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Schöneck, 2nd of August – SAP has gained the first significant customer as a result of the direct sales agreement covering three solutions provided by GK SOFTWARE AG – the products were officially launched in the D-A-CH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) in May this year.
Europe’s leading specialist chain of stores for pet food and accessories, Fressnapf, has opted to use a broad range of SAP software solutions. The total package also includes “GK offline mobile handheld application from SAP and “GK point-of-sale software from SAP” – which have all been developed by GK SOFTWARE AG and enables Fressnapf to bring efficient processes from the headquarter down to the point-of-sale. In the project, SAP will equip approx. 1,150 Fressnapf stores with software during the next years.
The order clearly demonstrates that GK SOFTWARE AG’s potential is being extended through its partnership with SAP, as the joint software package is highly attractive for the retail sector. The Management Board at GK SOFTWARE AG is not expecting the project to trigger any significant changes to its sales situation during the current business year and is therefore standing by its earlier forecast.
Schöneck, 26 January 2011 GK SOFTWARE AG is presenting its comprehensive software for handling all store processes, the GK/Retail suite, at the EuroShop trade fair in Düsseldorf. GK/Retail offers retailers in all kinds of business sectors integrated access to their stores, ranging from merchandise management to POS operations, scales, central management and uploading data and even special elements like digital signage, self-checkouts or integrating mobile payments.
GK SOFTWARE AG is presenting a variety of new solutions at the upcoming EuroShop trade fair. One major theme is using the software on mobile devices, ranging from classic hand-held units to smartphones and even iPads. The presentation of GK/Retail StoreWeaver Enterprise Edition, GK/Retail Open Scale and the latest version of the POS software will form the major focus at the trade fair booth.
A central highlight at the fair will be the presentation of the latest version of GK/Retail StoreWeaver Enterprise Edition, which provides a direct link to a central merchandise management control system like SAP and connects all the processes ranging from merchandise planning to incoming goods or inventories or the automatic label and poster printing devices and even the Store Device Control software – and all this is available on mobile devices, which either work online or offline. The Store Device Control software within the GK/Retail suite ensures that all the subsystems in a store are directly integrated end-to-end – ranging from the till to the scales, automatic empties machines, digital signage, mobile data collection devices and even the automatic dispensing machines. This enables all the systems to be supplied with the correct data automatically, on time and in a controlled manner. GK SOFTWARE AG has further developed its GK/Retail StoreWeaver Enterprise Edition in close cooperation with SAP.
The youngest member of the GK/Retail family, Open Scale, will be on show at the EuroShop for the very first time. The fully integrated software allows open PC-scales made by various manufacturers to be seamlessly linked in a store’s IT system and enables information to be uploaded and downloaded to and from the scales in real time. Different types of scales can use GK/Retail Open Scale – ranging from staff-operated scales to checking scales and even self-service scales. The software used here uses the same technology and architecture principles as the rest of the GK/Retail suite. Bizerba has been the partner involved in the development of this new software for scales.
New versions of the market-leading POS software and the enterprise headquarters applications in the GK/Retail suite will be introduced at the EuroShop. One highlight will be the completely new design of user interfaces, which meet the highest ergonomic and aesthetic standards; this has been made possible by using modern skinning technologies. They allow innovative, new graphics surfaces to be used in connection with all the GK/Retail modules. The new GUIs (Graphical User Interfaces) have been developed in a highly elaborate manner together with design studios and they represent the latest technology for the interaction of human beings and machines.
GK SOFTWARE AG’s presentation at the EuroShop will be rounded off by many other software solutions for use in stores and enterprise headquarters. They include packages for comprehensive digital signage services, automated label printing, task management and time tracking opportunities, using digital signatures, inventory information from many stores and handling returns. There will also be self-contained software for mobile couponing and payments in conjunction with our partner company, valuephone, which will also be present on the GK SOFTWARE AG booth.
A new development in the POS software related to the latest generation of self-checkouts will also be jointly presented on the booth of our partner, IBM. This enables a seamless link to be created between this software and the whole store IT system. The close partnership with IBM is once again bearing fruit – after the porting of GK/Retail on IBM’s 4690 platform last year.
Schöneck, 12 May 2011 – Point of Sale, Mobile Merchandise Management and Store Device Control are the GK SOFTWARE AG software solutions, which SAP is now starting to sell. The successful productive use of these software solutions in the joint EDEKA project formed the prelude to this decision. Sales will be directly launched in the D-A-CH area (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) and will be gradually followed by the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) sales area and the rest of the world. In order to assist this process, both companies have agreed a joint sales and marketing concept and clear structures for their technical cooperation. GK SOFTWARE AG will continue to provide all the software solutions directly in addition to the sales arrangement with SAP.
Following the successful launch of the pilot project connected to the cooperation arrangement for the EDEKA LUNAR program, SAP will now sell three software solutions produced by GK SOFTWARE AG: “GK offline mobile handheld application from SAP,” “GK store device control software from SAP” and “GK point-of-sale software from SAP.” These software solutions are now available from SAP in line with the agreements that have been made. The conditions for this arrangement are based on the successful premium qualification of the software solutions in the SAP test laboratories and the productive start at EDEKA on schedule.
The GK software solutions enable SAP to expand its range of products for the retail sector by making use of the proven expertise at GK SOFTWARE AG in the areas of linking up stores and store processes. GK SOFTWARE AG is expecting the partnership to lead to an increase in sales potential in the medium term, particularly in the international arena.
The “GK offline mobile handheld application from SAP” software provides seamless end-to-end links between all the relevant store processes to the central SAP system and enables the retail sector to have faster processes available with a much higher degree of data quality. With “GK store device control software from SAP,” the partners are providing software for the central management of all the subsystems in stores – e.g. tills, scales, reverse vending machines or vending machines – and this provides automatic downloading and uploading processes for data and a seamless link to the merchandise management system. “GK point-of-sale software from SAP” is the market-leading till and store software from the GK SOFTWARE AG portfolio, which is being used by leading retailers under the GK/Retail POS brand name in more than 30 countries.
Schöneck, 18th of November 2011 - GK SOFTWARE AG has once again registered double digit growth during the first nine months of fiscal 2011. According to provisional figures, sales rose by more than 18 percent compared to the same period in the previous year to a figure of EUR 20.26 million. The EBIT was 21 percent higher than the figure for the previous year at EUR 2.81 million. Based on these very good third quarter results, the Management Board is standing by its growth forecast for 2011.
Schöneck, 1 July 2011 – Mr. Oliver Kantner is joining the management team at GK SOFTWARE AG as acting Chief Operations Officer from 1 July 2011.
The Management Board and Supervisory Board at GK SOFTWARE AG are delighted to have gained an experienced manager and business professional in Oliver Kantner; he will play a major role in continuing to expand and guarantee the business success at GK SOFTWARE AG as a result of his many years of professional experience and contacts at trading and services corporations, which are major players on the international stage.
The current Chief Operations Officer, Mr. Ronald Scholz, is taking parental leave during the second half of 2011 and is considering the option of not returning to the company following this period of absence.
Schöneck, 22. December 2011 – An important international fashion retailer has engaged the services of GK SOFTWARE AG to equip its stores in more than two dozen countries. The project will involve introducing new store software and central control solutions for more than 700 stores of the company. One of the major focuses of the project is the close integration of the store solutions within the central software provided by SAP.
The Management Board at GK SOFTWARE AG is not expecting the project to trigger any significant effects on sales in fiscal 2011 and is therefore continuing to stand by its current forecast for the ongoing business year.
Schöneck, 23 February 2011 – After the successful launch of its mobile marketing campaign, Netto Marken-Discount is now extending the project by adding mobile couponing. The pilot phase has been operating since the beginning of February. After this, mobile couponing will be available for all Netto customers in the near future. The solution provided by valuephone GmbH is seamlessly integrated in the POS system developed by GK SOFTWARE AG, which is used in every Netto store. The infrastructure provided by valuephone GmbH will completely handle the mobile marketing program.
Netto Marken-Discount has already been offering its customers the opportunity of obtaining information about the special offers each week by cell phone or smartphone for six months. All the current special offers, which are distributed on leaflets too, including the images and description, are made available. By expanding the project, which is based on the valuephone mobile technology, it is now possible to load coupons on to cell phones too and cash them in at the tills using a simple procedure. Netto Marken-Discount has not had to invest in any additional hardware to introduce the project, because the whole process is handled through the valuephone POS plugin, which is an integral part of the GK/Retail till software.
valuephone GmbH provides all the technical safeguards for the mobile marketing program and makes available the complete infrastructure and software solutions as a cloud-based “software as a service” system. As a result, Netto Marken-Discount does not need to make any investments in hardware or background systems. The rapid completion of the project was made possible because the valuephone POS plugin is completely integrated in the standard GK/Retail software. The apps being used by Netto Marken-Discount now are available as white label products, which can be adapted to the branding of any retailer. valuephone already has a broad user base with more than two and a half million downloads. All the phones capable of using Java or Windows Mobile, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch are supported and Android and BlackBerry will soon be supported too. The trading applications provided by valuephone with their integrated e-mail and social network functions (e.g. Twitter) support modern social marketing in the long term.
valuephone not only provides the apps used by Netto Marken-Discount, but also other mobile solutions for introducing customer and bonus card systems and mobile payments, with which modern customer loyalty schemes can be directly introduced at POS units. The complete range of valuephone GmbH products will be introduced at the EuroShop in Düsseldorf from 26 February until 2 March in Hall 6, booth A44 in direct conjunction with the POS solution provided by GK SOFTWARE AG.
Published with kind permission of valuephone GmbH
Schöneck, November 2, 2011 – Parfümerie Douglas is testing the mobile POS solution from GK SOFTWARE AG on iPod Touch 4g in its stores. This means that sales persons can directly assist customers at the shelves and can issue the receipt during the sales process.
Parfümerie Douglas is already testing the use of the new GK SOFTWARE AG solution GK/Retail Mobile POS on iPod Touch 4g in a productive proof of concept phase. Initially, sales persons will have access to the POS functions in the elegant and slick look & feel of iOS applications. They are not only able to encash items, but also search for them, for instance, change prices or charge gift certificate cards. Customer card functions with direct links to the central CRM system are also available on the mobile device. As a result of the new design of GK/Retail POS, the sales receipt can be issued during the sales interactions and the customer can check out at special pay points within the store. As the iPod Point of Sale system has the identical business logics as the GK/Retail standard software, other requirements can also be mapped on it – e.g. assigning the sale to a particular member of staff, issuing store reports or linking up outside software solutions.
Extended with an appropriate Hardware Kit GK/Retail Mobile is able to handle the complete payment process with debit and credit cards directly on iPods or iPhones.
A comprehensive operating and security concept takes into account the increased security requirements for mobile Point of Sales and they range from regular changes to passwords to a remote blockage of the devices in use.
iPod, iPhone and iOS are registered trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
Schöneck, 25 February 2011 – GK SOFTWARE AG is presenting its GK/Retail Open Scale solution at the EuroSHOP in Düsseldorf for the very first time. The latest building block in the GK/Retail Business Suite has been developed for use on open PC scales and allows them to be seamlessly integrated in store IT systems. This opens up completely new opportunities for the retail sector in terms of flexibility and data quality. Operating costs can be cut at the same time, as the level of complexity in any store is reduced.
The new scale software from GK SOFTWARE AG marks a paradigm shift for all retail corporations that use scales at various places. As the new open software can be employed on any modern PC scales, regardless of the platform in use, the trade has an opportunity for the first time of using scales from different manufacturers alongside each other without having to supply several different systems with data or maintain them. At the same time, the tried and tested end-to-end communications channels within the GK/Retail Business Suite are available to them and this enables a real-time link to the central ERP system (e.g. SAP). This means that it is possible to upload and download master and transaction data with much greater ease and prices, sales promotions or parameters can be centrally managed for scales and tills. Alongside this, it is possible to introduce all-round digital signage concepts – e.g. for using customer monitors at scales and tills or other multimedia devices. With GK/Retail Open Scale, any scales are no longer an isolated feature, but become a fully integrated component in the store infrastructure.
The new Open Scale software is fully based on the technology platform within the GK/Retail Business Suite and uses the GK SOFTWARE AG expertise gained from successful store projects in more than 30 countries. The software can also be used as a pure scales application on typical operator scales – like self-service or sales scales. The software can master important functions like a change of scales during sales and will support all the processes needed on scales – e.g. pre-packing or stocktaking – as required. The partner involved in developing the system has been Bizerba, but the system provides support, in principle, for any open PC scales. A complete scenario ranging from mobile advertising to cashing in coupons and even paying at a POS will be jointly presented at the Bizerba booth (hall 7/E56) by Bizerba and valuephone. A QR code, which can be registered by a cell phone, is shown on the scale’s customer display when the goods are weighed – depending on the item. This either provides the customer with a suitable recipe or a coupon, which can be redeemed immediately at a POS. As a result, any customer can obtain cooking instructions and a mobile coupon with a discount on a suitable sauce when weighing the meat for their main Sunday meal.
Schöneck/Düsseldorf, 28th February 2011 – IBM presents the new IBM Self Checkout System 6 integrated with the GK/Retail standard software solution from the business partner GK SOFTWARE AG at EuroShop in Düsseldorf 2011. Both partners combined their key competence in the retail industry. IBM developed the hardware and software environment for the new Self Checkout System 6, and GK SOFTWARE AG provided the standard POS software GK/Retail. The IBM Self Checkout System 6 is completely integrated into the IT infrastructure at the store and eliminates the needs for isolated checkout solutions. This solution is one of the first partnership-based solutions worldwide that is fully integrated on the new IBM Self Checkout System 6.
For the first time in Europe, IBM presents the IBM Self Checkout System 6 running IBM Checkout Environment for Consumer-Service Software (CHEC) at EuroShop. The new solution has many advantages to offer like flexibility, modularity and integrated cash payment. The implementation of GK/Retail on the IBM Self Checkout System 6 integrates the comprehensive functionality of the leading POS solution on all checkout systems in the store.
IBM and GK Software AG have worked together in the retail industry for many years. Both partners developed a standardized and completely integrated self checkout solution that satisfies the requirements of the market. The hardware foundation for the solution is the new Self Checkout System 6 from IBM, which was presented for the first time at the NRF Conference in New York in January 2011. The open architecture of the IBM CHEC Software supports the integration of POS solutions from various vendors. GK SOFTWARE AG provided the POS software for this joint project: GK/Retail.
Based on the open architecture of the new Self Checkout System 6 every POS function of the GK/Retail POS software can be implemented. This makes functions of the internationally used POS solution such as promotions and loyalty now available at the self checkout. In addition, the standard functionality of GK/Retail to manage and monitor POS devices in the retail environment is now usable on the IBM Self Checkout System 6 and allows those devices to be centrally managed and monitored as well.
The partnership between IBM and GK SOFTWARE AG prevents the need for isolated and expensive solutions, significantly reduces the complexity of the systems, and helps create homogenized IT environments.
Further informations about IBM: www.ibm.com/de/pressroom
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