Apparel Retailer Glik's Selects Epicor(R) SaaS Offering to Support Further Expansion of Retail Operations
April 12 2010 - 9:00AM
Marketwired
Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ: EPIC), a leading provider of
enterprise business software solutions to the midmarket and Global
1000 companies, today announced Glik's has selected the Epicor
Retail Software as a Service (SaaS) solution to provide its Midwest
retail locations with software and hosting infrastructure and
services to help drive improved efficiencies and processes
throughout its retail operations.
For more than a century, Glik's has been delivering great
service and suburban fashion to shoppers across the Midwest. What
began in 1897 with Joseph Glik selling merchandise from his
horse-drawn wagon has transformed into a successful, family-owned
apparel business with 53 locations throughout Missouri, Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and South Dakota.
The Epicor Retail SaaS solution, which delivers Epicor's
acclaimed and integrated Store, Merchandising, Planning, Audit
& Operations Management and CRM modules, was chosen to support
the company's ongoing expansion, which averages four to six new
store openings each year. To further drive efficiencies, Glik's is
also leveraging electronic data interchange (EDI) services via
Epicor alliance partner TIE Kinetix, providing Epicor SaaS clients
with an array of integrated "on demand" tools and services to allow
clients to automate the way business documents are exchanged
throughout the supply chain. This much-improved electronic document
processing capability helps lower Glik's overall operating
expenses, accelerate time-to-market, and make for predictable
operations costs. Glik's also benefits from the latest
business-to-business technologies, optimized processes, and
standardization methodologies that advance the way companies
electronically connect with their vendors.
"We've relied on Epicor legacy systems since 1993 to keep our
business on track and ahead of the curve, and although we did take
the opportunity to conduct a formal review of market solutions
before making our decision, we were delighted to find Epicor is
still the ideal solution for us," said Jeff Glik, CEO and
president, Glik's.
"To support our growth, we needed to update and expand IT
systems, but didn't have the right IT structure in place, nor did
we want to build one," said Darryl Gerstenecker, CIO/CFO, Glik's.
"Epicor's SaaS solutions offer a tremendous value proposition for
small- to medium-sized retailers. We now have an end-to-end
integrated solution being managed by a team of retail software
experts -- giving us best-of-breed capabilities and technology
'muscle' used by large retailers."
"Our team has access to everything from help desk to
infrastructure to application support -- all being managed through
Epicor's team of experts who eat, sleep and breathe retail
technology," said Mary Pavlik, director of Information Systems,
Glik's.
With minimal up-front cost and turnkey service and support, the
Epicor Retail SaaS delivery model provides retailers with access to
Epicor's award-winning suite of solutions for the specialty retail
marketplace while reducing the dependency on onsite retail IT
infrastructure. The "pay as you go" SaaS pricing model eliminates
the need to amortize the cost of "traditional" software licenses,
resulting in significant total cost of ownership advantages. The
Epicor Retail SaaS solution includes the associated implementation
and integration services, support and maintenance, as well as
ongoing updates and upgrades, giving retailers the freedom and
flexibility to focus IT resources on other parts of the business.
With a proven four-month project timeline from project kick off to
live, the Epicor Retail SaaS solution offers considerable
time-to-market benefits.
For a fixed fee plus a one-time start-up charge, the SaaS
offering delivers Epicor's best-in-class Store, Merchandising,
Planning, Audit & Operations Management, and CRM solutions via
reliable, high-speed networks. Epicor hosts the software on secure,
redundant servers, supplies and installs all hardware, software and
infrastructure, and provides round-the-clock data security, backups
and complete system maintenance -- all at a fraction of the cost of
an on-premise software licensing and implementation model. The SaaS
offering also includes ongoing updates to the latest Epicor Retail
software releases, making it the last migration a retailer should
ever need.
Today, many of the world's leading retailers utilize Epicor
Retail solutions and services to become more profitable, productive
and competitive. Epicor's solutions leverage proven Microsoft .NET
technology to improve business operations and meet the evolving
merchandise and service expectations of today's cross-channel
shoppers. Epicor delivers comprehensive retail management solutions
to enterprises in all tiers -- from regional chains to multichannel
global brands. Retail customers include hundreds of marquee names,
from Aeropostale, American Eagle Outfitters, and Ann Taylor to
Zales and Zumiez. Epicor employs more than 800 employees in
retail-focused operations.
About Epicor Software Corporation Epicor
Software is a global leader delivering business software solutions
to the manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality and
services industries. With 20,000 customers in over 150 countries,
Epicor provides integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP),
customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management
(SCM) and enterprise retail software solutions that enable
companies to drive increased efficiency and improve profitability.
Founded in 1984, Epicor takes pride in more than 25 years of
technology innovation delivering business solutions that provide
the scalability and flexibility businesses need to build
competitive advantage. Epicor provides a comprehensive range of
services with a single point of accountability that promotes rapid
return on investment and low total cost of ownership, whether
operating business on a local, regional or global scale. The
Company's worldwide headquarters are located in Irvine, California
with offices and affiliates around the world. For more information,
visit www.epicor.com.
Epicor is a registered trademark of Epicor Software Corporation.
Other trademarks referenced are the property of their respective
owners. The product and service offerings depicted in this document
are produced by Epicor Software Corporation.
Contacts: Lisa Preuss Director, Public Relations Epicor Software
Corporation 949/585-4235 lpreuss@epicor.com Damon Wright Vice
President, Investor Relations Epicor Software Corporation
949/585-4509 dswright@epicor.com Erin Lutz Lutz PR (on behalf of
Epicor) 949/293-1055 erinlutz@cox.net
Epicor (NASDAQ:EPIC)
Historical Stock Chart
From Jun 2024 to Jul 2024
Epicor (NASDAQ:EPIC)
Historical Stock Chart
From Jul 2023 to Jul 2024