Co-op set to make mint on retail systems

Angelica Mari, Computing, Monday 25 January 2010 at 16:57:00

Retailer will sell its bespoke platforms to other sector businesses

The Co-operative Group is to start selling its in-house developed electronic
point-of-sale and store management systems to other retailers.

Co-op?s set of systems, dubbed InControl-Evolution, supports the operations
of the retailer?s own 3,000-strong store network, including its pharmacy
business and the Somerfield chain of supermarkets.

Retailers can buy modules of the platform which include functionality such as
stock control, shelf replenishment product information, central merchandising
and remote management of mobile devices.

According to the firm, the web-based system is ?priced competitively?.

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