360Commerce Announces General Availability of ExtendYourStore Point-of-Sale Release 4.0; New Tender Options and Preferred Customer Discounts Add to Customer-Centric Functionality.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers NRF NRF National Retail Federation NRF NATO Response Force NRF National Research Foundation (South Africa) NRF Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (urban renewal funding package in the UK) NRF Nouvelle Revue Française Booth No. 261 AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2001 360Commerce, a leading provider of integrated commerce software for retailers, announced today the general availability of ExtendYourStore Point-of-Sale (POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale ) Release 4.0, the latest version of the company's point-of-sale application. POS Release 4.0 adds support for gift cards, debit cards debit card, card that allows the cost of goods or services that are purchased to be deducted directly from the purchaser's checking account. They can also be used at automated teller machines for withdrawing cash from the user's checking account. , Canadian cash and traveler's checks, and manufacturer's coupons to the already flexible multi-tender functionality of past releases. This newest release also enables retailers to extend a preferred customer discount to their best customers based on date, length of promotion and percentage criteria. These and all the other new features in this release will be demonstrated at the NRF tradeshow, booth No. 261, Jan. 15-16, 2001. "With an estimated 44% of retailers now offering gift cards, and debit card use in the U.S. growing at a rate of 43%, we knew it was imperative for retailers to offer these options to their customers," said Christine Lowry, Senior Vice President of Marketing of 360Commerce. "We added support for international tender because more of our customers, such as The Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box , are expanding their businesses into Canada and Mexico. To help retailers build customer loyalty, our POS software already allowed the cashier CASHIER. An officer of a moneyed institution, who is entitled by virtue of his office to take care of the cash or money of such institution. 2. The cashier of a bank is usually entrusted with all the funds of the bank, its notes, bills, and other choses in to link and retrieve a purchase by customer name or number, and update the customer's profile and privacy preferences at the register. Adding the ability to apply a preferred shopper discount to reward customer loyalty was a natural next step, and was well timed Adj. 1. well timed - done or happening at the appropriate or proper time; "a timely warning"; "with timely treatment the patient has a good chance of recovery"; "a seasonable time for discussion"; "the book's publication was well timed" as the number of U.S. households participating in frequent shopper programs has doubled since 1996, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. ACNielsen." "Combine the added customer-centric functionality of Release 4.0 with optional cross-channel services such as reserve on the Web/pickup in the store and the responsiveness, flexibility and scalability of the architecture underlying all of our ExtendYourStore products, and you have an integrated channel model for true clicks-and-mortar retailing," added Lowry. About 360Commerce 360Commerce software enables consumers to shop seamlessly across all channels by empowering retailers to connect the store and all other channels with the enterprise in real time. Leading retailers on our customer list include The Home Depot, Sears, Burlington Coat Factory Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation is a national department store retailer focusing on clothing and shoes, with over 360 stores in 42 states (as of 2006). In early 2007, the first location to be opened in Canada will be at the Vaughan Mills mall in Toronto. , Circuit City, The Great Indoors (Sears' new concept store), Cole National and Meijer. 360Commerce's ExtendYourStore software suite includes CrossReach(tm), a cross-channel customer service desk; Unleashed(tm), a wireless mobile point-of-sale application; next generation Point-of-Sale; Web and kiosk kiosk Originally, in Islamic architecture, an open circular pavilion consisting of a roof supported by pillars. The word has been applied to a Turkish summer garden pavilion and a type of early Persian mosque. versions of Gift Registry; and Conductor, an enterprise application integration engine that connects all channels with the enterprise for a 360-degree view of the customer. For more information, visit www.360Commerce.com. Trademarks: 360Commerce, ExtendYourStore, CrossReach and Unleashed are trademarks of 360Commerce Inc. |
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