Flexible sales reporting and voice savings for Karen Millen, Oasis owner
Published: 19 June 2007 12:56 GMT
Coast, Karen Millen, Oasis, Odille and Whistles owner Mosaic Fashions has commissioned a broadband voice and data network to link its 650 sites.
The network, supplied by Thus and Vodat International, will allow the retailer to process sales transactions in real time rather than as a block at the end of the day and to improve the share of knowledge across the company.
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Mosaic Fashions IT director John Bovill said: "We decided to take a fresh approach to the network and streamline communication between stores. The speed of delivery of sales data, transactions and applications now means that each brand is more efficient in its working practices."
The retailer said that the migration to the IP network is complete and it is getting savings from VoIP.
Bovill said the next phase of the strategy will be to extend the network to stores in Ireland and mainland Europe.
He said: "The new network also provides us with the potential to offer video streaming, CCTV streaming and e-learning to our stores if we require this functionality in the future."
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