RA'ANANA, Israel, Jan. 4, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Retalix® Ltd. (Nasdaq:RTLX), a leading global provider of innovative software and services for high-volume, high complexity retailers, today announced that Gartner has published a case study titled "Shufersal's innovative lean store implementation of Retalix 10 Store Suite delivers enhanced customer service, high in-store uptime." The case study, published November 4th, 2011, was written by Ms. Mim Burt, research director at Gartner.
According to the new Gartner report, Shufersal has implemented a lean store implementation of the Retalix 10 Store Suite, which has delivered enhanced customer service and high uptime with reduced total cost of ownership (TCO).
Shufersal, a leading Tier 1 Israeli retailer, has deployed the new Retalix 10 Store and Sales Channel suite. Retalix 10 replaces Shufersal's existing solution, and is set to allow the retailer to better address new customer service and operational challenges. This next generation offering utilizes unique architecture, enabling high-volume, high complexity retailers to break away from systems requiring cumbersome integration of disparate "silos," and move up to a unified platform providing the highest flexibility, accelerated time-to-market and enhanced central management capabilities.
Retalix 10's innovative technology is available in a broad range of deployment options, including "Thin Store," "Thin POS" and any hybrid configuration combining these options. The platform also offers full cloud readiness, opening up a new world of lean operations and reduced TCO.
"We consider the Gartner's case study of the Shufersal Retalix 10 lean implementation to be an affirmation of Retalix bringing to market a break-through, innovative and future-ready store suite, which will enable retailers to elevate their businesses in today's highly competitive and fast-changing markets," said Oren Betzaleli, Retalix executive vice president, head of products and marketing. "Retalix 10 enables retailers to provide a superior, seamless and personalized shopper experience across multiple touch points and sales channels and overall enhanced value to their business and to their customers."
For more information on the Retalix 10 Store Suite, visit: http://www.retalix10.com or link to access the report
About Retalix
Retalix is a leading global provider of innovative software and services to high volume, high complexity retailers, including supermarkets, convenience stores, fuel stations, drugstores and department stores. The company's products and services help its customers to manage and optimize their retail operations, differentiate their brand and build consumer loyalty, while providing retailers with the flexibility and scalability to support ongoing business transformation and growth. Retalix offers solutions for point-of-sale (POS), sales channels and in-store management (including mobile and e-commerce), customer management and marketing, merchandising, and logistics. By leveraging a multitude of deployment options, including Software-As-A-Service (SaaS), Retalix serves a large customer base of approximately 70,000 stores across more than 50 countries worldwide. The Company's headquarters are located in Ra'anana, Israel, and its North America headquarters are located in Plano, Texas. Retalix stock trades on the NASDAQ and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
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