Featured Partner: Cegid

Cegid Retail is part of the Cegid Group, a leading European software and professional services provider of enterprise applications, with more than 2,000 employees and revenues of $320 million. Cegid Retail is a leading, international provider of software solutions to the specialty retail market. Worldwide, more than 1,000 retailers and 20,000 stores use Cegid Retail applications to drive their businesses forward. The company has offices in the United States (New York), Europe (United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal), Africa (Morocco), and Asia (Japan, China) and maintains an international network of business partners.

Cegid Retail's solutions support a variety of business sectors, including fashion, accessories, home furnishings, cosmetics, toys, and leisure, and address the following business areas:

• Merchandise planning and forecasting
• Manufacturing
• Sourcing
• Merchandise management
• Inventory optimization and replenishment
• Customer relationship management (CRM)
• Multichannel retailing
• Point of sale (POS)

Business value: international, integrated, innovative

• International expertise and experience

  Cegid Retail has worked with hundreds of retailers across Europe, Asia, the United States, the Middle East, and the Far East. The firm's international infrastructure, partner network, solutions, and services allow it to support retailers in more than 64 countries with services ranging from pre-sales and business analysis to POS rollout. A truly international software provider, Cegid Retail offers its business solutions in more than 25 languages, with capabilities that integrate local retail practices as well as currency, accounting, legal, and fiscal requirements. Cegid Retail also offers international support, local offices with local teams, certified partners across the world, and an international research and development center.

• Integrated and modular multichannel solutions

  Cegid Retail's product portfolio is multichannel, opening up significant new opportunities in the specialty retail market. Its solutions address manufacturing, wholesale, and retail activities and can be used across all distribution channels, from stores and mail order to e-commerce.

  Cegid Retail's store solutions support the requirements of all store formats, including franchises, concessions, shops within shops, and sublicenses.

• Commitment to innovation and adoption of new technologies

  Cegid Retail focuses its development on a single principle: providing technology that offers true value to the retailer. Its new software range has been developed using the latest technologies, including Service Oriented Architecture, Microsoft .NET, Windows Mobile, Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008.

Cegid Retail is proud to have worked with world-class retailers such as Aerosoles, Andre, Billabong, Calvin Klein Jeans, Castro, Club Med, Guess, Induyco, Lancel, Louis Pion, Muji, Quiksilver, Tally Weijl, Carolina Herrera, Arche, and Sportmex.

Websites

• www.cegid.us
• www.vcstimeless.com
• www.microsoft.com/isv/cegid/

Case studies

• Quiksilver "At the end of 2001, after a classic market investigation, we chose Cegid Business Mode. The Cegid Back Office solution, used for managing the sales network, was installed at our head office and is now the cornerstone of our Retail Management System."

• Arche "Cegid was the natural choice. Other companies' products were too general and sometimes overly complex, requiring too many internal human resources."

• TALLY WEiJL "The TALLY WEiJL brand relies on speed. From design to production, distribution, import, and logistics, everything has to happen very rapidly," explains Alexis Bischoff, IT & Logistics Director. "Our ideal turnaround time from product launch to store is 10 days."

Downloads

• Cegid datasheet
• Sportmex press release

Microsoft certification

Cegid is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.

Key Cegid figures

• More than 1,000 customers
• More than 20,000 stores equipped with solutions
• More than 64 countries
• More than 25 languages
• More than 450 retail specialists
• More than $320 million in revenue
• More than 10 offices
• More than 20 international certified partners

Microsoft technology

• Microsoft .NET
• SQL Server 2008
• Windows Server 2008
• Windows Mobile

Contact

For more information contact Cegid Retail in the U.S. or outside the U.S.