Brown Shoe Company Awards Point-of-Sale Technology and Service Contracts to NCR; Leading Chain Deploying NCR RealPOS Systems in all U.S. and Canadian Famous Footwear and Naturalizer Stores.ATLANTA -- NCR Corporation (company) NCR Corporation - Electronics company mainly active in the midrange server market. NCR was founded 1884 as National Cash Register Company. It joint the computer industry in th 1950s. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers ) today announced that Brown Shoe Company Brown Shoe Company NYSE: BWS is a footwear company that owns a variety of popular footwear brands in the United States and Canada. Origins The company was created in St. , Inc. (NYSE:BWS BWS Board of Water Supply (Honolulu, Hawaii) BWS Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome BWS Black Wall Street (Hip-Hop record label) BWS Battered Woman Syndrome BWS Beer, Wine and Spirits ) has signed an order to equip all of its stores with NCR point-of-sale (POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale ) systems running on Microsoft's Windows(R) Embedded for Point of Service software platform. NCR and Brown Shoe also have signed a five-year maintenance contract. Brown Shoe, which operates nearly 1,300 retail shoe stores throughout 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 Canada, including the Famous Footwear Famous Footwear is a nationwide chain of retail stores in the United States, which offers a variety of footwear from brands like: Nike, Skechers, Aerosoles, Steve Madden, New Balance, Converse, Puma and many other brands. Famous Footwear is owned by Brown Shoe Company. and Naturalizer chains, is deploying NCR RealPOS(TM) 80 terminals, with flat-panel touchscreen displays and thermal receipt printers. NCR is providing staging services to help assure quick and efficient installation with minimal disruption to store operations. Rollout is underway and will continue through 2006 and 2007. "As we begin the replacement of our POS equipment across all of our retail businesses, we look forward to extending our long relationship with NCR, a partner which, for many years, has consistently provided high-quality hardware and strong service to our Famous Footwear retail division," said Richard T. Price, Brown Shoe senior vice president, Information Systems and Technology. The NCR RealPOS terminals being installed by Brown Shoe utilize the retail-optimized Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. Embedded for Point of Service software platform. The first software platform to provide "plug-and-play" functionality for peripheral devices, Microsoft Windows Embedded for Point of Service facilitates implementation and integration with existing systems. "A strong industry partner in our Microsoft Smarter Retailing initiative, NCR continues to demonstrate its commitment to leading-edge technologies - including Windows Embedded for Point of Service Windows Embedded for Point of Service is a Microsoft operating system for point of service devices that is based on Windows XP Embedded. External links
NCR designs its POS systems to provide the extended useful life that retailers require, as well as platform consistency during rollout and in subsequent years. "We're pleased that NCR is continuing to help Brown Shoe meet its critical POS requirements with industry-leading store automation technology," said Bruce Donis, NCR vice president for U.S. Retail Sales. "NCR products and services help successful retailers around the world create greater value for their customers and shareholders." About Brown Shoe Company, Inc. Brown Shoe is a $2.3 billion footwear company with worldwide operations. The company operates the 900-plus store Famous Footwear chain, which sells brand name shoes for the family. It also operates 350-plus Naturalizer stores in the U.S. and Canada that sell the Naturalizer brand of shoes and accessories, 16 FX LaSalle stores in Canada and eight Via Spiga stores that sell Via Spiga shoes and apparel. Brown Shoe, through its wholesale divisions, owns and markets leading footwear brands including Naturalizer, LifeStride, Via Spiga, Nickels Soft, Connie and Buster Brown; it also markets licensed brands including Franco Sarto, Dr. Scholl's, Etienne Aigner, Bass and Carlos by Carlos Santana Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20 1947), is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. He became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, the Santana Blues Band, going mostly under the title "Santana", which for adults, and Barbie, Bob-the-Builder and Disney character footwear for children. Brown Shoe press releases are available on the company's Web site at http://www.brownshoe.com. About NCR Corporation NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR) is a leading global technology company helping businesses build stronger relationships with their customers. NCR's Teradata(R) data warehouses and ATMs, retail systems and IT services provide Relationship Technology(TM) solutions that maximize the value of customer interactions and help organizations create a stronger competitive position. Based in Dayton, Ohio, NCR (www.ncr.com) employs approximately 28,500 people worldwide. NCR, NCR EasyPoint, NCR FastLane, NCR RealPOS, NCR RealPrice, NCR RealScan, NCR RealSolutions and Teradata are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries. |
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