Debenhams to Synchronize Product Information with Inovis Catalogue™
With Partner Kewill, Inovis Provides Operational Efficiencies for Leading Department Store
NRF CONFERENCE, NEW YORK - January 16, 2006 — Inovis, a leading provider of business-to-business solutions and services, announced today that Debenhams, Britain's favorite department store, has selected Inovis Catalogue™ to achieve operational improvements through Global Data Synchronization (GDS). Inovis Catalogue is the North American retail industry's leading centralized repository of product information with over 100 million unique items.
In May of this year, Inovis announced a partnership with Kewill Systems Plc to resell and support Inovis Catalogue for GDS in the UK and across Europe. The partnership extended Kewill's supply chain offering in its focus market of retail with the ability to provide a GDS solution. Debenhams' selection of the Kewill-Inovis service further demonstrates the success of the solution in delivering data integrity, which drives business benefits.
Debenhams is the UK's number-one retailer of many international brands including Clarins and Yves Saint Laurent; Denby, Meyer, Portmerion and Le Creuset; Ben Sherman; and Playtex and Lepel. Debenhams selected Inovis Catalogue to electronically synchronize product data, as well as improve communications with its branded trading partners.
"We chose to partner with Inovis and Kewill because of their experience supporting the retail industry's largest general merchandise and apparel trading communities," said Steve Kircher, director of information services at Debenhams. "With Inovis Catalogue, we look forward to working with our trading partners to more effectively and accurately synchronize product information and ultimately drive increased sales and reduce time-to-market."
"In today's increasingly competitive retail environment, ensuring accurate product information is crucial for industry leaders like Debenhams," said Sean Feeney, president and CEO of Inovis. "Our retail expertise, proven solutions and world-class support services will enable Debenhams to seamlessly communicate with its trading partners and maintain the high standard of product information accuracy that is essential to gaining market edge."
About Debenhams
Debenhams is Britain's favorite department store group, with 116 stores in the UK and Ireland, employing over 19,000 people and visited by 15.8 million customers each year. In addition, Debenhams has 15 overseas franchise stores. Debenhams currently has 19 exclusive Designers at Debenhams, designing over 41 different ranges across fashion and home wares. These include J by Jasper Conran, Butterfly by Matthew Williamson, Star by Julien Macdonald, Rocha.John Rocha and St George by Duffer. In total Debenhams sells over 500 International brands, and are the UK's number one retailer of many international brands, including Clarins and Yves Saint Laurent; Denby, Meyer, Portmerion and Le Creuset; Ben Sherman; Playtex and Lepel.
About Kewill
Kewill Solutions Europe is the European division of Kewill Systems Plc, a leading international company dedicated to the development and provision of software and services to manage complex business-to-business supply chains. With over 33 years experience in the supply chain space, Kewill is a long-time innovator of Supply Chain Execution software and services focusing on shipping management, order management, international trade logistics and visibility solutions for global trading communities. Over 55,000 customers have trusted Kewill for the management of their supply chain information including household names such as Littlewoods, Sainsbury's, Express Gifts, JD Williams, SRG, Iomega, Marks & Spencer, Xerox, Toys R Us, Federal Express, Pratt & Whitney, Mazda and Smith & Nephew. To find out more please contact sales on kse.sales@kewill.com or visit our web site at www.kewill.com.
About Inovis
Inovis is a leading provider of business-to-business solutions for global trading relationships. With more than 20 years of experience, Inovis enables collaborative business processes and solves the complete B2B integration challenge for more than 20,000 customers and their trading partners. The company’s comprehensive line of B2B software and managed services help companies speed transaction flows, synchronize product information and improve supply chain processes. For more information, visit www.inovis.com.