The Skipper Bar retail clothing group has outsourced the implementation and management of its IT system to Virtual Systems Technologies (VST), a member of the Softline group.
Hypercom, represented locally by Grintek Telecom, has introduced ePOS-infocommerce, an Internet-based retail countertop commerce and information system.
Internet service provider NetActive has expanded Supreme Furnishers NetChauffeur functionality by providing its branches in Namibia and Zambia with e-mail and Internet connectivity through Supreme Furnishers` local area network.
The Foschini Group has contracted Ultimate Connection to supply it with ActiveRetail, a point-of-sale solution developed on a Microsoft platform.
The Durban Fresh Produce Market has completed the installation of Pick Systems` Pick D3 database. The year 2000 compliant system runs on a dual IBM RISC 6000 system using the Pick D3 database and the Freshmark Systems user application.
Excitement Stores is rolling out Ixchange`s SaleAbility across its shops and warehouse to assist in controlling the group`s distribution and provide vital statistics on stock movement.
Ixchange has implemented its SaleAbility application at Stax, a retail discount group. The application is helping to control and increase management productivity at Stax stores.
Lotus says Edgars will not be going back to a Microsoft system, despite industry speculation to the contrary. Edgars parent company Edcon says Microsoft was considered, but it was decided there would be "no benefit" in moving away from the Lotus platform the company had standardised on.
Supreme Furnishers, the sub-Saharan furniture retailer, has outsourced the networking of its 22 Namibian stores to BCS-Net, an IT infrastructural specialist and member of the Global Technology group.
Cape Town-based clothing retailers Topics and Truworths, part of the Wooltru group, are set to save thousands of rand each month with the commissioning of MGX`s digital archive and retrieval service for their credit application division.
Retail chain Shoprite Checkers has extended its installation of the EXceed warehouse management system to include its Johannesburg, Pretoria and Durban operations. EXceed is an EXE Technologies product which is represented in SA by Armada SSA
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