ACCESSVIA DEPLOYS A MULTILINGUAL SIGN PRINTING SOLUTION FOR A MAJOR CANADIAN
COMMUNICATIONS RETAILER
Language option showcases Web dSignShop's international capabilities in 350 stores
SEATTLE, January 17, 2005 — AccessVia ® , the leading provider of automated sign printing solutions and electronic display technologies for retailers, today announced that it has deployed Web dSignShop ® to deliver sign and label printing for 350 Bell Canada corporate and independent stores. The signage solution allows locations to print data-integrated signs in both English and French, a capability unmatched in the industry and an indicator of AccessVia's international expertise.
Web dSignShop allows associates throughout the network of Bell Canada's Bell World stores to print promotional signs and shelf-edge labels using just a Web-connected PC and desktop printers. The Bell World headquarters team controls the sign layouts and item data, ensuring design consistency and sign accuracy across all of its retail locations. Individual stores simply access batches of the centrally designed signs or compose their own signs using easy templates and real-time product data. In the past, associates have used word processing and spreadsheet applications to create the signs that merchandise the stores' products and service plans.
Web dSignShop gives Bell World the flexibility to serve different segments of their retailing community as well as different segments of the Canadian public. Corporate-owned stores will access Web dSignShop via the enterprise's intranet, and independently owned stores can use conventional Internet connections to tap into identical functionality. Both types of retailers can print signs in English, in French, or in both languages-without manual adjustments to the composition of the signs-allowing the retailer to optimally market its services to a multilingual customer base.
AccessVia CEO Dean A. Sleeper said, “Retailing demands technology that suits more than one kind of environment, and this deployment really showcases Web dSignShop's versatility. We're enabling on-demand capabilities and enterprise-level sophistication, regardless of varying platforms or hardware configurations. And the language choices address an emerging retail reality-stores have to be ready to cater to the global customer. Web dSignShop delivers options, and that's what it takes to stay competitive.”
AccessVia Web dSignShop was recognized in both 2002 and 2003 as a Microsoft ® Retail Application Developer (RAD) Award winner and has won the 2004 Microsoft EMEA RAD Award. The Microsoft RAD Award highlights the most innovative Microsoft-based software solutions for the retail and supply chain industries.
The AccessVia Print solution includes both Web dSignShop and dSIGN ® to provide clients with accurate and attractive signs, shelf-edge labels, fact tags, coupons, and more. Web dSignShop is designed for retailers who want to use the Internet, an intranet, or an extranet to publish signs using a Web browser without installing or maintaining in-store software. dSIGN is built for classic client/server implementations and offers advanced product data delivery and unmatched integration with legacy systems. AccessVia also offers a solution for automated electronic displays, including customer-facing POS displays, self-service terminals, and kiosk applications for price verification, assisted shopping, endless aisle services, and gift registry.
AccessVia customers include Bed Bath & Beyond, Kroger, LCBO, Petco, Safeway, Staples, SUPERVALU, Target, and Walgreens.
About AccessVia, Inc.
AccessVia takes retailers beyond price point to a place where they can truly connect with customers at the moment of choice. Smart consumers expect more than flashing lights and red type. The new consumer requires new messaging.
AccessVia Consumer Messaging Optimization Services help you to envision that future and make it happen. Seasoned retail professionals, armed with best practices, industry benchmarks and new ideas, work with your team to transform your consumer messaging effectiveness and efficiency. AccessVia Publishing Platform solutions provide the software tools to extend your retail brand promise to the Last Mile – where the customer chooses to browse or buy.
Create new business processes for the future then manage your publishing systems with software being used today by Global 500 companies in over 40,000 retail stores. Take your customers beyond price point with AccessVia.
For more information contact:
For AccessVia
Gaylene C. Meyer
206-285-4994 x150
