A.S. Watson Retail Group Expands the Deployment of Retalix StoreLine(TM) to 1,500 Stores in Asia; The Expansion Follows the Successful Rollouts of the Retalix Solution in Multiple A.S. Watson's Health & Beauty Brands Across Europe.RA'ANANA, Israel -- Retalix(R) Ltd., (Nasdaq:RTLX), announced today that A.S. Watson, the world's fastest growing health and beauty retailer and a member of the Hutchison Whampoa Hutchison Whampoa Limited or HWL (Traditional Chinese: 和記黃埔有限公司, HKSE: 0013 Group, has begun deployment of the Retalix StoreLine(TM) solution in over 1,500 of its stores across Asia. This marks an expansion of the successful implementation of the existing agreement, to deploy Retalix solutions in 5,200 A.S. Watson stores in Europe. With installations in over 25,000 sites worldwide, Retalix StoreLine(TM) is an advanced, Windows-based in-store solution that offers retailers hardware-independent world-class Point-of-Sale and Front Office applications, ease of use, system robustness and the ability to address extensive in-store functionality requirements. In 2003 A.S. Watson selected Retalix StoreLine as its next-generation store platform for the group's stores across Europe. The group's retail brands in Europe include Superdrug, Savers, Rossmann, ICI (language) ICI - An extensible, interpretated language by Tim Long with syntax similar to C. ICI adds high-level garbage-collected associative data structures, exception handling, sets, regular expressions, and dynamic arrays. PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. XL, Kruidvat, Drogas and Trekpleister. The rollout of Retalix StoreLine has already been completed throughout the Superdrug stores in the UK, in Rossmann stores in Hungary and in ICI PARIS XL perfume stores in Holland. Rollout in Savers stores in the UK is in ongoing process. Preparations are underway for rollout projects to ICI PARIS XL stores in Belgium, Rossmann Stores in Poland and Drogas stores in Latvia. An additional project with Marionnaud, a leading European perfumery per·fum·er·y n. pl. per·fum·er·ies 1. Perfumes. 2. An establishment that makes or sells perfume. 3. The art of making perfume. Noun 1. retailer with 1,220 stores that was acquired by A.S. Watson in 2005, is expected to start during the last quarter this year. This project will expand the number of A.S. Watson stores in Europe using Retalix StoreLine to approximately 5,200. In total, Retalix StoreLine is planned to be installed in over 6,800 A.S. Watson stores around the world. Yoni yoni In Hinduism, a representation of the female sexual organ and feminine generative power, the symbol of the goddess Shakti (see shakti). The yoni is often associated with the phallic linga, the symbol of the god Shiva. Stutzen, EVP EVP Executive Vice President EVP EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) Valve Position Sensor EVP Electronic Voice Phenomenon EVP Europäische Volkspartei (Germany) EVP Employee Value Proposition International Business Division of Retalix Ltd., said: "We are very pleased with the expansion of the A.S. Watson relationships with Retalix into Asia. This is a clear vote of confidence in our solutions and in our ability to accommodate the complex needs of such a leading multi-national retailer. An increasing number of retailers realize the value and the competitive edge that can be derived by deploying our multi-national, multi-concept solutions across their multiple formats and regions. This contract marks another step in our growing presence in Asia." About A.S. Watson Group A.S. Watson Group is an international retail and manufacturing company, wholly-owned by the Hong Kong-based conglomerate Hutchison-Whampoa Limited, which has major interests in ports, telecommunications, property, energy and retail with businesses in 41 countries. With a history dating back to 1828, the A.S. Watson Group (ASW ASW Antisubmarine Warfare ASW Approved Social Worker ASW Application Software ASW a Small World (online community) ASW Art Supply Warehouse ASW Artificial Sea Water ASW Australian Standard White (wheat) ) has evolved into an international retail and manufacturing business with operations in 33 markets across Asia and Europe. Today, the Group operates over 6,800 retail stores running the gamut from health & beauty chains to its food, electronics, general merchandising and airport retail arms. ASW employs over 88,000 staff. For more information, please visit the Company's web site at: www.aswatson.com. About Retalix Ltd. Retalix Ltd. provides integrated enterprise-wide software solutions for the food and consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and retail and distribution industries worldwide. Retalix solutions are installed in supermarkets, convenience stores The following is a list of convenience stores organized by geographical location. Stores are grouped by the lowest heading that contains all locales in which the brands have significant presence. , fuel stations, and quick service restaurants, as well as foodservice, grocery, convenience products, and fast moving consumer goods “CPG” redirects here. For other uses, see CPG (disambiguation). Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), also known as Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), are products that have a quick turnover and relatively low cost. distribution organizations. The Company offers a full portfolio of software applications that automate essential retailing, distribution and supply chain management operations. These applications enable users to increase operating efficiencies, while improving customer acquisition, retention and profitability. With more than 34,000 installations across 50 countries, Retalix develops and supports its software through more than 1,200 employees in its various subsidiaries and offices worldwide. For further information, please visit the Company's web site at www.retalix.com. Retalix and Retalix StoreLine are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Retalix Ltd. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. for Forward-Looking Statements: Except for statements of historical fact, the information presented herein constitutes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 and U.S. federal securities law. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Retalix, including revenues, income and expenses, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include risks relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc Retalix's anticipated future financial performance and growth, the ability to complete the conditions necessary for TCI's merger with Retalix, the integration of Retalix's acquisition of TCI (Trustworthy Computing Initiative) An umbrella term from Microsoft for its efforts to improve security in Windows. TCI was announced in 2002 after viruses such as Code Red and Nimda had succeeded in attacking numerous Windows computers. as well as its other acquisitions, management of the anticipated increased market share of supply chain solutions and enterprise-wide solutions, continued roll-outs with existing customers, the market reception of its new e-marketplace and ASP services and broader integrated offerings and solutions, the potential benefits to food and fuel retailers and suppliers, expansion into new geographic markets, the conversion of sales leads into customers and the ramp-up of ASP users, the continuing integration of Retalix's acquisition of OMI (1) See Open Market. (2) (Open Microprocessor Initiative, Brussels, Belgium) An organization that functions under the umbrella of the European Commission. It funds projects that research and develop advanced microcontroller technologies. and other factors over which Retalix may have little or no control. This list is intended to identify only certain of the principal factors that could cause actual results to differ. Readers are referred to the reports and documents filed by Retalix with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Retalix's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2004, for a discussion of these and other important risk factors. Retalix undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. |
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