Activant Named Approved Vendor By ALLPRO
North America's largest paint and decorating buying group makes it easy for its members to purchase one of the industry's most powerful retail solutions
Activant Solutions Inc., a leading provider of retail and distribution business management solutions, recently announced that it has signed an Approved Technology Vendor agreement with ALLPRO Corporation. The new agreement provides for ALLPRO and Activant to work together to bring the benefits of Activant's technology and solutions, along with cost savings, to ALLPRO members.
ALLPRO Corporation is a business-to-business buying cooperative comprised of a network of independently owned paint and decorating products dealers throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and Ireland. It currently serves 270 companies who collectively represent approximately 1,300 storefronts. Activant will offer these retailers the technology and services they need to improve business efficiency and performance.
"With the increased competition from the ‘big box' retailers, independent paint dealers need to leverage the advanced retail technology found in the Activant Eagle system," said Paul Salsgiver, executive vice president for Activant. "Hundreds of paint dealers are currently using the Activant Eagle solution to effectively price and optimize profit margins on the products they sell, improve inventory management, drive greater customer loyalty through marketing programs, speed check-out and quickly handle customer special orders."
Activant also offers a suite of tools to help paint and decorating retailers manage contractor business. The Activant Eagle solution allows retailers to set separate accounts for contractors and offer them bulk discounts based on purchase history. The Activant iNet suite of e-commerce products allows contractors to place orders, check accounts balances and pay invoices online.
"Activant is a great company with great products and great services. They will be a tremendous asset to the ALLPRO membership," said Michael Gleason, owner of Gleco Paint. "Activant offers an unbeatable combination of feature rich software along with the services, training and support I need to get the most from my technology investment. The Activant Eagle solution dramatically improved my turn-rate and bottom line."
"Our goal is to seek out and offer programs and initiatives that will help improve the operations, market position, and profitability of our member companies," said Scott Morath, marketing and communications manager for ALLPRO Corporation. "We are happy to have Activant on board as an additional resource that our members can use to help make them more efficient and profitable retailers."
About Activant Solutions
Activant Solutions Inc. is a leading technology provider of business management solutions serving distributors and SMB retailers. Activant provides customers with industry-specific software, professional services, content, supply chain connectivity, and analytics.
Activant's systems are designed to help customers increase sales, boost productivity, operate more cost-efficiently, improve inventory turns and enhance trading partner relationships. Activant has operations in Texas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.activant.com.
SOURCE: Activant Solutions Inc.