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Kiddicare invests £1M in IT to support expansion
Independent nursery retailer Kiddicare is expecting a return on investment within 18 months after spending more than £1 million on systems to support substantial expansion. click on the heading to read the Retail Week article written by Joanna Perry detailing how Kiddicare have commissioned K3 to design and implement a software suite based on Microsoft Dynamics, which will be the backbone of the operation. Reproduced with the kind permission of Retail Week
K3 launches the OrderPad to take and track customer orders
K3 launches the OrderPad to take and track customer orders. The OrderPad is an easy to use front end ordering system that enables the quick and simple in-store collection of customer facing orders for items that require delivery. The key to the OrderPad’s ability to improve customer satisfaction, while maintaining productivity and the quality of service, lies in its simplicity.
K3 transforms relationship management for retailers
K3 transforms relationship management for retailers for matching customer shopping behaviour to customer attitudes, to enable retailers to better handle contact tasks, be it sales, enquiries, returns, complaints, warranty and credit agreements.
K3 simplifies Business Intelligence
K3’s Business Intelligence tools focus on usability, making it easy for information workers and decision makers throughout the organisation to reach the information they need to make effective and timely decisions. To accelerate the implementation process, and make sure customers see a rapid return on their BI investment, K3 offer a number of modules that simplify data extraction and dedicated reporting packs including loss-prevention and sales analysis. Customers can combine these packs to build their own rapid implementation BI package.
K3 automates estate management for retailers
K3 launches an Estate Management solution that enables retailers to automate the management of every aspect of property ownership, occupation and management, resulting in improved management and cost savings.K3 raises the bar at Caledonian Brewing
Caledonian Brewing Company Limited (CBCL) has chosen a fully integrated financial, production and customer relationship management solution from K3, the UK’s largest provider of Microsoft Dynamics.
Didcot, 11th April 2007 FOOTASYLUM, a fast-growing chain of high-end casual footwear and apparel retail stores, has commissioned K3 to design and implement an entire suite of retail management solutions based on Microsoft Dynamics.
K3 makes a material difference at Fabric Warehouse
Didcot, 14th March 2006, Fabric Warehouse, a UK specialist fabric retailer with 40 stores nationwide, has purchased IT systems, software and services from K3, the UK’s largest provider of Microsoft Dynamics, to run its entire business.
K3 Hires Retail Fashion Expert
15 February 2007, Didcot -- K3, the UK's largest provider of Microsoft Dynamics business solutions, has appointed fashion business expert, Vanessa Priestley to New Sector Manager for Fashion further strengthening its expertise in this sector.
GameStop picks K3 for global systems roll out
February 5th 2007, Didcot – GameStop Europe, part of GameStop, the largest specialist retailer of video games in the world, has selected K3’s retail management system to manage all stores in Europe, Canada and Australia.
Tony Sparks boosts Home Retail Business Sector at K3
Tony Sparks, 44, who joined K3, the UK’s largest provider of Microsoft Dynamics, in 2004 to help develop new business opportunities, has been appointed Home Retail Business Sector Manager.
K3 Retail Portal unveiled at the Retail Business Show
London -- K3, the UK’s largest provider of Microsoft Dynamics, will be demonstrating a new portal that enables retailers with many stores and suppliers to collaborate with partners and suppliers, based anywhere in the world.
K3 launches all-in-one EPOS solution for food and convenience retailers at the Retail Business Show
London, 31st January 2007, K3, the UK’s largest provider of Microsoft Dynamics and the major sponsor of this year’s Retail Business Show, has launched a new version of its point of sale software, designed around the particular needs of food and convenience retailers.
Everards turns to K3 to support growth
plans
Didcot 11th October 2006, Everards, a family-owned brewer and pub company in Leicestershire, has adopted the DrinkIT business management solution to support them as they move ahead with company wide growth. K3, the UK's largest Microsoft Dynamics solution provider, is supplying and implementing this market leading solution.
Leather fashion goods designer and retailer, Lakeland Leather, has adopted a Microsoft Dynamics based retail solution from K3, the UK's leading Microsoft Business Solutions Partner.
Dynamax and K3 makes EPOS integration a reality
Didcot, 29th August 2006 - Digital signage specialist Dynamax Technologies has teamed up with leading EPOS supplier, K3, to make the much vaunted integration between EPOS systems and in-store screen networks a reality.
K3 admitted to Microsoft Inner Circle
Didcot, 31st July 2006 - K3, the leading Microsoft Business Solutions Dynamics Partner has been promoted to the Microsoft® Business Solutions Inner Circle, an accomplishment earned by companies whose sales rank them at the apex of the Microsoft Business Solutions global network of value-added reselling partners.
K3 Drink-IT up with Frederic Robinson
Frederic Robinson Limited, brewers of Stockport, have selected a new head office solution from K3, Microsoft’s largest Dynamics partner (formerly Navision) in the UK, to provide information for finance, operations, property management and telesales for its business.
K3 launches Insight for Business Intelligence
Didcot 28th July 2006, K3, the leading Microsoft Business Solutions Dynamics Partner has launched its new business intelligence tool for Microsoft Dynamics users. Insight uses industry best practices to enable users to quickly automate the building and maintenance of an enterprise level Business Intelligence solution.
K3 Earns Microsoft Business Solutions President’s Club Recognition
Didcot, 27th July 2006. K3, the leading Microsoft Business Solutions Dynamics Partner has received recognition from Microsoft for outstanding customer commitment and sales achievement and has been named to the Microsoft® Business Solutions President’s Club.
Admiral Taverns drinks to success with K3
Didcot, 14th July 2006, Leading pub operator Admiral Taverns, who run over 1,200 pubs in the UK, has selected a new head office solution from K3, Microsoft Dynamics largest partner in the UK. K3 will supply and implement Microsoft Dynamics Drink-IT software across 30 users.
In late 2004, Dreams hastily introduced new systems and paid the price. IT Director Lee Felton tells Jane Thompson why it is no longer losing sleep over technology.
Reprint from Retail Week, July 14 2006 - www.Retail-Week.com
American Golf Picks Up Prestigous Fast Track Technology Award
Leading golf equipment retailer American Golf, has picked up the prestigious Profit Track 100 award for business technology, sponsored by Microsoft, at this years annual Sunday Times Pricewaterhouse Coopers Profit Track100 awards dinner, held at The Langham Hotel, London, on Tuesday 6th June.
American Golf takes a swing with K3 Landsteinar
London, 7th February 2006 - Leading golf specialists American Golf have announced that they have selected K3 Landsteinar to implement their new Retail System throughout their 63 stores in the UK.
Dobbies boost business visibility with K3
London, 30th January 2006 - UK garden centre retailer, Dobbies, is analysing the performance of its business using OLAP.
K3 to furnish Housing Units with new IT solution
19 December – London – Housing Units, a home furnishings chain in Manchester, has commissioned a new retail system from leading Microsoft Dynamics Partner K3
Space NK Sees the Beauty In New Systems From K3
7th June 2005, NEC Birmingham – K3, a subsidiary of K3 Business Technology Group Plc, one of Microsoft’s largest solution providers for the Retail, Distribution and Manufacturing sectors, is to provide a retail management system to Space NK, a 37 store beauty and lifestyle chain.
Carpetright Selects New Integrated Retail Solution From K3
7th June 2005, NEC Birmingham – Carpetright, the UK’s leading carpet and flooring specialist has commissioned new retail systems from leading Microsoft Business Solutions Navision Partner K3.
Aldiss Selects New Fully Integrated Solution From K3
28 January 2005 – Aldiss, leading independent furniture and home furnishings and fashion retailer, has commissioned new retail systems from leading Microsoft Business Solutions Navision Partner K3.
GameStop Selects K3’s Socius Retail System
21st January 2005, Dublin - GameStop, the largest specialist retailer of video games in the world, has adopted K3’s integrated retail management system ‘Socius’, to manage its product portfolio from purchasing into its centralised warehouse all the way through to distributing product to each store.
Moss Pharmacy Rollout K3 Throughout All UK Stores
5th January 2005, London - K3 today announce they have been contracted to supply the next phase of their integrated retail point-of-sale (POS) and head office solution to Moss Pharmacy, one of UK's leading pharmacy retailers.
Alpha Landsteinar gets the measure of shrinkage
Alpha Landsteinar, the leading Microsoft Business Solutions partner, has announced that they are developing a Fraud Audit Management by Exception Solution (FAME) to help retailers tackle inventory shrinkage from administrative errors, employee theft and vendor fraud.
Dreams get into bed with Alpha Landsteinar
Dreams plc, Britain’s leading bed specialist, are overhauling their financial and retail management systems with a software solution from Microsoft Business Solutions partner, Alpha Landsteinar.
Leekes department stores selects Microsoft Navision from Alpha Landsteinar to run its whole business
UK department store chain, Leekes Department Stores, has selected leading Microsoft Business Solutions partner, Alpha Landsteinar, to implement the Microsoft Navision retail solution across five stores. The solution will replace all Leekes’ existing financial, warehouse, customer service, home delivery and retail management systems.
Landsteinar blooms at Royal Horticultural Society
The world’s leading horticultural charity, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has chosen Microsoft Business Solutions partner, Alpha Landsteinar to overhaul its financial and retail management systems, by implementing its software across the business.