Specialty Retailer Chooses The Hosted Version Of NSB's Proven Retail Solutions
NSB announces that retailer Twigland Fashions has selected NSB's Connected Retailer® Managed Services offering to replace their current retail systems. NSB will host the fully integrated suite of retail solutions and deliver them to the retailers' stores and head office via high-speed, persistent networks. The Managed Services offering includes the Connected Retailer Store, Merchandising, Sales Analytics, and CRM solutions.
Looking for a complete system renewal, Texas-based specialty retailer Twigland Fashions conducted an extensive evaluation of competitive products. Ultimately, they determined that NSB Group product suite and services was the right choice for their business. Twigland Fashions president John Won says, "With Managed Services, we will be able to focus on retailing and leave the IT support to the experts in the retail industry. NSB has been a leader in retail for over 30 years, and they can apply all that experience towards meeting not only our current but long term needs as well." In addition to the Connected Retailer solutions, Twigland Fashions has also licensed Microsoft® Great Plains Financials, which NSB will also host as part of their Managed Services package. Twigland Fashions plans to become a national retailer within the next 10 years. Won adds, "We have an aggressive growth strategy. NSB's Managed Services will give us all the systems and hosted infrastructure that we need to let us to achieve our goals."
"Our Managed Services offering continues to meet the needs of smaller retailers," says David Henning, Senior VP of the Enterprise Business Unit for the NSB Group. "The offering will enable Twigland Fashions to concentrate on the day-to-day operations of their business instead of their retail IT systems. All retailers who choose this hosted version of NSB's solutions will benefit from the latest technology while lowering their capital costs, TCO, and risks."
Connected Retailer Managed Services is a turnkey solution that gives small to midsize retailers the competitive advantages of "big retailer" IT, while dramatically reducing their on-site infrastructure and related requirements. For a fixed quarterly fee (plus a one-time setup charge), NSB provides the Connected Retailer Store, Merchandising, Sales Analytics, and CRM solutions, along with the option of Microsoft Great Plains Financials. NSB also provides the hosting infrastructure, IBM point of sale hardware, implementation, training, round-the-clock system monitoring, data backups, disaster recovery plan plus 24/7 support. The offering is ideal for retailers who want to budget their costs and break free from costly, outdated, or poorly integrated systems.
About Twigland Fashions
Founded in 1972, Twigland Fashions, Ltd is a growing junior fashion apparel retailer doing business under the names A'GACI and AGX by A'GACI. Twigland Fashions has grown from a single store in San Antonio Texas to 34 stores located throughout Texas and Nevada. Within the next 12 months, Twigland will expand into several other states. For more information on the company, visit our Web site at www.agacistore.com.
About NSB Group
NSB Group is a total solutions provider for retailers of apparel, footwear, and specialty merchandise. Backed by more than 30 years of success, we work as partners with our clients to map clear paths from where they are to where they'd like to be, and we equip them to get there.
NSB's acclaimed Connected Retailer® suite includes Planning, Merchandising, Sourcing and Product Development, CRM, Sales Analytics, Store Operations, and POS, plus hardware and comprehensive client services - from consulting and development to implementation, training, and 24/7 support. The Connected Retailer® can be implemented at the client as fully configurable best-of-breed solutions or as preconfigured Xpress solutions. Alternatively, through our Managed Services offering, the Connected Retailer can be hosted and maintained by NSB. For more information about the NSB Group and our Connected Retailer® solutions, visit our Web site at www.nsbgroup.com.