AccessVia Announces Support of Microsoft's Smarter Retailing Initiative; AccessVia Web dSignShop Helps Retailers Improve the Customer Experience and Reduce Store Labor.Business Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2004 AccessVia(R), the leading provider of automated sign printing solutions and electronic display technologies for retailers, today announced that it supports the Microsoft(R) Smarter Retailing Initiative, a comprehensive solutions framework for unleashing the next generation of retail innovation, with the release of Web dSignShop(R) 4.0. Web dSignShop delivers retailers key benefits in three critical areas targeted by the Smarter Retailing Initiative: Smarter Shopping, Smarter Selling and Smarter Operations. The award-winning Web dSignShop has been enthusiastically received by retailers looking to deliver more information to their customers in the aisles with better signage, resulting in increased customer satisfaction and improved sales. Web dSignShop also allows retailers to publish price changes quickly in response to market conditions--ultimately resulting in improved margins. Operational efficiencies are another benefit of Web dSignShop with the easy deployment of a Web-based system. ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). evaluations show that efficient shelf-edge execution reduces store labor costs. Retailers such as Staples, Supervalu, The Sports Authority Sports Authority is the USA's largest full line sporting goods retailer. The company is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado. It operates over 400 stores in 45 U.S. states under the Sports Authority name. Total sales for the fiscal year ending January 29 2005 were $2.44 billion. and the Liquor Control Board of Ontario The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is a provincial Crown corporation established in 1927 by Lieutenant Governor William Donald Ross, on the advice of his Premier, Howard Ferguson, to sell liquor, wine, and beer in Ontario through a chain of retail stores. (LCBO LCBO Liquor Control Board of Ontario LCBO Logistics Career Broadening Officer (AFMC/USAF) ) have quickly and affordably implemented automated in-store printing across the enterprise using Web dSignShop. Web dSignShop utilizes Microsoft .NET See .NET. technologies and was recognized in both 2002 and 2003 as a Microsoft Retail Application Developer (RAD (1) (Rapid Application Development) Developing systems incrementally and delivering working pieces every three to four months, rather than waiting until the entire project is programmed before implementing it. ) Award winner. Selected by a panel of independent judges, the Microsoft RAD Award highlights the most innovative Microsoft-based software solutions for the retail and supply chain industries. "Web dSignShop from AccessVia delivers benefits across all three components of the Smarter Retailing Initiative -- Smarter Shopping, Smarter Selling, and Smarter Operations," said Brian Scott, general manager, Retail & Hospitality Industry Solutions Group, Microsoft Corp. "Web dSignShop enables fast and efficient delivery of powerful communication from retailers to consumers--communication that improves customer satisfaction, loyalty and propensity to buy." "AccessVia is dedicated to developing solutions that improve the in-store experience for both customers and sales associates," said Dean A. Sleeper Sleeper Stock in which there is little investor interest but that has significant potential to gain in price once its attractions are recognized. Antithesis of high flyer. , chief executive officer of AccessVia. "With the speed of execution and ease of integration provided by Microsoft .NET and Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. , Microsoft technology continues to provide the best foundation for AccessVia solutions. The Smarter Retailing Initiative provides a roadmap for weaving weaving, the art of forming a fabric by interlacing at right angles two or more sets of yarn or other material. It is one of the most ancient fundamental arts, as indicated by archaeological evidence. together solutions to tap existing assets in new ways, delivering new value--a roadmap useful for independent software vendors and retailers alike." The AccessVia Print solution includes both Web dSignShop and dSIGN(R) to provide clients with accurate and attractive signs, shelf-edge labels, fact tags, coupons, and more. Web dSignShop is designed for retailers who want to use the Internet, an intranet, or an extranet to publish signs using a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. without installing or maintaining in-store software. dSIGN is built for classic client/server implementations and offers advanced product data delivery and unmatched integration with legacy systems. AccessVia also offers a solution for automated electronic displays, including customer-facing POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale displays, self-service terminals, 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. applications for price verification, assisted shopping, endless aisle services, and gift registry. AccessVia customers include Bed Bath & Beyond, Kroger, LCBO, Petco, Safeway, Staples, SUPERVALU, Target and Walgreens. About Microsoft's Smarter Retailing Initiative The Microsoft Smarter Retailing Initiative helps retailers win today by leveraging current investments, and win tomorrow by easing delivery of new retail experiences. Consisting of Smarter Shopping, Smarter Selling and Smarter Operations, the Smarter Retailing Initiative is designed to close the loop between the retailer's strategy, the in-store execution and familiar technologies already in the consumer's hands. More information can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/smartretail/. About AccessVia With AccessVia solutions, the nation's leading retailers transform the information in their product databases and use it in creative ways to communicate with their customers. AccessVia technologies enable automated consumer messaging, allowing retailers to reach buyers wherever they are. AccessVia systems are built on a flexible architecture that allows retailers to extract data with precision, automate its presentation, and then communicate it artfully to a variety of purchase environments. Fortune 500 companies at over 25,000 stores reach their customers daily with AccessVia solutions. For more information, visit www.AccessVia.com. |
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