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White Cloud Cigarettes, Inc. Implements Retail Anywhere's Retail SaaS Solution
September 28, 2011
Retail Anywhere's POS and retail management system to streamline operations and help facilitate 100 store growth plan for kiosk retailer.
Retail Anywhere, a leading provider of point of sale and retail management systems for midsize retailers, announced recently that White Cloud Cigarettes, Inc. selected and implemented Retail Anywhere's POS and cloud based retail management system to streamline and improve retail operations, facilitating its 18 month growth plan to become a 100 store kiosk chain.
White Cloud Cigarettes, Inc. is a provider of self-labeled, high-end e-cigarettes with retail kiosk locations in 9 states. The company has been steadily growing, putting a strain on their former retail POS software which lacked real-time sales data and an integrated, chain-wide CRM solution. With growth plans starting by nearly doubling their current chain size in a short time frame, White Cloud Cigarettes made the switch to Retail Anywhere and expanded from 18 to 30 retail kiosk locations in just 3 months.
"We selected Retail Anywhere's POS and retail management system because as a kiosk retailer we needed a robust solution with a minimal up-front cost and the ability to implement quickly," said Michael Murray, owner of White Cloud Cigarettes, Inc. "The Retail Anywhere SaaS solution allows us to pay-as-we-go while giving us the scalability we need to easily add or remove kiosk locations as we grow our retail chain. Most importantly, the ability to report the numbers in real-time, rather than reporting the news, is vital to our operations."
The retail SaaS delivery model from Retail Anywhere includes a hybrid of on-demand and on-premise software along with professional services, upgrades, maintenance and support; all with minimal upfront costs and low monthly fees. The retail SaaS solution also reduces the requirements for IT resources and time required to have retailers up and running on the new system.
"Our integrated POS and retail management solutions are designed to help retailers like White Cloud Cigarettes improve operations, and improve their bottom line while easily scaling for growth," said Branden Jenkins, CEO for Retail Anywhere. "We are thrilled to be assisting White Cloud with these efforts and we look forward to their success."
About Retail Anywhere
Retail Anywhere is a leader in delivering retail management systems for mid size retailers. With 25 years of experience and more than 30,000 POS installations, our retail software suite includes; POS, merchandising, inventory management, customer management, business intelligence, multi-store operations, warehouse management and integrated eCommerce. Certified ARTS Data Model conformant and leveraging Microsoft's .NET and SQL technologies, Retail Anywhere solutions provide the tools and insights retailers need to optimize operations and improve profitability while delivering an enhanced customer experience across all channels. For more information, visit www.retailanywhere.com.
About White Cloud Cigarettes
As a manufacturer, distributor, and retailer, White Cloud Cigarettes has been a leader in the electronic cigarette industry since 2007. White Cloud Cigarettes currently has 30 corporate owned locations throughout the United States and distribution channels in Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany, UAE, Greece, Hungary, United Kingdom, and Italy. With contract manufacturers in the United States and overseas, and with vigorous quality control standards in place, White Cloud is positioned for steady growth and to expand its presences as a kiosk retailer. For more information, visit www.whitecloudelectroniccigarettes.com.
SOURCE: Retail Anywhere



