Blue Martini Software
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{{Infobox company
| name=Blue Martini Software, Inc.
| logo=Blue Martini Software logo.svg
| industry=Software
| hq_location=San Mateo, California
| defunct={{end date and age|2005}}
| fate=Acquired by Multi-Channel Holdings
}}
Blue Martini Software, Inc., was a software developer and professional services provider based in San Mateo, California, that sold and supported an e-commerce, contact center, relationship marketing, and clienteling applications to retailers and other consumer-facing companies. The company was privately held until July 2000, when it went public on the NASDAQ under the ticker BLUE.
Acquisition history
In March 2005, Blue Martini Software was acquired by Multi-Channel Holdings, Inc., a privately held Golden Gate Capital portfolio company which also owned Ecometry Corporation.
In September 2006, Ecometry/Blue Martini Software and GERS Inc. merged to form Escalate Retail.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20060821005297/en/Ecometry-GERS-Retail-Systems-Combine-Form-Escalate|title=Ecometry and GERS Retail Systems Combine to Form Escalate Retail; Two Leading Retail Software Providers Join Forces to Deliver Customer-Focused, Profit-Driven Solutions to the Industry|date=2006-08-21|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-23}}
In February 2011, Escalate Retail was acquired by RedPrairie Corporation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110202005191/en/RedPrairie-Acquires-Leading-All-Commerce-Solutions-Provider-Escalate|title=RedPrairie Acquires Leading All-Commerce Solutions Provider, Escalate Retail|date=2011-02-02|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-23}} Blue Martini's software applications then became known as the RedPrairie Commerce Suite.
In November 2012, RedPrairie's parent New Mountain Capital acquired JDA Software; following that acquisition, RedPrairie turned support of Blue Martini software to their JDA Software subsidiary.{{cite web|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/redprairie-to-buy-jda-software-for-1-9-billion/|title=RedPrairie to Buy JDA Software for $1.9 Billion|date=November 2012 |publisher=New York Times, Inc.}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.redprairie.com/ RedPrairie Corporate website]
- [http://www.redprairie.com/press-releases/escalate-retail-acquisition.aspx RedPrairie acquires Escalate Retail]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120122043545/http://goldengatecap.com/news_escalate.shtml Ecometry and GERS Combine to Form Escalate Retail]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110702220643/http://www.internetretailer.com/2005/03/02/blue-martini-software-to-become-a-golden-gate-capital-portfolio Blue Martini Software acquired by Golden Gate Capital Portfolio Company]
- [http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/DisplayFilingInfo.aspx?Type=HTML&text=%2526lt%253bNEAR%252f4%2526gt%253b(%22PHILLIP+H.%22%2c%22KNIGHT%22)&FilingID=713871&ppu=%2fPeopleFilingResults.aspx%3fPersonID%3d3102382 S-1 as filed with SEC]
Category:American companies established in 1998
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Category:Software companies established in 1998
Category:Software companies disestablished in 2006
Category:Defunct software companies of the United States
Category:Companies based in San Mateo, California
Category:Defunct computer companies based in California
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Category:Software companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area