NORTH CANTON, Ohio and
PADERBORN, Germany, Sept. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- With its
price-focused business model, nonfood discounter Pepco, a growing
Eastern Europe-based retailer, is
readying itself for the connected commerce era with Diebold
Nixdorf's TP Application Suite -- enabling its customers to shop
seamlessly across all channels in the future.
Beginning early in 2017, Diebold Nixdorf will install the TP
Application Suite software platform in selected Pepco pilot stores
in Poland. The rollout in other Eastern European stores is
planned to commence in mid-2017. "We will then be using a software
platform that opens up to us the whole range of options for future
mobile and cross-channel applications," says Louis van Zyl, Pepco's CIO for its European
retail operations. In the first phase, Pepco plans to extend its
e-commerce operations and mobile services for customers, both of
which are controlled via the TP.net Mobile POS application.
Pepco will then roll out TPAdmin, an application designed to
manage its store network, and TPOMM, an omnichannel order and
inventory management application -- the latter in a version that
has been especially tailored to the Eastern European market. "We
are convinced that, with its high degree of flexibility and its
focus on delivering what users want, Diebold Nixdorf is the right
partner for a long-term business partnership," explains
van Zyl.
Pepco, part of South
Africa-based investment company Pepkor, operated just 20
stores in Poland at the start of
the new millennium. Now its network has grown to nearly 1,000
stores in Poland, Hungary, Romania, the Czech
Republic and Slovakia – and
some 200 stores are being added across the region every year. The
parent company is also active in the highly competitive UK market,
having acquired retail chains there.
"Our software solutions help retailers seamlessly link their
brick-and-mortar outlets with the
online and mobile, thus advancing connected commerce," says
Philippe Dauphin, head of Retail,
EMEA, at Diebold Nixdorf.
Pepkor is a South African investment and holding company
with headquarters in Pretoria. The
company manages a large international portfolio of retail chains,
located mainly in Africa,
Australia and Europe. The stores are discount-oriented and
sell mainly clothing, shoes and household goods. The company's key
operating subsidiaries include Pep & Ackermans in South Africa, Best & Less in Australia, and Pepco in Europe.
About Diebold Nixdorf
Diebold Nixdorf is a world leader in enabling connected commerce
for millions of consumers each day across the financial and retail
industries. Its software-defined solutions bridge the physical and
digital worlds of cash and consumer transactions conveniently,
securely and efficiently. As an innovation partner for nearly all
of the world's top 100 financial institutions and a majority of the
top 25 global retailers, Diebold Nixdorf delivers unparalleled
services and technology that are essential to evolve in an 'always
on' and changing consumer landscape.
Diebold Nixdorf has a presence in more than 130 countries with
approximately 25,000 employees worldwide. The organization
maintains corporate offices in North
Canton, Ohio, USA and Paderborn, Germany. Shares are traded on the New York and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges under
the symbol 'DBD'. Visit www.DieboldNixdorf.com for more
information.
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