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Wilko improves its shopper experience with JDA
U
K-based variety retailer, Wilko, has undertaken a transformational
category management strategy with JDA Software. In less than
10 months, Wilko has rolled-out a broad range of SaaS-based JDA
Category Management solutions including JDA Space Planning, JDA
Floor Planning and JDA Category Knowledge Base, to do everything
from generating planograms to creating accurate macro- and micro-
space allocations for all of its 5,000 items across more than 400 stores.
Wilko is a leading multi-category value retailer of homewares and
household goods and is focused on providing its customers with
everything they need to keep their lives running as smoothly as possible.
“This long-term strategy was designed to allow us to ‘grow by sorting
the needs of Wilko families’ and is already delivering real benefits at
Wilko, helping us drive customer satisfaction and value,” said Alison
Hands, Commercial Execution Director, Wilko. “We’re here to provide
simple and clever solutions that help real families get their day-to-day
lives sorted as quickly, easily and affordably as possible – leaving them
to be the best they can be. As we move into part two of our strategy
with JDA, we’re confident we have a powerful category management
solution to deliver continued value to our hard-working customers.”
Wilko has been a JDA customer for more than a decade, using JDA
Space Planning and in 2018, chose JDA as its partner of choice to
shape and drive its category management strategy, delivered via SaaS.
“Anticipating shopper demands is more critical than ever for retailers
today as customers now expect this as a baseline of superior service,”
said Johan Reventberg, President, EMEA, JDA. “We’re pleased to drive
Wilko’s successful retail business transformation by underpinning it with
our best-in-class category management solutions that will give them the
right balance of right item, right store, right time, with the efficiency and
agility they need in an ever-challenging and dynamic retail sector.”
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BrickVest secures AMF license to open French
HQ to service European clients post-Brexit
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rickVest, the online real estate investment
platform, has received authorisation from
the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)
to operate its investment management
platforms from Nice with additional offices
in Paris and Berlin. This will enable BrickVest
to serve its European clients post-Brexit by
continuing to provide real estate investment
management and liquidity services.
Emmanuel Lumineau, CEO at BrickVest,
commented: “The decision to choose Nice
for our new Eurozone head office underlines
the French Riviera’s growing reputation
as a leading tech hub attracting a pool of
international investment and technology
professionals with strong connections to the
European market.
Nice is also near Monaco and the Sophia
Antipolis technology hub, meaning we
are ideally positioned to capitalise on this
established ecosystem while working with
international markets and our existing
London office.
The new Nice-based company, BrickVest
Europe REIM SAS (BrickVest Europe), will
operate as a Full Scope AIFM with Pan-
European passporting. The firm will develop
and market its range of thematic commercial
real estate fund solutions to high-net-worth
investors, family offices and institutional
investors using its innovative online platforms
and FinTech liquidity infrastructure.
BrickVest has also launched BrickVest
Technology Europe, a dedicated technology
research and development company that
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develops FinTech solutions for its European
online platforms and international partners.
“This licence is a new step in our growth
strategy as France has one of the largest and
most exciting European real estate markets.
We are looking forward to making the
most of the opportunities this brings to our
growing number of deal sponsors, investor
base and technology ecosystem.”
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