Today, the economy has stabilized and most economists report that the recession is over. As the dust settles, it appears that the ability to maintain gross margins and reduce inventory levels served many retailers well, and pricing capabilities helped play a critical role in saving the "retail bacon." However, going forward, a new challenge emerges: how to wean consumers off of an expectation of heavy discounts, and back to some semblance of a value-based price proposition.

This benchmark report highlights the business challenges retailers face in "getting back to good" pricing strategies, the steps they are taking to implement those strategies, and the technologies they're using, or plan to use to support their efforts.