# RSi a Circana Company

> RSi, legally Retail Solutions, Inc., is a retail analytics and SaaS business acquired by IRI in 2020 and now associated with Circana. It turns retailer sales and inventory data into reporting, availability alerts, supply chain analysis and shopper-marketing measurement for consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers.

- **Founded:** 2003
- **Headquarters:** San Jose, United States
- **Founders:** Jonathan Golovin (Co-founder; former CEO and executive chairman), Richard Swan (Co-founder), Peter Rieman (Co-founder), Shantha Mohan (Co-founder; former chief development officer)
- **Products:** Retail data management and reporting, Ansa, OSAPower / OSA End-to-End, Pacific, Circana On-Shelf Availability
- **Notable:** Reported more than 500 global CPG customers and data across 300,000+ stores at acquisition in 2020., IRI’s 2020 announcement said more than three-fourths of the 50 largest CPG manufacturers had used RSi solutions., Ansa received three Shopper Marketing Magazine Editor’s Choice awards, according to IRI’s acquisition announcement.

## Products & services

- **Retail data management and reporting** — Cloud-based collection, cleansing and harmonization of retailer POS and inventory data, with store-item-day analysis.
- **Ansa** — Launched to measure, target and optimize digital campaigns using daily store-level sales and inventory data; historical RSi product.
- **OSAPower / OSA End-to-End** — Historical availability suite; the January 2020 End-to-End launch combined predictive and corrective alerts with inventory, promotion and field-execution support.
- **Pacific** — RSi collaboration platform named in IRI’s acquisition announcement for integration with Liquid Data.
- **Circana On-Shelf Availability** — Current parent-company offering with daily store-item alerts, mobile-capable prioritization and alert value scorecards.
- **Circana Liquid Supply Chain** — Current parent-company offering for harmonized cross-retailer inventory visibility and supply risk analysis.

## Achievements

- Reported more than 500 global CPG customers and data across 300,000+ stores at acquisition in 2020.
- IRI’s 2020 announcement said more than three-fourths of the 50 largest CPG manufacturers had used RSi solutions.
- Ansa received three Shopper Marketing Magazine Editor’s Choice awards, according to IRI’s acquisition announcement.

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Circana published guidance on near-real-time shelf visibility, emphasizing daily next-morning data and operational limits on acting faster; parent-company update.
- **2023-03** — IRI and NPD adopted the Circana name, providing the corporate context for RSi a Circana Company.
- **2020-10** — IRI acquired RSi; financial terms were not disclosed.

## Links

- Website: http://www.retailsolutions.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rsi-2
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/thisisrsi

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