DUBLIN, CA — (Marketwired) — 11/05/13 — Epicor Software Corporation, a global leader in for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organizations, announced today that Canadian footwear leader Groupe Yellow has selected the Epicor® (SaaS) solution to support the organization-s retail operations. Yellow has also signed on as the first SaaS customer to deploy Epicor Retail as a hosted solution.
Started in 1916, is Quebec-s largest and most respected family footwear retail company, and is also the oldest in the province with three generations of the same family at the helm of the company. Through its 90+ store locations, Yellow offers an extensive range of footwear for the whole family, combining leading-edge fashion with exceptional value. The company prides itself on its incredible selection of women-s, men-s and children-s shoes highlighting the latest trends of the season. Yellow-s attention to detail, quality and high fashion designs have attracted a multitude of sophisticated, urbane and loyal customers of all ages.
To support its operations, Yellow sought a proven, affordable SaaS offering that would enable swift implementation and plug-and-play functionality. The company selected the Epicor Retail SaaS solution, based on the company-s comprehensive suite of specialty retail solutions, to leverage the Epicor acclaimed Store, CRM, Merchandising, Warehouse Management, Audit & Operations Management, and Business Intelligence functionality on demand.
Additionally the company will deploy Epicor Retail as a hosted solution. Sourcing and PLM streamlines sourcing processes to help retailers bring products to market quickly and cost effectively, providing tools for increased visibility and productivity, and more efficient supply chain management.
The solution will support more streamlined point of sale transactions for an improved customer checkout experience, while the will allow the organization to collect and track customer data to better understand patrons- buying habits — fostering loyalty and strengthening marketing campaigns. will give Yellow advanced tools to analyze ordering, pricing, distribution, and the overall management of merchandise; and synchronize and integrate purchasing, pricing, receiving, allocation, replenishment, and inventory management.
will enable Yellow to achieve seamless communication with stores on the flow of merchandise from receiving through distribution to store shelves. will allow Yellow to consolidate, validate and secure data from all sales channels into one location and one standard format. will assist Yellow in the aggregation and analysis of a wide variety of data from sales audit, merchandising, and CRM solutions, to reveal key insights and emerging trends for more rapid and accurate decision making.
Epicor Retail SaaS solution is designed for quick and easy deployment; as a result, Yellow is able to deploy powerful functionality that will yield significant benefits all at once — without the need for a lengthy resource-intensive phased deployment approach.
“The Epicor Retail SaaS solution offers significant benefits as it removes the need for costly integration among modules, which is time and cost prohibitive,” says Leo Rabinovitch, chief information officer for Yellow. “With Epicor Retail, Yellow will have a solid foundation for a seamless flow of information between all aspects of the business. We will be able to make decisions and execute more quickly, buy and distribute more effectively, provide first-class customer service, and build a sustainable competitive advantage against our competition. If we can drive increased conversion of 1 to 2%, this would equate to a tremendous payback.”
“Since the Epicor Retail headquarters is in Montreal, we are especially familiar with Yellow and are honored that our -home town- footwear retailer has made Epicor its retail SaaS technology partner of choice,” said Ian Rawlins, vice president, retail product marketing for Epicor. “Our retail SaaS suite is architected so that Yellow can focus on building its business, as opposed to managing its IT infrastructure. In business for nearly 100 years, Yellow has certainly demonstrated its relevance and permanence, and Yellow can be sure that as its business continues to evolve, the Epicor retail SaaS platform will provide the necessary scalability and functionality to grow with them.”
With minimal up-front cost and turnkey service and support, the Epicor Retail SaaS delivery model provides retailers with access to the award-winning suite of Epicor solutions for the specialty retail marketplace while reducing the dependency on onsite retail IT infrastructure. The “pay as you go” SaaS pricing model eliminates the need to amortize the cost of “traditional” software licenses, resulting in significant total cost of ownership advantages. The Epicor Retail SaaS solution includes the associated implementation and integration services, support and maintenance, as well as ongoing updates and upgrades, giving retailers the freedom and flexibility to focus IT resources on other parts of the business. With a proven five-to-six-month project timeline from project kick off to live, the Epicor Retail SaaS solution offers considerable time-to-market benefits.
Epicor provides advanced solutions for retailers seeking to streamline processes, integrate channels, leverage intelligence and inspire customers, to maximize profitability. The Epicor Retail end-to-end suite is designed to meet the evolving merchandise and service expectations of today-s connected, cross-channel shoppers, and the business requirements of the most demanding soft goods, hard goods and specialty retail environments in a variety of industries including apparel, footwear, discount, general merchandise, automotive aftermarket, lumber and building materials, nursery, and pharmacy. Thousands of leading companies — from Aeropostale, Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance and Build-A-Bear Workshop, to General Nutrition Centers, and True Value Company — trust Epicor to help them remain current, competitive, and consistently strong.
Epicor Software Corporation is a global leader delivering inspired business software solutions to the manufacturing, distribution, retail and services industries. With over 40 years of experience serving small, midmarket and larger enterprises, Epicor has more than 20,000 customers in over 150 countries. Epicor enterprise resource planning (ERP), retail management software, supply chain management (SCM), and human capital management (HCM) enable companies to drive increased efficiency and improve profitability. With a history of innovation, industry expertise and passion for excellence, Epicor provides the single point of accountability that local, regional and global businesses demand. The Company-s headquarters are located in Dublin, California, with offices and affiliates worldwide. For more information, visit .
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