery Company. We invent and build industry-leading solutions for:

  • Inventory Optimization (not too much…not too little)
  • Inventory Management (keep track of what/how much of/where do you have)
  • Computer Generated Ordering (automated ordering that works)
  • DSD-replenished product ordering (using our proven CGO tool)
  • DSD Receiving (that meshes seamlessly with our other software)
  • Upstream supply-chain-forecasted ordering (we call it Demand-Based Supply Chain)
  • Master Data Management (for all things inventory-related)

We have mastered these core business practices so you can too.

Itasca Retail has been perfecting this know-how since 1998, when Jeff Kennedy and Mike Miller recognized the need for better store-level ordering practices in grocery. They remain at the helm and make the day-to-day as well as strategic and visionary decisions.

Jeff and Mike leverage combined expertise in sales, and technical development, and organizational management. This has produced outstanding results over the years, as their teams developed and sold highly successful systems for merchandise receiving, retail ordering, inventory management, retail price management and most recently, Magic™ Inventory Optimization and Computer Generated Ordering application.

Many things make us successful, but we are especially proud that we are among the few industry-leading software companies without significant outside funding. Growing organically has let us adhere to the most important tenet in our mission: Serving our customers.

We understand that without customers’ complete and total satisfaction, we are just talk…and we don’t do talk. Most software companies with outside funding need to abide by certain demands made on them by their finicky boards, but we don’t. We abide by the demands of only one constituency – the retailers we serve, who count on our solution to make their customers happy.

It’s the essence of Mastery.

Our Mission

We exist to provide innovative, practical, and top-quality software for the retail industry. Our first responsibility is to our clients who use our products and services. We will be known as a company that understands the markets that we serve. Our clients, strategic partners, and associates will see Itasca Retail as a company that delivers unparalleled results and uncompromising customer service.

Why Itasca Retail?

The importance of accurate, trusted store-level inventory management systems has never been greater for supermarkets and other retailers. Nightly ordering is a complex and demanding activity that is prone to data lag and human bias. It requires reliable store-level perpetual inventory and a high-degree of automation powered by machine intelligence. Companies who do this very well see excellent financial returns, smoother store operations, and superior shopper satisfaction.

Unrefined ordering practices result in unacceptably high incidence of both out-of-stock and overstock situations. Both are costly in terms of missed sales, excess product expiration and spoilage, excess labor, remediation costs, and higher inventory carrying expenses. The worst consequence of all is a diminished shopper experience.

Digital Impact

The arrival of online ordering with in-store fulfillment has intensified the need for CGO in the supermarket and other mass retail sectors. The negative consequences of OOS and item substitutions are greatly magnified in this context.


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(515) 223-0050

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marketing@itasca-retail.com

140 S. 68th St.
West Des Moines, IA 50266
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