JDA and RedPrairie to merge

RedPrairie and JDA Software announced a definitive merger agreement today.  Many of our vendors use JDA plan o gram software for managing their store modulars so this is an interesting development.  The “merger” sounds more like a RedPrairie acquisition of JDA based on the language in the PR.  Home Depot in particular, but other large retailers as well, have essentially told vendors they must use JDA software for POG management so it will be interesting to see if that changes now.   What does this mean for all the money vendors have put into complying with retailers POG requirements?

Letter to JDA customers