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Soft Solutions
www.ibs-softsolutions.com
470 Atlantic Avenue, 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02210
Phone: (877) 484-5757
Contact: Fady Garabet, General Manager
Email: fady.garabet@ibs-softsolutions.com
NRF Associate Member
Enterprise Merchandising and Marketing Suite
Soft Solutions is the leading provider of web-based merchandising, marketing and supply chain solutions in the areas of Headquarters, Store, Channel and Supply Chain Management for retailers and manufacturers worldwide for the last 20 years.

Our applications provide global best practices to facilitate informed decisions to optimize performance based on our integrated and SOA retail platform. Our intelligent business solutions (ibs) include ibs ASSORTMENT, ibs DEALS, ibs PRICING, ibs PROMOTIONS, ibs CATEGORY, ibs SPACE PLANNING, ibs ANALYTICS relying on our robust detail data model, ibs REFERENTIAL for Master Data Management. Supply chain and store operations requirements are managed by ibs CENTRAL and ibs STORE. Retail collaboration and data synchronization are also provided by our ibs RETAIL COLLABORATIONS SUITE.

Workflow, reporting and dashboard functionalities are also integrated to complete the end-to-end business process.
Target Retailer/Client:
All Retailers
Hardware Platforms:
HP, SUN, and IBM
Operating Systems:
Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, Solaris
Software Group:
UNIX/Linux/AIX
Number of Retail Clients:
35
Remote Access:
Yes
Programming Language:
J2EE with /IBM WebSphere/Oracle AS J2EE application server
Database Name:
Oracle, DB2
Pricing:
Bid by customer and project
Number of Installs:
300+
Year Introduced:
1989
Representative Clients:
Our customers are multi-divisional, multi-format Tier 1 retailers including Auchan, B&Q, Carrefour, Canadian Tire Retail, CVS Caremark, Galeries Lafayette, Group Louis Delhaize, Kingfisher, Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, Capelli New York, Mosmart, Intermarche, O'Key, Castorama and Monoprix
Direct Support:
Yes
3rd Party Support:
Yes
Multi-Currency:
Yes
3rd Party Interface:
Yes
Interface To Whom:
We are able to interface with both legacy and third party software via our ibs INTEGRATION product.
Web Demo:
Yes
Geographic Areas Sold:
Africa; Asia; Australia/New Zealand; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North America; Russia; United Kingdom; United States
Annual Retail Sales - Target Customer:
Between $500 million and $1 billion; Over $1 billion
ARTS (Association for Retail Technology Standards) Compliance:
ARTS Retail Data Model:  Yes
Unified Point of Service (UnifiedPOS):  No
ARTS XML Standard XML Schemas:  Yes
Application Functions
Strategic Information Tools
Merchandise Systems
Financial Systems
Supply Chain, Distribution & Logistics Systems
Advertising, Marketing and Promotion