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Commerce veteran Lawrence Roycroft joins as Vice President for EMEA, as KIBO reports accelerating net-new bookings growth, expanded customer base, and deepened partner ecosystem across the region

Kibo is proud to announce several milestones and accomplishments from 2022 that reinforce its position as a leader in composable commerce solutions for retailers and B2B companies. The company's industry recognition, client successes, product launches and strategic partnerships have led to proven results and laid the foundation for long-term growth.

Kibo, a market leader in composable commerce products, reported a strong start to Q4 following their recent spin-off of their personalization business and announced that proceeds from the spin-off will be used to reinvest into the commerce business to continue to scale Kibo’s growth.

Kibo, a leading composable commerce provider, today announced that its Commerce Platform powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) is now available in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on AWS.

Kibo, a market leader in composable commerce products, today announced that Ram Venkataraman, the company’s CEO, has been named to RIS News’ Influentials 2022: Top Movers and Shakers in Retail. The annual recognition celebrates retail leaders that are reshaping the industry and developing cutting-edge technologies.

Kibo, a market leader in modern, omnichannel commerce, today announces the sale of its personalization business to Centre Lane Partners, a private investment firm that focuses on growing middle-market companies. The new stand-alone personalization entity will be branded Monetate, and Brian Wilson, the current chief operating officer of Kibo, will lead Monetate as its chief executive officer.

Kibo, a leader in composable commerce, today announced that OnlySky has chosen Kibo to help scale its online and point-of-sale business. OnlySky, the fastest growing ERP and eCommerce solution for independent ski resorts and schools, selected the commerce solution for its composable and extensible architecture. With these capabilities, OnlySky can innovate faster by creating compelling eCommerce experiences built for its unique customer base.

Kibo, the leader in unified commerce, announced today the release of its new product, Kibo Subscriptions Management, along with original data on the value of subscriptions.

Kibo, the leader in unified commerce, today announced that the Lufthansa Group, one of the world’s leading airline groups, selected Kibo Personalization, powered by Monetate and Certona, to personalize and optimize web and app experiences across communications for both online visitors and passengers.

Kibo, the leader in unified commerce, today announced that global research and advisory firm Forrester Research has named Kibo the only Leader in The Forrester Wave™: B2C Commerce Solutions, Q2 2022. According to Forrester, “Kibo is a best fit for digital businesses that prioritize a preintegrated platform with shared services across functional areas.”

Kibo, the leader in unified commerce, today announced that Sportsman’s Warehouse selected Kibo Personalization, powered by Monetate and Certona, to support its testing and personalization efforts. Sportsman’s Warehouse chose Kibo for the company’s experienced leadership in the testing and personalization category, as well as demonstrated ability to help the Sportsman’s Warehouse team scale digital transformation goals quickly and efficiently.

Kibo, the leader in unified commerce, today announced that it achieved year-over-year (YoY) company bookings growth of over 40% in 2021. Kibo Order Management had a particularly strong year, with YoY bookings growing 120%. This growth demonstrates businesses’ prioritization of both fulfillment optimization and individualized customer experiences as a part of their 2022 commerce strategies, with retailers selecting Kibo as their vendor partner for the company’s proven unified commerce technology.

Kibo, the leader in unified commerce, today announced the release of three new Storefront Accelerators for developers who use Vue Storefront, React Storefront or Next.js Commerce. These tools from Kibo enable retailers to create storefronts or build out custom features on existing platforms efficiently and effectively, with any vendor partner.

Kibo, the leader in unified commerce, today announced that Darn Tough Vermont, American manufacturer of premium, all-weather outdoor and lifestyle socks, is building a culture of scalable testing and personalization through Kibo Personalization, Powered by Monetate. The agile testing and analytics in Kibo Personalization have helped the Darn Tough team satisfy customer needs and deliver business value.

Kibo, a leader in unified commerce, today announced Allison Dancy has joined the company as its Chief Marketing Officer. A data-driven marketing leader with more than 20 years of experience, Allison is a proven marketing executive with a long history of success in growing software companies through marketing innovation and execution. Allison brings deep expertise across all facets of marketing, including, but not limited to, demand generation, partner marketing, product positioning and field marketing. Allison's proven background in increasing brand and market awareness, enhancing corporate credibility, and driving market penetration and sales pipeline will help Kibo accelerate growth and further scale its go-to-market engine.

Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) recently announced that David Post, CEO, Kibo, was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2021 Southwest Award finalist. Now in its 35th year, the Entrepreneur Of The Year program honors unstoppable business leaders whose ambition, ingenuity and courage in the face of adversity helped catapult us from the now to next and beyond. Post was selected as one of the 38 finalists by a panel of independent judges.

Kibo, the leader in unified commerce, today announced that Personalized Search is now available. Kibo Personalized Search is the latest personalization feature to further bring Monetate and Certona capabilities into the Kibo platform, giving companies the power to deliver a fully integrated personalization strategy, from browse and discovery, through to re-engagement.

Kibo, the leader in unified commerce, today announced HALL Wines, a Napa-based winery and online wine retailer, used Social Proof to increase Add-to-Cart (ATC) rates by 55%. HALL Wines combined Social Proof with Dynamic Testing, another component of Kibo Personalization, to maximize ROI while learning more about which messages worked best across their different sites. Sharing information about which wines were selling out created a sense of urgency for wine club members, driving added interest and activity online.

Kibo, a leading unified commerce platform, and PeakActivity, a digital strategy and implementation company, today announced a strategic partnership to help implement best-in-class unified commerce solutions for a wide variety of retailers across both brick-and-mortar and eCommerce channels.

Kibo, the leader in unified commerce, today announced that the company has achieved major wins in EMEA in Q1 2021. Kibo achieved 122% growth in new deals the first three months of the year. The company saw increases in product interest for order management, ecommerce, and personalization, proving out the need for end-to-end unified commerce solutions that can easily be tailored to fit any environment. Kibo Order Management was also recently named a Strong Performer in the Forrester Wave™: Order Management Systems, Q2 2021. Kibo received top scores in solution architecture, product vision and innovation roadmap, delivery model, and commercial model criteria.

Kibo, the leader in unified commerce, today announced that Boscov’s, America’s largest family-owned department store with 48 locations throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, has selected Kibo Ecommerce for its upcoming site replatform. Already a customer of the Kibo Order Management and Kibo Personalization products, Boscov’s came to Kibo with the goal of unifying processes and operations even further to deliver a better customer experience on its website.

Kibo, the leader in unified commerce, today announced that global analyst firm Forrester Research has named Kibo a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Order Management Systems, Q2 2021. Forrester describes Kibo as “a best fit for growing digital companies that want the usability of a well-integrated portfolio of solutions.” Kibo received among the top scores in the solution architecture, product vision and innovation roadmap, delivery model and commercial model criteria. Forrester gave Kibo a score of 5 out of 5 possible points in the product vision and innovation roadmap, commercial model, delivery model and number of live installations criteria. Kibo also received the highest score in the report (4.3 out of 5) in the solution architecture criterion.

Kibo, the leader in unified commerce, today announced that Kibo POS is now on Kibo’s unified commerce platform, allowing for a seamless, end-to-end experience for users of other Kibo solutions including Order Management and eCommerce. Retailers can assist shoppers with in-store checkout, show product availability, and fulfill orders across locations.

Kibo, the leader in unified commerce, today announced ZWILLING J. A. Henckels AG has selected Kibo Order Management to automate inventory sourcing logic and fulfillment capabilities. ZWILLING, based in Germany, founded in 1731, is one of the largest and oldest manufacturers of kitchenware. ZWILLING selected Kibo for its flexible, open architecture, speed to market, and recognized focus on customer service and support. The company plans to use Kibo Order Management to replace long-used manual processes across their globally-positioned distribution centers with efficient automated processes.