Retail

Oracle Retail Implementation Optimises Merchandise Offering, Domestic and International Growth Strategy at Leading Turkish Electronics Chain

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., 25-FEB-2008 05:00 AM Teknosa, Turkey's leading consumer electronics retail chain, has gone live with Oracle(r) Retail applications to support its aggressive expansion strategy and enhance service levels across its multiple sales channels. The implementation of the Oracle Retail Merchandising System, Oracle Retail Allocation and Oracle Retail Category Management is enabling Teknosa to optimise inventory management, allocation and replenishment across its E-Commerce and telephone channels as well as its 230 stores as the retailer expands its operations across Turkey and neighbouring countries.

14 Jan08 Bangalore, India -- In the recently concluded event, Asia Retail Congress 2008 in Mumbai, Manthan Systems, a leading provider of Technology solutions for retail analytics and Business Intelligence (BI), emphasized to Asian retailers the importance of competing with analytics.

Citing examples of fast growing Asian retail industries that are getting increasingly competitive with new players, new formats and new strategies, Manthan's Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Atul Jalan said,

"Retailers may be faced with more challenges than they can handle, sooner than they thought possible. Having the right investments today can help retailers keep up and stay ahead of competition tomorrow. For any retailer in this race, analytics and Business Intelligence is one of the most important strategic levers they can use to steer their business going forward."

28 Jan08 Bangalore, India -- Manthan concluded a splendid NRF 2008 where it showcased its popular ARC Retail Business Intelligence solution. It was a grand annual celebration of Manthan and its ecosystem, highlighting the 2007 achievements of several new customers, an expanded partner network, and cutting edge BI innovation in ARC.

It was a great start to 2008 with several new relationships underway, and Manthan seeing a tremendous response to its leading retail Business Intelligence solution.

On of the themes in the event was focused on the impact of the slowdown in the US economy. The AMR Research NRF 2008 speaks how the "Dark Economic Clouds Failed to Dampen Retailers' Technology Spending Moods".

UK’s Fourth Largest Supermarket Group use Oracle to Enhance the Customer Experience Through Business Transformation

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., 15-FEB-2008 05:00 AM Morrisons, the UK's fourth largest supermarket group, has entered into a strategic relationship with Oracle to help drive increased operational flexibility across the business and strengthen the company's foundation for future growth. Morrisons has purchased a prototype Oracle footprint that includes a complete Oracle Retail suite of merchandising, planning and stores applications; the Oracle E-Business Suite for financials, HR/payroll and manufacturing; Oracle's Siebel CRM; Oracle Fusion Middleware including Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle Identity Management; and Oracle Database.

Wins honors for retailer-supplier demand analytics and
Product Lifecycle Management

Alexandria, VA Agentrics, a leading solution provider to the world’s largest retailers and their trading partners, today announced it received two Readers’ Choice Awards in the 2008 Consumer Goods Technology annual reader poll. Agentrics was chosen as a top-10, best-in-class provider in two categories: Demand Data Analytics and New Product Development and Introduction. Agentrics is a repeat recipient in the demand analytics category and is making its first appearance in the new product development category, due to the rising success of its Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution, Agentrics GenNovation.

Empowers stores to maximize employee performance, driving revenue growth and increasing productivity throughout the store chain

National Retail Federation Annual Convention, NY - RedPrairie Corporation, a leading consumer-driven optimization company, today announced the release of major new enhancements to its Execution Management application, the first execution management software to be fully integrated with a workforce management solution. New features of RedPrairie’s software provide task planners, gatekeepers and store managers a comprehensive view of store operations and workloads to enable customization and optimization of projects and tasks. Enhanced functionality also empowers the store with additional localized detail and customization, providing a vehicle to implement individual store best practices that drive revenue growth and increase employee productivity throughout the store chain.

New York, NY – RedPrairie Corporation, a leading consumer driven optimization company participating in the National Retail Federation’s 97th Annual Conference, today announced the availability of RedPrairie Performance Management™ (RPM) for Retail.

RPM is a web-based analytic solution that leverages the wealth of existing information from RedPrairie’s retail operations and workforce management applications to monitor, analyze and report on the key performance indicators (KPI’s) that drive an organization’s success. The user interface provides a rich and Intuitive experience that guides users to discovering new insights of their business.

Montreal, Quebec (August 28, 2007) -- Speedware Ltd., a subsidiary of Activant Solutions Inc. and a leading provider of legacy modernization software solutions, including Business Intelligence and productivity tools, today announced it has successfully completed a project to provide legacy modernization technologies and services to a leading televised retailer. The revenue recognized from this contract over its term was over $3 million and was based on the sale of licenses and the provision of support and consulting services.

Speedware offers comprehensive modernization technologies and services designed to protect companies’ IT investments and enable business continuity as they move toward newer computing platforms. The televised retailer is a global organization with multiple operation centers located in North America, Europe and Asia. They required rapid implementation of a low risk solution and awarded the contract to Speedware in 2006. The successful implementation of the modernization solution took 16 months and involved a phased approach meant to lessen risk of any business interruption and ensure on-time completion.

Largest Toy Retailer in Nordic Market Expects to Reduce Retail Inventory By At Least 15% Following JDA Demand and Fulfillment Solution Implementations

London & Scottsdale, Ariz. – August 27, 2007 – JDA® Software Group, Inc. today announced that Denmark-based TOP-TOY A/S, the largest toy retailer in the Nordic market, has licensed JDA® Demand and JDA® Fulfillment solutions to significantly improve sales forecasts and reduce inventory levels for its own brand BR-Legetøj and TOYS“R”US franchises. By implementing JDA solutions, TOP-TOY intends to gain better visibility into its 250 stores’ demand to optimize target service levels from the 59,000-square-meter central distribution center and lower inventory levels. The company also required an automated, user-friendly system that could be managed by a small headquarters office department in Denmark and a buying office in Hong Kong.

8/23/2007

Teradata facilitates a centralized business management approach

DAYTON, Ohio — Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), today announced that Williams-Sonoma, Inc. has purchased an enterprise data warehouse. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is a nationwide specialty retailer of high quality products for the home. These products, representing six distinct merchandise strategies - Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen, West Elm and Williams-Sonoma Home - are marketed through 584 stores, seven mail-order catalogs and six E-Commerce websites.

A Teradata Warehouse® provides a single data source and Business Intelligence platform. The purchase includes an eight-node Teradata 5450 platform for operations, and a two-node Teradata 5450 platform for testing, development and disaster recovery. The Teradata 5450 platform includes a server featuring an 18 percent boost in the price/performance ratio over earlier models and more powerful use of Teradata's market-leading analytical software.

Aug 20, 2007

Acclaimed Fashion House Uses TAGSYS’ RFID Technology to Improve Apparel Distribution Flows from Production to Retail Sale

Cambridge, Mass. — August 20, 2007 – TAGSYS, the global leader in item-level RFID infrastructure, today announced that Throttleman, one of Portugal’s Premier fashion houses, has successfully integrated RFID Technology into its supply chain. The Technology allows unprecedented speed in delivering Throttleman’s signature cutting-edge fashions to retail centers.

Throttleman contracted with systems integrator Creativesystems to define and support an RFID solution that would improve the overall speed and efficiency of its supply chain. Creativesystems partnered with TAGSYS based on the 99.9 percent read-rate performance of TAGSYS’ UHF tunnels.

Manhattan Associates and KORUS Consulting Join Forces to Provide Russian Supermarket Chain with Robust Supply Chain Solutions Infrastructure
LONDON AND ATLANTA – August 20, 2007 – Leading Supply Chain solutions provider Manhattan Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH), today announced that Holiday Classic, the largest food retail chain in Western Siberia, has successfully completed its implementation of Manhattan Associates' Integrated Logistics Solutions™ built on Microsoft .NET, at a 65,000ft2 distribution centre (DC) in Novosibirsk, Russia's fourth largest city. The solution deployment was led by Manhattan Associates' partner KORUS Consulting, a leading systems integrator to retailers, suppliers and distributors in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

Sybase Inc (NYSE: SY), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, today announced its partnership with Manthan Systems, a leading Solution provider of Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics solutions for the Retail Industry.

Anand Sri Ganesh, Marketing Director, Manthan Systems, said, "Through this symbiotic relationship, we will bring greater value to retailers who prefer the Sybase IQ database platform for their data warehousing needs with ARC – a retail-specific best-of-breed Business Intelligence solution that can be deployed rapidly and cost effectively."

DALLAS -- August 9, 2007 --i2 Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITWO) today announced that Caprabo, a leading supermarket retail chain in Spain, deployed i2 transportation solutions to decrease the company’s overall transportation costs in addition to increasing the store delivery service levels. The solution is designed to support the process of planning, executing, and monitoring the complete shipment management lifecycle while also optimizing the transportation network.

Caprabo uses i2 transportation solution to enable:
• Shipment order management
• Robust and flexible tariff management with routing and rating capabilities

Fast-Growing Retailer Selects SAP to Support Growth

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. - August 07, 2007 - Strengthening its position as one of the leading solutions providers to retailers of all sizes around the world, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced that Steve & Barry’s has selected SAP® software to support its global growth objectives. Known for re-writing the rules of retail by offering affordably priced, high-quality apparel for the entire family, Steve & Barry’s will implement SAP for Retail solutions to support the company’s operations and its expansion as one of the fastest-growing retailers in the United States. With more than 200 stores in more than 30 states, the move to SAP will benefit Steve and Barry’s employees at the corporate level as well as in its distribution center and stores.

Oracle Retail Will Help Magnet Stores Capture and Analyse Consumer Buying Patterns, Forecast Inventory Turnover and Streamline Supply Chain

MUMBAI, India, 08-AUG-2007 08:43 AM HomeCare Retail Marts Pvt Ltd (HomeCare), owner of the large format Magnet stores, has selected Oracle Retail applications (Oracle Retail) to support its aggressive expansion plans over the next three years. The company will implement the Oracle Retail applications across its existing and future stores, offices and warehouse locations in India. Zensar Technologies - a certified partner in the Oracle PartnerNetwork - will implement Oracle Retail at HomeCare.

Leading European Sporting Goods Retailer Chooses JDA to Optimize Planning Processes, Boost Profits, and Increase Visibility into Customer Demand

Scottsdale, Ariz. – July 30, 2007 – JDA® Software Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: JDAS) today announced that Aktiesport c/o Unlimited Sports Group, a leading sporting goods retailer with 145 stores in The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, licensed JDA® Enterprise Planning powered by Arthur® to simplify and optimize the overall planning and decision-making processes across the retailer’s enterprise. Designed to deliver high-scalability, flexibility and performance, JDA’s solution will enable Aktiesport to more profitably plan, deploy and manage its resources to improve bottom-line performance. The retailer selected JDA’s Enterprise Planning software because of its proven ability to boost profits with a rapid return on investment over solutions from such providers as SAP, SAS, Torex and Microsoft.

Largest Children’s Retailer in Russia to Implement the Oracle® E-Business Suite and a Broad Selection of Oracle Retail Applications

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., 30-JUL-2007 05:00 AM Detsky Mir, the largest children's goods retail store chain in Russia, has selected the Oracle(r) E-Business Suite as well as Oracle Retail applications to support corporate expansion plans and drive sales across Russia and the CIS states, Oracle announced today. The multi-phased project will deliver Oracle Financials, part of the Oracle E-Business Suite, alongside the Oracle Retail Merchandising Operations Management and Oracle Retail Merchandise Planning applications to enhance management, planning and pricing capabilities for Detsky Mir's children's and maternity merchandise.

Intermec starter packs help Metro's consumer goods suppliers easily implement RFID systems

DUSSELDORF, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2007--Together with its suppliers, the METRO Group is set to considerably expand its use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in 2007. Metro has approved two Intermec (NYSE: IN) RFID starter packs, specially tailored to the needs of the consumer goods industry, which will be offered to its suppliers. The preconfigured application contained in the packs makes it possible to easily fit pallets and boxes with RFID tags.

Both RFID starter packs contain an Intermec PM4i RFID-enabled printer and SF51 Bluetooth bar code scanner. In addition, the second expanded option also contains an Intermec RFID portal for full recording of incoming and outgoing goods.

Ninety-nine stores slated to be outfitted with Sirit’s global UHF RFID reader

Toronto, ON, Canada – June 28, 2007 – Sirit Inc. (“Sirit”) (TSX: SI), a leading provider of Radio Frequency Identification (“RFID”) solutions, announced today that METRO Group has selected Sirit’s INfinity 510 UHF RFID reader for its 2007 rollout program at 99 Real hypermarket locations throughout Germany.

As an extension of their initial RFID trial initiative, this 2007 rollout program will see one INfinity 510 reader installed in each of the ninety-nine locations to track incoming products using Gen 2 tag technology.