Intalytics Partners to Boost Retail and Restaurant Business

US-based predictive analytics and consulting services firm Intalytics has announced an exclusive partnership with forecasting and analytics expert Jim Stone, principal consultant of Chain Store Advisors.

Stone will be primarily responsible for cultivating new relationships within the restaurant and retail client communities - two of Intalytics' key sectors alongside healthcare and financial services. His 30 years in commercial real estate include seventeen running geoVue, a provider of real estate planning and site selection software, which he founded. Of the new arrangement, he comments: 'I'm eager to work alongside the Intalytics team and help serve the customers. There is a lot to do and I can't wait to get started'.

Reading, MA-based Chain Store Advisors, home page www.chainstoreadvisors.com , works with chains including retailers, restaurants, and service businesses, providing business process design, analytics requirements assessment, real estate planning and site evaluation.

Bob Buckner, Principal at Intalytics comments: 'Jim is a well-known, visionary leader in Predictive Analytics and its application, and one of our field's pioneers. We believe that his experience and track record in the field makes him the right partner for Intalytics at this time of enormous opportunity.'

Ann Arbor, MI-based Intalytics is online at www.intalytics.com .