AccessVia Announces dSIGN 3.5 at the Retail Systems 2001 Show in Chicago

June 26, 2001 Chicago, IL-AccessVia today announced the release of dSIGN 3.5, the retail industry's leading sign printing system. "With dSIGN 3.5 and the newly-released Web-based sign printing system, Web dSignShop, retailers can reduce the cost and increase the responsiveness of their shelf-edge promotions in a matter of weeks, not months," said Dean A. Sleeper, CEO of AccessVia.

The release introduces powerful new features for the Designer component of dSIGN. Designer is the authoring tool for creating intelligent templates that can be used in sign printing systems, kiosk and mobile commerce applications, item presentations for e-commerce sites, and other automated consumer messaging environments.

This release of dSIGN brings greater ease and efficiency in creating templates with interface features that streamline work tasks. These ease-of-use enhancements are expected to lower buyers' training costs by helping users to master the product more readily.

Powerful new features in Designer provide significant advantages to expert users, allowing them to build fewer, more flexible templates that leverage development efforts. Enhanced abilities to utilize enterprise business rules at run-time, support for standard COM objects, new performance and use reporting features and printer control refinements are all part of AccessVia's efforts to boost capabilities for Designer's more sophisticated user base. Improved data access components add scalability and stability to applications.

The benefits of the new dSIGN 3.5 release extend beyond the enhanced Designer functionality and include an improved set of applications for managing sign printing in stores and at headquarters. Two versions of the In-store SignShop application deliver sign printing and management at the store level. The Headquarters SignShop provides the ability to manage the enterprise sign printing system and interact with the In-store SignShop applications by delivering data for the signs and batches of signs to print. These applications provide powerful out-of-the-box functionality and can be completely customized to fit within a retailer's world.

AccessVia has come to dominate the market with the dSIGN package, which is the only development tool for multichannel retailers that pairs a desktop publishing-quality presentation layer with exceptional data interfacing capabilities. dSIGN is a part of the AccessVia Print solution, which includes the newly-released Web dSignShop. Web dSignShop delivers all of the dSIGN functionality to in-store applications delivered via the Internet.

With AccessVia solutions, retailers can deploy attractively designed price and product information using virtually every kind of merchandising media-including print, kiosks, e-commerce, e-mail, and wireless. The applications, which range from sign printing programs to automated mobile messaging, are driven by data from inventory and point-of-sale databases, so the information that customers see is always accurate and consistent across channels.

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AccessVia customers include Bed Bath and Beyond, Kroger, LCBO, Petco, Safeway, Staples, SUPERVALU, Target, Walgreens and Wal-Mart.

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:
Gaylene C. Meyer
Public Relations Manager, AccessVia
206.285.4994 x150