JDA® Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS), The Supply Chain Company®, announced today that BUT International S.A., a €1.7 billion (2009) French consumer electronics and household appliances retailer, has successfully implemented JDA® Space Planning.

The company, which operates more than 200 stores and features more than 30,000 individual SKUs, selected JDA’s proven Space Planning solution to help it more efficiently execute category plans that optimize the position, performance and layout of product categories, as well as manage multiple planograms simultaneously. Following a speed-to-value implementation, BUT International expects that JDA Space Planning will help drive sales and improve inventory management by ensuring that product assortments accurately align with consumer demand.

“The consumer electronics and appliances environment constantly changes since it is based on new developments in technology and style,” said Jérôme Cointe, merchandising manager, BUT International. “We must keep up with these changes in order to satisfy consumer demand. With JDA’s proven Space Planning technology, we will gain a competitive advantage by delivering improved assortments, executing better planograms and increasing sales of the right products at higher margins.”

Cointe added that JDA Space Planning’s user-friendly features and popularity among leading companies around the world made it an easy selection over other space management applications in the market.

Brian Mort, JDA’s regional vice president, EMEA, stated, “Retailers that want to flourish in today’s consumer-driven environment require proven processes and solutions that optimize space and category management strategies and help meet shopper expectations. BUT International leverages the power of JDA’s Space Planning solution to achieve these objectives through the efficient execution of demand-driven category plans. We look forward to supporting BUT International in its efforts to increase profitability, maximize sales per selling area and satisfy consumer demand.”

Learn more about JDA’s Space Planning solution at JDAConnect 2010, October 18-20 in Amsterdam.

About JDA Software Group, Inc.

JDA® Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS), The Supply Chain Company®, is a leading provider of innovative supply chain management, merchandising and pricing excellence solutions. JDA empowers more than 6,000 companies of all sizes to make optimal decisions that improve profitability and achieve real results in the discrete and process manufacturing, wholesale distribution, transportation, retail and services industries. With an integrated solutions offering that spans the entire supply chain from materials to the consumer, JDA leverages the powerful heritage and knowledge capital of acquired market leaders including i2 Technologies®, Manugistics®, E3®, Intactix® and Arthur®. JDA’s multiple service options provide customers with flexible configurations, rapid time-to-value, lower total cost of ownership, and 24/7 functional and technical support and expertise. To learn more about JDA Software, please visit www.jda.com, e-mail info@jda.com or follow JDASoftware on Twitter.

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. Forward-looking statements are generally accompanied by words such as “can,” “will,” “ensure,” “help,” “enable” and “expect” and other words with forward-looking connotations. In this press release, such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, remarks that our solutions will deliver certain benefits and value to our customers, including Mr. Mort’s remarks that JDA looks forward to supporting BUT International in its efforts to increase profitability, maximize sales, and satisfy consumer demand. The occurrence of future events may involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to: (a) our solutions may not perform exactly as we anticipate; (b) there may be implementation and integration problems associated with our solutions; and (c) other risks detailed from time to time in the “Risk Factors” section of our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Additional information relating to the uncertainty affecting our business is contained in our filings with the SEC. As a result of these and other risks, actual results may differ materially from those predicted. JDA is not under any obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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