Fenaco Selects Retalix StorePoint for Rollout in All 640
Sites of Its Volg Chain in Switzerland
With Retalix StorePoint, the Swiss grocery chain will
standardize its technology across all its regions, running
stores in all three official Swiss languages
Ra’anana, Israel, May 31, 2004 - Retalix Ltd. (Nasdaq:
RTLX) today announced that the Swiss cooperative fenaco has
committed to roll out Retalix StorePoint solutions in all 640
existing stores and also in all future sites of its Volg chain
throughout Switzerland. In addition, fenaco has approved the
ongoing pilot in its LANDI chain and the start of roll out is
scheduled for the third quarter of 2005.
Volg is a
classic Swiss grocery store, located in small villages and
towns, supplying daily needed products such as fresh food and
household goods. Volg is part of fenaco, a cooperative of
Swiss farmers based in Bern, with an annual turnover of $3.2
Billion US.
Following successful pilots, Volg will
install StorePoint’s touch-based point of sale and back office
applications, integrated with the Retalix chain management
solution, which will be connected to and managed by the fenaco
head office systems.
Retalix StorePoint’s extensive
support of international features provides full compatibility
with Swiss tax and financial regulations, as well as enabling
fenaco to standardize its technology across all its regions
and chains, while running its stores in all three official
Swiss languages.
For this project, Retalix is
partnering with Bison Systems, with Retalix providing the
software solution and Bison providing hardware, integration,
project and rollout services. Bison is also in charge of
second level support and maintenance. Retalix and Bison have
been business partners since 1999. Other customers using
Retalix software in Switzerland, and serviced by Bison include
"avec. Convenience-Stores" and "k Kiosk," the leading Swiss
newspaper and tobacco kiosk-based retailer.
Mr. Erwin
Stöckli, Director of IT, logistics and services of Volg,
commented: “The cooperation with both Retalix and Bison is a
critical milestone in fenaco’s Touch4Retail project, and will
help us realize our vision of standardizing our technology
platform across our retail chains and stores with a single,
rich and flexible solution. We have selected Retalix
StorePoint because of its extensive functionality at the POS,
extensive manager functions at the site, as well as the tight
head office control and integrated data flow between the
stores and fenaco head office systems.”
According to
Avinoam Bloch, Chief Operating Officer – International, “We
are very pleased to provide fenaco with the flexible and
comprehensive solution that precisely meets their requirements
and enables them to standardize IT platforms across their
retail chains and varied regions. StorePoint proves again it
is an excellent fit to the varied demands of the international
market. This project also extends the successful partnership
we have had with Bison since 1999."
About Volg
Volg manages 640 stores throughout Switzerland.
It specializes in supplying small villages with grocery stores
to provide for the inhabitants’ daily needs; fresh fruit and
vegetables, bread, cheese, meat and other household goods. It
is part of fenaco, a cooperative of Swiss Farmers, which has
annual sales of approx. $ 3.2 Billion and over 7,000
employees. It unites 59,000 members of various agricultural
cooperatives and 450 LANDI, which improve and market
agricultural goods.
http://www.volg.ch/
http://www.fenaco.ch/
About Bison
Bison Systems Ltd.,
with headquarters in Sursee, Switzerland provides
system-integration services nationwide. Bison is part of the
PC-WARE Group, with headquartes in Leipzig, Germany. PC-WARE
is a European Microsoft LAR operating in 10 European countries
and one of the leading system-integrators in Germany. Bison’s
portfolio consists of workplace, server, LAN/WAN and storage
installations, software sales and licensing, retail systems
(POS), Voice over IP telephone (VoIP) and Point of Information
(P.O.I) solutions. With over 150 employees operating from its
offices in Sursee, Bern and Winterthur, Bison is offering its
professional services for both SMB and Retail markets. For
further information, please visit the Company's website at http://www.bison-systems.ch/
About
Retalix Ltd.
Retalix Ltd., with North American
headquarters in Dallas, TX, provides integrated
enterprise-wide software solutions for the global food and
fuel retail industries, including supermarkets, convenience
stores, fuel stations and restaurants. The Company offers a
full suite of software applications that support a food
retailer's essential retailing operations and enable retailers
to increase their operating efficiencies while improving
customer acquisition, retention and profitability. With
installations in more than 33,000 stores and across 50
countries, the Company markets its software solutions through
direct sales, distributors, local dealers and its various
subsidiaries. For more information, please visit the Company's
web site at http://www.retalix.com/.
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