The dilemma for the small and mid-sized retailer - how to offer multichannel retailing without incurring major expense?

Launch of Opsuite cloud-based solution - start price £1k a month

Hello,

Yesterday I sent you the announcement of the launch of OpSuite - a ground-breaking solution for smaller retailers developed by retail solutions provider, Davidson Richards.

Retailers know that their customers live and shop in a multichannel environment - consumers expect to be able to buy from a catalogue, buy online and walk into a shop and get the same discounts and services whatever channel they uses. For smaller retailers this sounds expensive to deliver and only the sort of service their bigger competitors can offer. But they know they have to compete. The answer may lie in the cloud.

Opsuite is a revolutionary cloud-based solution that has been designed from the ground up to solve this dilemma for the small and mid-sized retailers without the expense of buying a major new system. It allows them to operate at the same level of purchasing options with the precision and control of heavy weight, large-scale retailers where, previously, cost dictated such parity to be impossible. And they don't even need to replace their existing PoS systems..

Retail solutions developer Richard Goodley, Managing Director, Davidson Richards, and the driving force behind Opsuite, understands that businesses must be able offer the consumer their channel of choice while having "complete visibility and management control of all their business and sales operations."

I would be very happy to arrange an interview for you to discuss what he believes is a pivotal time for smaller and mid-sized retailers to provide the sort of retailing services that the big retailers already offer.

I will call later to check on your interest, but in the meantime, you can reach me by emailing nrimmer@iba-international.com or by calling on 01780 721433.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Kind regards,
Natalie

Davidson Richards launches cloud-based OpSuite retail solution to offer ‘large retailer functionality’ to small and mid-sized retailers

• Enables retailers to fully integrate customer-centric services through multiple touch points

• No 'Rip out and Replace' – enables integration with existing distribution, finance, e-commerce and ERP solutions

• Revolutionary reduction in the cost of ownership – 10-site retailer with 10 POS points across estate costs just over £1k per month subscription

• To download a high resolution image of Richard Goodley please click here.
  

Derby, UK – 1st October, 2012 – Davidson Richards, a leading developer of retail management systems, today launched OpSuite, a fully-fledged cloud-based retail solution into the EU market. Davidson Richards is Microsoft’s leading European Retail Management Systems (RMS) development partner and the new system allows retailers to integrate fast-changing online retail and promotional services into their existing business, reducing operational costs while avoiding capital expenditure.

For the first time, retailers with one to 100+ outlets can manage their entire retail operations through a single web-based management application to obtain the benefits enjoyed by large retailer outlets at a fraction of the cost – a 10-site retailer solution with 10 tills across the estate costs from just over £1k month.

The OpSuite Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution connects to retailers' applications without the need to 'Rip out and Replace' existing solutions. Its state-of-the art architecture and technology, OpServices, enables it to connect all existing distribution, finance, e-commerce, ERP or other solutions. OpSuite offers the complete front to back office solution including POS, which updates all transactional information across multiple touch points to provide improved visibility in real-time and allows retailers to control the consistency of information.

"We are seeing a growing shift in the retail market as businesses move to offer their end users more choice of customer touch points. As they move to integrate an increasing mix of online retailing, catalogues, coupon promotions and loyalty schemes, they need to ensure consistent information and an identical customer experience across all their channels," commented Richard Goodley, Managing Director, Davidson Richards. "This increasing complexity makes it vital that they have complete visibility and management control of all their business and sales operations. OpSuite answers this requirement by allowing them to bring all the information together in real-time onto a single cloud-based platform."

"At a time when online retailing is still transforming every business sector, we've taken this opportunity to use our proven retail knowledge and technology skills to develop a cloud solution from the ground up, to offer retailers more flexibility in the way they do business. We believe this sets us apart from what's currently on the market, and we're excited to show retailers just how much they can achieve through the cloud," concluded Goodley.

OpSuite was co-developed by Davidson Richards in the UK in conjunction with US-based, POSitive Technology - the world's largest Microsoft RMS partner and developer. The two companies have been working together since 2006.

_{About Davidson Richards:
Established in 1977, Davidson Richards has been providing solutions to the retail market for over 35 years. The company is based upon traditional values and supplies retail EPoS solutions based around the Microsoft Retail Management System, of which the company is Europe's leading development partner.}

_{The company identified the opportunity to develop a cloud solution to revolutionise the delivery and cost for retail software in 2008. OpSuite is an open and flexible cloud solution which holds the retailer at the core of its design by reducing costs, enabling easier delivery and system maintenance. This cloud technology enables Davidson Richards to deliver a no compromise “fully fledged” retail management solution at a fraction of the traditional cost of ownership.}

_{For more information, please visit www.davrich.co.uk or www.opsuite.co.uk.}

_{Contacts:
Natalie Rimmer
IBA – PR for Davidson Richards
Tel: 01780 721433
Email: nrimmer@iba-international.com}

_{Jo Bateman
Davidson Richards
Tel: 01332 383231
Email: job@davrich.co.uk}

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