JDA Software www.jda.com
Donates software licenses valued at $1,005,000 to Retailing and RHIM programs at the University of South Carolina. The licenses include: Space Planning Plus by Intactix, Floor Planning Plus by Intactix, and Efficient Item Assortment by Intactix. Graduate students in the Master of Retailing program use the software in RETL 749 Category Management and Space Planning. Graduates with the software training are highly competitive in the workforce. 

  BIGresearch www.bigresearch.com
Donates databases of consumer panel data valued at $360,000 to the Retailing and RHIM programs at Texas Tech University. The licenses include: the Simultaneous Media Usage Knowledgebase and Consumer Intentions and Actions Knowledgebase. Texas Tech faculty and students may use the data to prepare white papers, research briefs, reports, press releases or seminar content which contains "SIMMTM" or "CIA" information.