Town Shoes Inc. Upgrades its Retail Enterprise Solution with Jesta I.S.

December 9, 2009 by Diana Ferraez · Leave a Comment
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Upgrade includes Vision Merchandising, Vision Analytics and the Vision Suite Data Warehouse

New York, NY – December 08, 2009 – Jesta I.S., a leading supplier of software solutions for the soft goods and specialty markets, announced today that Town Shoes a leading Canadian-based fashion footwear retailer has successfully performed an upgrade of its retail enterprise system.

The upgrade to Vision Merchandising 11.0 included the Jesta Vision Analytics module. Vision Analytics provides Town Shoes with the ability to view retail KPIs to help manage its business and build unlimited reports. Town Shoes now has the capability to distribute reports automatically using the report scheduler to persons or groups who can drill-down through the executive dashboard to retrieve information about business performance across the enterprise.

 “It is very important to Town Shoes that we retain the highest customer loyalty levels possible and to do so we know that we need to have the right assortment of shoes for each store. With Vision Merchandising and Vision Analytics we have gained further insight into our selling patterns and customer buying preferences, in turn allowing for far more accurate merchandise that meets each customer’s preferences.” stated Peter Gerhardt, Chief Financial Officer, Town Shoes Inc.

Vision Merchandising 11.0 includes enhancements to merchandise allocation providing Town Shoes with the ability to fulfill demand by facilitating the distribution of the right merchandise to the right stores and channels. Allocations created by Vision Merchandising are based on fashion and season trends, customer demands, store, channel and location attributes. Using Vision Merchandising Town Shoes can optimize allocations at the item, SKU or store level to increase productivity through automation and reduced distribution costs.

As a footwear retailer, it is important for Town Shoes to arrive at the optimal size runs and pre-pack for styles selling at locations with regional differences. Vision Merchandising 11.0 includes an enhanced size and pack module, allowing Town Shoes to dynamically create size pre-packs based on the size performance of select group of styles at a select group of locations.

“Vision Merchandising automates many processes for our clients while making merchandise recommendations that require little to no merchant intervention. Over time we see customers relying more and more on the application’s ability to automate business processes. The upgrade of Vision Analytics and the inclusion of the Vision Suite data warehouse will aid Town Shoes in its ability to generate not only the reports they want, how they want them, but provide them with total visibility and the intelligence needed in this competitive retail landscape,” stated Leslie Belcher, President for Jesta I.S. Inc

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Jesta I.S ranked as one of the top 10 Software firms in the RIS LeaderBoard 2009.

December 8, 2009 by Diana Ferraez · Leave a Comment
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The RIS Software LeaderBoard, often called the Oscars of retail technology, ranked Jesta I.S. as one of the top 10 Software companies in the 2009 list. 

 The list highlights the top 10 software vendors in retailing. It considers companies that have thrived and have adapted to changing environments. Jesta I.S. placed 8th among the 99 evaluated software vendors.

 As part of Jesta Group companies, Jesta I.S. has the support and resources to innovate and develop product offerings according to its clients needs. Moreover, its strategic long term relationships with worldwide technology companies, such as Oracle and Business Objects have allowed the company a sustainable growth over the years.

 Some of the criteria that defined the LeadersBoard are: Overall Performance, Technology Innovation, Total Cost of Ownership, Return on Investment, Ease of Installation/Integration, Ease of Administration/Maintenance, Quality of Support, Quality of Service, Product Reliability and Recommendation.

 Jesta I.S. was acknowledged as one of the best companies in the categories of ROI, Customer Satisfaction and Innovation and Technology among others. These results confirm Jesta I.S’ mission of creating value and return on investments to its clients business. Every module of Vision Suite is designed to be deployed independently or collectively giving access to a complete internationalized solution.

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International Duty Free Shops, Ltd. of Morocco Selects Jesta I.S. Vision Suite for Store and Merchandising Operations

December 3, 2009 by Leslie · Leave a Comment
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Morocco Based Retailer to leverage Vision Suite to H

elp Improve Merchandising Planning, Inventory Management and Store Operations.

 

New York, NY – December 1, 2009 – Jesta I.S., a leading supplier of business solutions for the soft goods and specialty retail markets, announced today that, International Duty Free Shops, Ltd. of Morocco has selected the Vision Suite to help attain precision merchandising, maximize sales and increase customer service levels.

 International Duty Free Shops, Ltd. (IDFS) offers a classic duty free assortment of tobacco, spirits, fragrances, cosmetics, confectionery and apparel to international travelers in its 12 airport locations throughout Morocco. The Retailer also offers a variety of products in its Diplomat outlet in downtown Rabat Morocco.

Having evaluated solutions from several vendors, IDFS chose Jesta I.S. for its comprehensive, integrated suite of applications with a clearly defined upgrade path. “As part of our objectives to improving our customer’s experience, we decided to upgrade our Retail Operations to a new-generation platform, which will deliver rapid customer service and enable fast-paced and transparent product replenishment“ stated Almario R. Quijano, General Manager of International Duty Free Shops, Ltd. of Morocco.

 “IDFS understands the importance of strategic IT investment to support consumer satisfaction, especially in today’s economic climate,” said Leslie Belcher, President of Jesta I.S. “Jesta is pleased to provide IDFS with a solution that fits their business processes and vision for their company.”

 Quijano also commented that, “The project also needs to address complexities such as controlling the sale of duty-free products, processing multi-currency transactions, dynamic currency conversion and faster transaction times. With Vision Store we believe that significant advancements will also be obtained with the introduction of automated global flight lookup and electronic reading of boarding cards at the point-of-sale.  All these elements are important in ensuring that time-constrained customers could make purchases comfortably and quickly.”

 Enabling IDFS to more profitably manage its business from head office to store, the Vision Suite includes Merchandising, Planning and POS applications.  “We look forward to working closely with IDFS as they leverage the best practices and industry leading functionality our solution offers” added, Leslie Belcher.

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