Carson City, NV & Hong Kong, Dec. 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 12 ReTech Corporation (OTCQB: RETC), announced today that it has reached agreement with the Hudson Group, a subsidiary of Switzerland based Dufry, A.G. to begin installing their 12 Technology Suite at the Soybu Boutique located in Dallas's Love Field airport and at a second unidentified store that is also operated by the Hudson Group.
Soybu is a registered trademark and brand of Active Fashion Group which is being acquired by 12 ReTech Corporation's subsidiary 12 Retail Corporation. The Hudson Group operates retail stores in many airports around the world including Tumi, Victoria’s Secret, Fred Segal and two Soybu Boutiques. 12 ReTech Corporation and Hudson have agreed to install the 12 Technology Suite in the Soybu Boutique and one additional Hudson operated store located at Dallas's Love Field airport, to test how to build co-ordination between brands using 12's technologies. The financial details of this arrangement have not been disclosed.
Angelo Ponzetta, 12 ReTech's CEO stated, "Many people don't realize that Hudson and Dufry together operate over 2,200 stores in 64 countries around the world and are connected with many world-renowned consumer brands. By demonstrating what our Omni-Channel retail technology solution can achieve for retailers, we can make inroads into many Hudson associated consumer brands throughout the world."
Donna Murray, Senior Specialty Buyer for the Hudson Group said, "We have been looking for some new technology solutions to give our stores additional lift and 12 ReTech's Technology Suite is a very exciting solution. Thanks to our existing relationship with the Active Fashion Group this was really a no-brainer for us."
Angelo Ponzetta concluded, "Active Fashion Group's relationship with Hudson and others is one of the reasons that we are so excited about our micro-brand acquisition strategy. It gives us a strong foothold into established retailers whereby both the retailer and our shareholders can benefit."
About Hudson Group:
Hudson Group, the largest travel retailer in North America, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of international travel retailer Dufry AG (DUFN) of Basel, Switzerland. Hudson Group operates over 950 Hudson, Hudson News, Hudson Booksellers, cafes, specialty retail and duty-free shops in 83 airports and transportation terminals in the United States and Canada, and operates in 24 of the top 25 airports nationally. Dufry operates over 2,200 stores in more than 60 countries and 370 locations, including airports and transportation terminals around the world.
About 12 ReTech Corporation:
12 ReTech Corporation (OTCQB: RETC) Leading the Profitable Convergence of Traditional and Online Retail Commerce Through Technology — The Omni-Channel Solution.
We are a publicly listed holding company whose operating subsidiaries develop, improve, acquire and/or license technologies designed to bridge the convergence between real world "Brick and Mortar" stores with effective Online retailing, creating a new, fun and exciting way of transacting Commerce. For Retailers, our products bring more Consumers into physical and/or online stores, encouraging them to purchase more by improving their overall shopping experiences while lowering both the Retailer's costs of customer acquisition and the costs of employee training. This is Empowered Shopping. We enhance shareholder value by acquiring Micro-Brands that can greatly increase revenue and earnings by applying and using our proprietary technologies. These Micro-Brands give us access to sell our technologies to Major Retailers around the globe. We are the Omni-Channel Solution: throughout history 12 is a “symbolic number" and ReTech stands for "Retail Technology". Our subsidiaries 12 Japan Limited and 12 Europe, A.G. operate under the guidance of our main technology subsidiary 12 Hong Kong Limited. Our Micro-Brands operate under the leadership of our U.S. based subsidiary 12 Retail Corporation. For more information about our products, technologies and/or Micro-Brands visit our website at: www.12ReTech.com.
12 ReTech Corporation is publicly listed in the United States on the OTC Markets under the symbol: RETC.
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