Shopran Wins 'ITreview Grid Award 2026 Summer' for 16 Consecutive Periods - Recognized as Top-Tier 'Leader' for 10 Straight Terms in the 'Store Management System' Category

Dream Arts Co., Ltd. (Tokyo HQ: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Hiroshima HQ: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture; President and CEO: Takao Yamamoto; hereinafter 'Dream Arts'), a provider of cloud services for large enterprises, is pleased to announce that its cloud service 'Shopran(R)'—designed to support multi-store operation reform—has been awarded the top-tier 'Leader' ranking for the 10th consecutive period in the 'ITreview Grid Award 2026 Summer,' announced by ITreview (IT Review), an IT product review platform operated by IT Cloud Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Genta Kurono). This marks the 16th consecutive period that Shopran has received the 'ITreview Grid Award.'

About the 'ITreview Grid Award 2026 Summer'

The business-oriented IT product and cloud service review platform 'ITreview' utilizes a proprietary quadrant map called the 'ITreview Grid,' which enables assessment of customer satisfaction and market recognition based on aggregated user reviews.

The 'ITreview Grid Award 2026 Summer' was determined based on approximately 160,000 user reviews collected on the ITreview platform, selecting products that have garnered strong user support.

For more details on the 'ITreview Grid Award 2026 Summer,' please visit:

URL: https://www.itreview.jp/award/2026_summer.html

Recognition as Top-Tier 'Leader' in the 'Store Management System' Category

Shopran(R) has been recognized as the top-tier 'Leader' for the 10th consecutive term in the 'Store Management System' category (※1), an essential tool for chain store businesses. This achievement marks the 16th consecutive 'ITreview Grid Award' for Shopran.

Currently, Shopran is adopted by a wide range of chain store enterprises across various industries and scales, serving approximately 66,000 stores. Last year, the service launched 'AI Translation (※2),' designed to support foreign staff with language acquisition and improve store operations, further enhancing operational efficiency.

For detailed user reviews of Shopran(R), please visit:

URL: https://www.itreview.jp/products/shoprun/reviews

※1 Award Category: 'Store Management System'

URL: https://www.itreview.jp/categories/storemanagementsystem

※2 Press Release on 'AI Translation' URL: https://shoprun.jp/news/press-release/press20250520/

Going forward, Dream Arts will continue to uphold 'co-creation' as its core philosophy, providing comprehensive solutions that strengthen frontline operations and enhance corporate competitiveness.

About Shopran(R) (Shopran) https://shoprun.jp/ Shopran(R) is the market-leading cloud service for headquarters-store communication tools (※3). The service is widely adopted across diverse industries and scales, including Ito-Yokado, Edion, and Skylark, with approximately 66,000 stores (including overseas) utilizing the platform. Shopran(R) leverages Microsoft's cloud platform 'Microsoft Azure' as its service infrastructure, enabling flexible scalability to accommodate changes in usage scale and content growth.

※3 Based on Fuji Keizai's 'Industry-Specific IT Investment Trends / Future Outlook of the DX Market 2026 Edition - IT Investment Volume,' 2024 Vendor Share

About Dream Arts Co., Ltd. https://www.dreamarts.co.jp/ Dream Arts, whose corporate mission is 'contributing to the development of people, organizations, and society filled with the joy of co-creation,' embodies 'co-creation' in its operations, serving as a true solution partner for comprehensive customer challenges.

The company develops and provides cloud services such as 'SmartDB(R)' (Smart DB), a business digitalization cloud for large enterprises; 'Shopran(R),' supporting multi-store operation reform; and 'InsuiteX(R)' (Insuite X), a business cockpit transforming workstyles for large enterprises.