Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, Inc. Selects Epicor
Software to Deliver Value and Efficiency across Operations and College Bookstores throughout the U.S.
IRVINE, Calif. (July 09, 2009) – Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ: EPIC), a
leading provider of enterprise business software solutions to the midmarket and Global 1000
companies, today announced Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, Inc. has selected Epicor’s
Sales Audit software solution to validate and relay accurate and timely transaction information
throughout the enterprise.
Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, Inc. is a privately-held sister company to Barnes &
Noble Inc., the nation’s largest bookseller. Based in Basking Ridge, N.J., Barnes & Noble
College Booksellers manages bookstores at nearly 700 colleges and universities across North
America — serving public and private universities, law and medical schools and community
colleges. The company prides itself on providing superior service and selection to the more than
four million students and 400,000 faculty members they serve.
Leveraging Barnes & Noble’s rich experience in building successful bookstores across
the nation, university partners benefit from industry-leading resources aimed at enhancing
operations. To support today’s tech-savvy student consumers, Barnes & Noble College
Booksellers offers college partners the most advanced digital solutions to merge with their
existing campus operations. To strengthen store operations and auditing — and to increase
flexibility and integration between bookstore sales channels — Barnes & Noble College
Booksellers sought an enhanced technology solution to bolster its leading-edge campus
offerings.
Barnes & Noble College Booksellers chose Epicor Retail Sales Audit, an award-winning
audit solution, as the central repository for all sales transactions. The all-in-one data validation tool bridges the gap between the enterprise and sales channels, helping to improve store
operations and auditing productivity. Sales Audit is part of the Epicor Retail Audit and
Operations Management suite, designed to help multi-channel retailers manage transaction
data verification and investigation. The solution accepts transaction data from across channels
— Point-of-Sale (POS), kiosk, Web or catalog — checks for anomalies, and then feeds the
clean and accurate data to downstream systems. Additional modules within the suite include
Loss Prevention, Employee Productivity and Commissions, Credit Settlement Interface, and
Voucher Management (Gift Cards).
“The Epicor Retail Sales Audit application is recognized as a best-of-breed solution
providing an extremely flexible foundation and advanced functionality and scalability,” said
Stephen Culver, Vice President and CIO, Barnes & Noble College Booksellers. “Fully integrated
with our POS system, Epicor’s Retail Sales Audit streamlines communications between stores,
Web sites, home offices and financial processors while providing a seamless customer
shopping experience.
“This tool delivers improved visibility to sales, shortens timelines to close financial
periods, and by working based on exceptions it allows financial departments to increase
efficiencies,” Culver continued. “Our booksellers can extend beyond the boundaries of the
bookstore to facilitate transactions from offsite locations such as university, student and sporting
events — wherever our partners want to set up shop.”
“Efficiently managing and promoting the right products at the right time has never been
more critical as bookstores continue to face increasing competition,” said David Henning,
executive vice president and general manager for Epicor Retail. “We’re pleased to support
Barnes & Noble’s efforts to provide campus bookstores with best-of-breed retail solutions to
streamline operations and enhance loyalty and brand preference among student shoppers.”
Epicor Retail Audit and Operations Management is licensed by more than 100 retailers
across North America and Europe, representing more than 20,000 stores and $50 billion in
annual transactions. Today, many of the world’s leading retailers utilize Epicor Retail solutions
and services to become more profitable, productive and competitive. Epicor’s solutions leverage
proven Microsoft .NET technology to improve business operations and meet the evolving
merchandise and service expectations of today’s cross-channel shoppers. Epicor delivers
comprehensive retail management solutions to enterprises in all tiers — from regional chains to
multichannel global brands. Retail customers include hundreds of marquee names, from
Aéropostale, American Eagle Outfitters and Ann Taylor to Zales and Zumiez.
Source: Epicor
