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Ingenico and Cybertill Launch Revolutionary Point‐of‐Sale Solution for Independent Retailers in the UK
WebPOS solution will help the independent retailer cut costs significantly
and improve business efficiencies Dalgety Bay, 11 February, 2011. Ingenico, the world’s leading provider of payment solutions in partnership with Cybertill, the UK’s leading EPoS and e‐commerce provider, have today launched WebPOS – a revolutionary point of sale solution for single store independent retailers, which could spell the end of the cash register. Transforming the way retailers do business WebPOS combines Ingenico’s best of breed point of sale hardware, the iWP200 series, with Cybertill’s Retail Store One, a cloud‐based EPoS software, specifically designed for independent retailers. WebPOS is an all in one integrated solution that not only improves payment processing, but also manages stock, tracks customer preferences, generates reports on fast moving products and slow sellers, and will even help to reduce theft.
By automating many of the processes that retailers currently carry out manually, the solution provides small retailers with significant time and cost savings, whilst increasing the efficiency of their business operations. The solution will go to pilot in a number of independent retailers in April and rolled out nationally thereafter. Craig Doyle, Managing Director, Northern Europe, Ingenico, commented: “We are very pleased to partner with Cybertill, allowing us to offer such a cost effective, high performance EPoS solution to the smaller retail market. Knowledge is power, especially in business, and WebPOS will provide small retailers with the business insights of a supermarket, helping them to manage and grow their business more efficiently.
The iWP200 series is specifically designed for independent retailers
“At Ingenico, we pride ourselves on leading the market with innovative, cutting‐edge solutions that go beyond payment. The WebPOS solution will enable retailers to enrich their customers shopping experience and help increase repeat footfall.” Ian Tomlinson, Chairman, of Cybertill, commented: “This transformation in point of sale technology means that independent store owners no longer have to face the complexity of managing an EPoS system, whilst trying to focus on the day job of running their business. By providing access to Cybertill from any location with an internet connection, our customers no longer need to invest in additional systems, such as back office hardware, resulting in significant cost savings.”
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A more intelligent all‐in‐one solution Ingenico’s sleek, web‐based point of sale terminal, the iWP200, boasts a compact footprint and all‐in‐one solution, including a built in receipt printer. It incorporates a large, colour touch screen and an optional second screen designed to increase interaction with customers by, for example, informing customers of up to the minute promotions. The terminal uses broadband to process card payments, leading to much faster payment processing. This connection is also used to connect to Cybertill’s Retail Store One which features quick entry keys (called hotshots) helping to speed up Point of Sale transactions, whilst linking seamlessly to other areas of the system such as stock and purchase order processing. Retailers are able to successfully and economically manage the back office, stock levels, purchase orders, sales and CRM using one full market solution. WebPOS is a cloud‐based system, but with Ingenico’s payment processing element sitting on Ingenico’s Axis platform, ensuring it is a fully PCI‐DSS managed solution for retailers. In the event where the internet connectivity with the ‘cloud’ fails, the solution will still be able to process payment transactions offline or revert to the GPRS network. Business benefits of WebPOS: WebPOS offers a number of clear business benefits for independent retailers:
• Fully integrated terminal with the POS, leading to faster processing of payments; • Captures customer details, allowing retailers to track all customer purchases and to
communicate with their customer base; • Manages and records all stock levels, and records goods in and deliveries; • Generates reports on retail performance, allowing retailers to see which are the best and worst
selling lines and more effectively monitor peak trading periods; • Manages and generates purchase orders so that retailers don’t run out of best selling lines; • retailers with real‐time access to data, allowing them to carry out administration and
management tasks whilst using the internet from any location; • Allows retailers to focus on managing their business by hosting the software, resulting in the
automation of all data back ups and upgrades.
‐ ENDS ‐ About Ingenico Ingenico is a leading provider of payment solutions, with over 15 million terminals deployed in more than 125 countries. Its 3,000 employees worldwide support retailers, banks and service providers to optimize and secure their electronic payments solutions, develop their offer of services and increase their point of sales revenue. More information on www.ingenico.com.
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About Cybertill EPoS & e‐commerce supplier, Cybertill, makes its solutions available as a web‐based managed service over a virtual private network. The result is a powerful, real time, cost‐effective solution for all retailers. Enabling its clients to exploit multi‐channel retailing, it optimises single sales channels or integrates operations across stores, e‐commerce and mail order in a flexible and intuitive way. Cybertill has become the EPoS system of choice for retailers of all sizes and in many sectors of non‐food retailing including charity shops. It has removed the barriers of technical complexity, risk and affordability for scores of smaller businesses. At the same time, its power and scalability have resulted in some of the UK’s largest retailers selecting the solution for use in hundreds of stores. The company now supports thousands of store‐based users and hundreds of web‐based businesses in the UK, Europe and the USA. More information on www.cybertill.co.uk Contacts:
Ingenico Harry Hussain / Jen Butler Weber Shandwick T:+44 131 556 6649 E: [email protected]
Cybertill Emma Easterbrook, Zara Camble Fieldworks Marketing T: +44 (0) 1435 873 080 E: [email protected]; [email protected]