Intelligent Software: A Vision for Retail-1

Throughout the past year, Peter Mitelman, President of GSI, has consistently laid out a vision for GSI’s software offerings to incorporate greater intelligence. Noting that the first SMART modules were introduced almost 15 years ago, Mitelman said, “ I want my software to be SMARTER! I want it to think for you …like you! I want it to make your decisions and your lives easier. In so doing, I want to give you the competitive edge …that little extra!” 
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Running Room Converts to Retail-1 SaaS

“The GSI SaaS model is fantastic! It has integrity and totally makes sense. Let’s face it, no small or middle tier retailer has a true IT environment. GSI’s SaaS model is the best strategy for a retailer. All necessary infrastructure is in place. You are assured of uptime as well as the most current, newest, and hottest retail software. It’s a win-win strategy.”

Michael O’Dell, Vice President, Running Room Canada Inc.
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Stuart Weitzman Powers Expansion with Retail-1 SaaS

“When choosing a retail software solution, listen to your gut. From the beginning, we had a good feeling about the company. To us this was almost more important than the software itself. My advice to other retailers is to make sure you know what you want and need before looking and try to fulfill as many of the needs, even if they are not quite 100%, in lieu of holding out for the ultimate solution that offers it all. It doesn’t exist.”

          Franco Niro, President, Stuart Weitzman Canada
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Partners for Life

“Our two companies have formed an incredibly strong bond over the years; the quality of systems and support offered by GSI has allowed us to focus on the business in lieu of our systems that support it. Our senior management team is always asking “where are the opportunities for improvement”, and that’s exactly what I am looking for.”

Ted Greenberg, President, ESCO Ltd.
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Strategic Alliance Offers U.S. Retailers A Full-Featured SaaS Solution

A strategic alliance has been formed to end the IT headaches for mid-to-larger U.S. retailers by offering a robust enterprise retail management solution in the increasingly popular “software as a service (SaaS)” business model. Gemmar Systems International (GSI) announces availability of Retail-1 SaaS and a strategic alliance with J.D. Associates to market its “software as a service” solution in the U.S. 
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Retail-1 Powers Danish Retailer's Expansion Plans

Danish retailer Bestseller  with its top fashion forward banners is expanding its global footprint with an aggressive new store program in North America. Bestseller Canada chose GSI’s Retail-1 Suite to power the retail technology supporting this program beginning with the Jack & Jones banner. “Retail-1 gives us the tight controls at both the head office and store level so we can pursue our expansion program with confidence” said Benoit Bouchard, Retail Operations Director of Bestseller Canada. (Complete story)
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Mission Snowsports Goes Thin Client with Retail-1

Point-of-Sale now runs from a head office server at Mission Snowsports Ltd. to reduce overall system support costs and increase control. This specialty retailer chose a thin client real-time network architecture concentrating all applications and data at the head office server level. “Our decision was taken with two factors in mind. First was the level of confidence in our network security and availability. Our service level agreement calls for a commitment of availability in excess of 99%. Second, was to focus our techno-savvy associates on using technology to support of store sales. Our thin client implementation eliminates the possibility of installing personal applications or engaging in personal internet surfing”, said Matt Singer.(Complete story)
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Retail-1 Red Line - Optimizes Sales and Preserves Profitability

The issue for any markdown decision becomes how much, when, and at what cost to the bottom line. Retail-1Red Line  provides the business intelligence to identify opportunities to stimulate sales and achieve optimized performance. Retail-1 Red Line helps our retailers identify and prioritize markdowns with GMROI simulations and help them quantify "best case WHAT-IF scenarios" by taking advantage of their existing sell-through information and peak sales cycle.    

Retail-1 Store Watch

Retail-1 Store Watch  provides a consolidated graphical interface including sales, units per transaction, staff to sales productivity, and performance to plan. Installed at POS with immediate access in time to take corrective action. When coupled with Retail-1 Traffic, views expand to store traffic hour-by-hour and conversion rates. At Head Office, users have an aggregate view across any grouping of stores in the chain. Color coded to quickly identify key conditions. Best of all....you can access Store Watch through your Blackberry!       

“The Reporter” - Flexible Custom Reporting

“The Reporter” is GSI’s newest reporting toolset for Retail-1reporting…It’s a marriage made in technology heaven! Retail-1’s information rich database combined with flexibility of MS Excel for analysis and reporting. Our customers have gained increasing skills in the use of Excel reporting and often used exports from Retail-1 to populate their custom designed Excel reports.

NO MORE I.T. ISSUES!

Due to the complexity in today’s IT world, GSI felt it necessary for the first time to assume the responsibility to insure that its customers had optimal infrastructure and support for their IT environment. In announcing a new business unit named ASCII, GSI President Peter Mitelman noted, “it has become apparent over the past few years that IT is the critical component for the well being of any software environment. It is our decision to take that responsibility to insure that our product works to its optimum capabilities for our customers”.