NASHVILLE, TN, May 14, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX) —
EPICOR INSIGHTS 2013 — Epicor Software Corporation, a global leader
in business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution,
retail and services organizations, today announced its strategic
partnership with Magento(R), owned by eBay Inc.
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leading eCommerce platform, serving more than 150,000 businesses
worldwide. As well, Epicor introduced its new Epicor Retail
Cross-Commerce offering, a flexible, advanced eCommerce platform that
enables retailers to personalize the shopping experience across
channels, to support increased revenue and customer loyalty.
While eCommerce has been utilized by retailers for many years, Epicor
aims to offer a solution that bridges the gap between traditional
eCommerce and other sales channels — enabling customers to interact
and transact with their favorite retail brands in a seamless fashion
that is integrated across all channels. Powered by the Magento
eCommerce platform, and integrated with Merchandising and Enterprise
Selling, Cross-Commerce communicates with physical stores (Store
POS), mobile devices, call center, kiosk and social media to improve
engagement through personalized sales, targeted promotions,
recommendation engines, contact centers and much more.
This unified commerce platform will allow retailers to enhance
commerce experiences with capabilities like “shop-online, pickup in
store” and “save the sale” to fulfill in-store customer needs from
any inventory location, including eCommerce.
Cross-Commerce gives retailers rich functionality along with complete
flexibility and control to customize their online channels. Search
engine optimization, catalog management, and powerful marketing tools
support the creation of websites providing a rich value added
shopping experience for customers, and which can be tailored to meet
retailers’ unique business requirements. Integration with the Epicor
Retail Suite enables retailers to drive more online traffic,
transform store visitors into lucrative multi-channel shoppers, and
convert browsers into buyers across all sales channels. Other
exclusive features include a rich merchandising suite, dynamic
rule-based product relations, persistent shopping, private sales,
gift registry, gifting options, rewards points, merchandise credits,
and many more.
The solution is highly scalable to accommodate high traffic volume
and large product catalogs. Additionally, it is ideal to support
retailers’ international expansion plans, supporting localization via
support for native languages, multiple currencies and tax rates.
Retailers also benefit from the ability to launch mobile-optimized
storefronts via a mobile HTML5 interface that supports iPhone,
Android(TM), and Opera Mobile browsers.
“In today’s age of razor thin customer loyalty, it’s vital for
retailers to provide a unified customer experience, no matter the
channel they choose to engage in,” said Ian Rawlins, vice president
of marketing and business development, retail software for Epicor.
“Epicor Retail Cross-Commerce enables this through the sharing of
business logic across all channels, so retailers can support
real-time cross-channel retailing for higher sales, lower costs, and
greater customer satisfaction. To this end, we’re pleased to
incorporate the power of Magento’s eCommerce platform that is well
regarded in the industry and already in use today by many of our
customers.”
“Retailers understand the need to do business in an omni-channel
fashion and the need for overall multi-channel system integration,
but often struggle in integrating their eCommerce initiatives with
other sales channels,” said Ryan Thompson, Head of Partnerships for
Magento. “Capturing the full benefits of omni-channel retailing
involves a great deal of sharing product, converging processes,
people and data, and overall system integration across channels. Our
partnership with Epicor provides retailers the ability to support
true omni-channel retailing across all channels so customers
experience a consistent, holistic and value added retail experience.”
About Epicor Retail
Epicor provides advanced solutions for
retailers seeking to streamline processes, integrate channels,
leverage intelligence and inspire customers, to maximize
profitability. The Epicor Retail end-to-end suite is designed to meet
the evolving merchandise and service expectations of today’s
connected, cross-channel shoppers, and the business requirements of
the most demanding soft goods, hard goods and specialty retail
environments in a variety of industries including apparel, footwear,
discount, general merchandise, automotive aftermarket, lumber and
building materials, nursery, and pharmacy. Thousands of leading
companies — from Aeropostale, Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance and
Build-A-Bear Workshop, to General Nutrition Centers, True Value
Company and Under Armour — trust Epicor to help them remain current,
competitive, and consistently strong.
About Epicor Software Corporation
Epicor Software Corporation is a
global leader delivering inspired business software solutions to the
manufacturing, distribution, retail and services industries. With
over 40 years of experience serving small, midmarket and larger
enterprises, Epicor has more than 20,000 customers in over 150
countries. Epicor enterprise resource planning (ERP), retail
management software, supply chain management (SCM), and human capital
management (HCM) enable companies to drive increased efficiency and
improve profitability. With a history of innovation, industry
expertise and passion for excellence, Epicor provides the single
point of accountability that local, regional and global businesses
demand. The Company’s headquarters are located in Dublin, California,
with offices and affiliates worldwide. For more information, visit
www.epicor.com.
Follow Epicor on Twitter @Epicor, @EpicorUK, @EpicorEMEA, @EpicorANZ,
@EpicorLAC, @Epicor_Retail, @Epicor_DIST, @EpicorPrcsMFG and
Facebook.
Epicor, Epicor Retail Cross Commerce and the Epicor logo are
trademarks of Epicor Software Corporation, registered in the United
States and other countries. Magento is a trademark of X.Commerce,
Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. iPhone is
a trademark of Apple, Inc., registered in the United States and other
countries. Opera Mobile is a trademark of Opera Software ASA. Android
is a trademark of Google, Inc. 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.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain
statements that may constitute forward-looking statements under the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements may include statements regarding future
product releases, future functionality, expected revenues, the launch
of new products and other statements that are not historical fact.
These forward-looking statements are based on currently available
competitive, financial and economic data together with management’s
views and assumptions regarding future events and business
performance at the time the statements are made and are subject to
risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from
those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Such
risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to changes in the
demand for Epicor products; the timely availability and market
acceptance of new products and upgrades; the impact of competitive
products and pricing; the discovery of undetected software errors;
changes in the financial condition of Epicor customers; and other
factors discussed in the company’s filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 10-K for
period ending September 30, 2012 and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
As a result of these factors the business or prospects expected by
Epicor as part of this announcement may not occur. Epicor undertakes
no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking
statements.
Contact:
Lisa Preuss
Senior Director, Public Relations
Epicor Software Corporation
+1 949 585 4235
lpreuss@epicor.com
Erin Lutz
Lutz PR (on behalf of Epicor)
+1 949 293 1055
erin@lutzpr.com
SOURCE: Epicor Software Corporation
mailto:lpreuss@epicor.com
mailto:erin@lutzpr.com
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