Crystal Decisions Enables 'Open All Hours' Reporting For Virgin Retail -UK- Ltd.Business Editors/High Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2001 Virgin Retail (UK) Ltd. Creates a Multi-Store, Web-Based Reporting System to Increase Sales and Reduce Costs. Crystal Decisions Crystal Decisions today announces the successful integration of Seagate Info within Virgin's store-based reporting system. It is used by all 92 Virgin stores throughout the UK and Ireland -enabling employees to access analyzed company data easily via the web. Virgin expects this system to influence sales positively and reduce costs. Virgin believes that providing each store with instant sales and performance data enables its employees to make smarter purchasing decisions. Improved reporting will also allow Virgin to anticipate changes in demand-ensuring optimum stocking levels. As well as supporting more effective decisions, the efficiency of the new system will make it possible for employees to concentrate more on customer service. Kevin Hepburn, MIS Team Leader, for Virgin Retail (UK) Ltd., says: "Staff can now view national and regional statistics and monitor products or promotions in their own stores. This allows them to react quickly to trends, see how effective a particular offer is and also see how they are performing against other stores." Mr Hepburn explains: "Our objective in this project was to deploy a store-based on-line reporting solution via our secure intranet. In the past we had basic-looking, inflexible reports that were taking a considerable amount of time to produce and distribute. Now daily reports can be viewed instantly via the web in each store and the IT department can deliver another service for the business." Donald MacCormick, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. Director at Crystal Decisions, says: "A key issue for any business, whatever sector it operates in, is to get the most out of its data. By providing actionable information to staff, that is easy to access and simple to understand, a company can enable better stock management, improve customer relationships and, ultimately, increase company profits." For More Information For more information on Crystal Decisions technologies and services, phone 1-800-877-2340 (North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ) or 1-604-681-3435 (International), or visit the Crystal Decisions web site at www.crystaldecisions.com. About Virgin Retail (UK) Ltd Virgin Retail (UK) Ltd operate 92 entertainment stores in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Since the opening of the first Megastore in London's Oxford St in 1971 Virgin have been at the forefront of innovation in home entertainment retailing. As well as pioneering the Megastore concept, VMR VMR Video Mixing Renderer (Microsoft Windows) VMR Volume Mixing Ratio VMR Marine Transport Squadron VMR Voice Message Relay System VMR Voice Modulation Recognition VMR Virgin Megastore Radio instore radio and listening posts listening posts, n.pl in craniosacral therapy, the places on the body from which the therapist can perceive the flow of cerebrospinal fluid or energy in the patient. The ankles or the occiput (i.e., the base of the skull) are the standard listening posts. , Virgin continually strive to provide the customer with an exciting and rewarding retail experience. About Crystal Decisions Crystal Decisions, formerly Seagate Software Seagate Software was an international software corporation headquartered in Scotts Valley, California. It was a majority owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology, the largest independent disc drive and related components company in the world. , is a privately held Seagate company owned by a group of investors that include Silver Lake Partners Silver Lake Partners is a notable American private equity firm founded in 1999 and headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. It focuses its activities in the information technology industry. and Texas Pacific Group. Crystal Decisions is an information infrastructure company, which provides award-winning reporting, analysis, and information delivery solutions. The company's world-class products are used by millions of customers in thousands of companies worldwide and include, Crystal Analysis, Crystal Enterprise, Crystal Reports and Holos Holos is an influential OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) product of the 1990s. Developed by Holistic Systems in 1987, the product remained in use until around 2004. Conception The Holos product succeeded an older generation of mainframe products such as System-W. . Crystal Decisions can be found on the Web at www.crystaldecisions.com. Crystal Decisions, Crystal Reports, Crystal Enterprise, Crystal Analysis, Holos and Seagate Info are either a registered trademark or trademark of Crystal Decisions Inc. Seagate is a registered trademark of Seagate Technology (company) Seagate Technology - A major manufacturer of hard disk drives, founded in 1979 as "Shugart Technology" by Alan F. Shugart and Finis Conner. That name is on the original patents for the 5.25" hard disk drive. , LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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