Bright Station plc Subsidiary Sparza Announces Strategic Alliance With David Simons' New Company - Egremont e-commerce.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 2000 Bright Station plc (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :BSN BSN abbr. Bachelor of Science in Nursing , NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BSTN) (www.brightstation.com), the technology company and leading provider of Internet and eCommerce solutions, announced today that its eCommerce hosting solutions subsidiary, Sparza (www.sparza.com); has formed a strategic alliance with Egremont, the incubator and Internet consultancy arm of the egremont group (www.egremontgroup.com). The former Chief Executive of Somerfield, David Simons David Simon can refer to:
Simons is partnered at Egremont with retail management consultant Sue Grist and Dr Penny Jarvis, formerly global director of Retail at Gemini Consulting. The company also provides consulting services to mainstream retail companies and will aim to form joint ventures with `bricks and mortar' retailers who have yet to establish an eCommerce arm. "In five years, 10 or even 15 percent of all retailing will be online," said David Simons. "We have chosen Sparza to provide the technology backbone and infrastructure which, when married to our retail expertise, will create a powerful combination for both UK, European and US retailers." Sparza provides a scaleable, robust e-commerce solution, which combines cost-effective, proven modular technology with maximum flexibility. Sparza has been developing retail solutions for the Web since 1998, and in June 2000 it acquired the rights to the world's most sophisticated B2B/B B/B Bed and Breakfast B/B baseband (US DoD) B/B Book to Bill B/B Brass Board B/B Bird Buffer 2C e-tail engine, which had been developed and refined in use by boo.com. It has continued to refine this effective and versatile software, providing state-of-the-art technology on `rental' terms obviating ob·vi·ate tr.v. ob·vi·at·ed, ob·vi·at·ing, ob·vi·ates To anticipate and dispose of effectively; render unnecessary. See Synonyms at prevent. the need for massive investment on the part of the retailer. "Working with David Simons and his colleagues at Egremont creates a strategic alliance that will allow us not only to help UK businesses develop their eCommerce offering, but also to assist retailers to move into Europe in a meaningful way," said Eric Goldstein, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Sparza. "We will provide the end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. for companies that are serious about eCommerce." Bright Station plc consists of four main subsidiary businesses - WebTop, intelligent Web searching, Smartlogik, Internet infrastructure solutions, Sparza eCommerce hosting and officeshopper, eCommerce for office products. the egremont group consists of two main subsidiary businesses - eg. consulting and egremont e-Commerce. |
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