Vividly

What it does

Vividly is an AI-powered trade promotion management platform for consumer goods companies - enabling CPG brands to plan trade promotions, execute programs with retail partners, and measure the ROI of trade spending. AI capabilities include ML trade promotion ROI prediction that forecasts the volume lift and profitability of planned promotions before execution, AI baseline modeling that separates promoted versus unpromoted sales to accurately measure lift, intelligent trade budget optimization that recommends how to allocate trade spending across retailers, brands, and periods for maximum return, automated deduction management that processes retailer chargebacks and reconciles trade funding, anomaly detection that flags unusual promotion outcomes requiring investigation, and post-promotion analytics that measure actual versus planned performance for continuous improvement.

Strengths

• Mid-market CPG brands use Vividly for systematic trade promotion management - ML ROI prediction improving promotion planning quality and post-event analytics enabling continuous trade strategy improvement.
• Large CPG companies use Vividly for enterprise trade promotion management - AI analytics across complex multi-retailer trade programs and deduction automation managing high-volume retailer chargebacks.
• Vividly is an AI-powered trade promotion management platform for consumer goods companies - enabling CPG brands to plan trade promotions, execute programs with retail partners, and measure the ROI of trade spending.

Watch-outs

• CPG trade promotion specialty: Vividly is purpose-built for consumer goods trade promotion with retail partners — other industries, B2B promotions, and non-retail marketing programs have different promotion management requirements.
• Competes with Plex TPx and AFS for CPG trade management: AFS Technologies and Plex Systems offer competing trade promotion management platforms — CPG companies should compare AI ROI prediction accuracy, deduction management depth, and retailer integration capabilities.
• AI promotion predictions require historical scan data for accuracy: Vividly's ML baseline and lift models require clean historical scanner data from retailers — CPG companies without reliable syndicated data access see less accurate promotion ROI forecasting.

Pricing

Vividly pricing based on revenue under management and modules. Not published. Mid-market and enterprise contracts negotiated. Annual contracts.