{"id":20408,"date":"2025-12-18T17:06:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T00:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/footwearmagazine.com\/?p=20408"},"modified":"2025-12-18T17:06:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T00:06:05","slug":"maison-valentino-shifts-to-centrics-real-time-digital-design-boards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footwearmagazine.com\/?p=20408","title":{"rendered":"Maison Valentino Shifts To Centric\u2019s Real-Time Digital Design Boards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.valentino.com\/en-ba\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maison Valentino<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is deepening its digital transformation with a new partnership with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centricsoftware.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Centric Software<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, adopting Centric PLM\u2122 and Centric Visual Boards\u2122 to streamline product development, improve collaboration, and accelerate time-to-market across its global luxury portfolio. The move is designed to create a single source of truth for data, supporting more agile, efficient, and insight-driven decision-making from concept to showroom.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Valentino\u2019s next chapter in digital transformation<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded in Rome in 1960 by Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti, Maison Valentino has grown into one of the most established Italian couture houses, with collections spanning Haute Couture, women\u2019s and men\u2019s ready-to-wear, Valentino Garavani accessories, Valentino eyewear, and Valentino Beauty by L\u2019Or\u00e9al. Today, the brand has a presence in over 90 countries, with more than 500 points of sale and over 230 directly operated boutiques worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of a broader digital strategy, Valentino sought a single, actionable data hub to support its complex product universe. The goal was to unify and streamline product development, costing, and pricing while giving teams faster access to accurate information across categories and regions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Why Valentino chose Centric PLM<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe chose <\/span>Centric PLM<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because it offers advanced, category-specific capabilities for all our product lines including apparel and accessories and has a proven track record with global luxury brands,\u201d <\/span><b>Paolo Brichese<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Group CFO<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at <\/span><b>Valentino SpA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/valentino-partners-with-centric-software-to-streamline-product-development-improve-collaboration-and-power-strategic-initiatives-302643686.html\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centricsoftware.com\/press-releases\/valentino-partners-with-centric-software-product-development-collaboration-strategy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">added<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u201cCentric Software\u2019s clear deployment methodology and seamless integration with our existing systems made it the strongest choice for Valentino.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Centric PLM will engage more than <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centricsoftware.com\/press-releases\/valentino-partners-with-centric-software-product-development-collaboration-strategy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">400+<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> global users across strategic functions, centralizing product-related workflows from ideation through sourcing and manufacturing. By consolidating data into one platform, Valentino aims to reduce manual work, cut errors, and help teams respond faster to both creative direction and market shifts.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Visual Boards to power assortments and showrooms<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building on Centric PLM, Valentino will also implement Centric Visual Boards, a visually driven assortment-management solution that connects real-time product, financial, and sales data directly into the showroom environment. This allows merchandising, design, sales, and leadership teams to align around assortments using live, data-rich visuals rather than static spreadsheets or slide decks.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCentric Visual Boards will enhance both internal presentations and buyer-facing content, driving stronger alignment across assortments and creative direction,\u201d <\/span><b>Brichese<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/valentino-partners-with-centric-software-to-streamline-product-development-improve-collaboration-and-power-strategic-initiatives-302643686.html\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cThe partnership with Centric Software marks a new chapter of digital transformation for Valentino\u2026We have already established a highly collaborative and trusted relationship with the Centric team, who are ensuring a smooth implementation and rapid time to value,\u201d he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centricsoftware.com\/press-releases\/valentino-partners-with-centric-software-product-development-collaboration-strategy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">added<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Centric Software\u2019s AI-powered platform<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From its headquarters in Silicon Valley, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centricsoftware.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Centric Software\u00ae<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides an AI-enabled platform that supports retailers, brands, and manufacturers from product concept to commercialization. Its solutions are designed for fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home, cosmetics &amp; personal care, and multi-category retail, enabling teams to plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, assort, sell, and replenish products.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Centric Software, Centric PLM\u2122 can deliver up to a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centricsoftware.com\/press-releases\/valentino-partners-with-centric-software-product-development-collaboration-strategy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 50%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> improvement in productivity and a 60% decrease in time to market by optimizing execution from ideation to manufacture. Complementary solutions include Centric Planning\u2122, which can boost margins by up to 110%; Centric Pricing &amp; Inventory\u2122, which can increase revenues by up to 18%; and Centric Market Intelligence\u2122, which can drive up to a 12% increase in average initial price point.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>A luxury partnership focused on innovation<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are honored <\/span><b>Valentino<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> selected <\/span><b>Centric Software<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and welcome them to the family of leading global luxury brands leveraging <\/span><b>Centric<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> solutions to power digital transformation,\u201d <\/span><b>Fabrice Canonge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>CEO <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><b>Centric Software<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/valentino-partners-with-centric-software-to-streamline-product-development-improve-collaboration-and-power-strategic-initiatives-302643686.html\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He added that \u201cValentino\u2019s creative spirit and high standards of excellence will inspire continuous innovation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maison Valentino is deepening its digital transformation with a new partnership with Centric Software, adopting Centric PLM\u2122 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