A new group of E. Leclerc supermarkets selects Pricer ESL A group of 8 supermarkets in Corsica, France, converting to E. Leclerc banner as of January 2009 has, by common agreement, selected Pricer as sole ESL supplier. After having installed a first store in Ajaccio (Corsica, France), Pricer won the tender for 5 supermarkets to be installed immediately and the rest to be completed during the first quarter of 2009. The total value of order is over 10M SEK. Other supermarkets are expected to follow. The group preferred the Pricer solution for the technical advantages of the system. “An E. Leclerc store changes on average 7 000 to 10 000 prices per week”, says Philippe Goas, Middle Europe Area Sales Manager at Pricer. “The customers needed a reliable ESL system with high communication speed. The Pricer system offered the most rapid platform on the market and the uniqueness of supporting two display technologies.” “Indeed, another major reason for the Pricer win”, says Charles Jackson, Pricer's CEO, “is the maturity and scalability of the DotMatrix™ solution. Our investments in this new display technology are getting the attention we expected.” Most stores have opted for a combination of Continuum segment-based ESLs and DotMatrix™ pixel-based ESLs in order to adapt to the needs of each store department. The Corsican stores had the opportunity to see the Pricer system in operation at the recently installed E. Leclerc hypermarkets in Grézieu, Grasse and Saint Raphaël, in the south of France. “They were impressed by the operational benefits of the Pricer ESL solution”, says Philippe Goas, “and the positive impact on store design and store productivity.” About E. Leclerc E. Leclerc is a European food retailer based in France which operates approximately 580 hypermarkets of which 505 hypermarkets are in France, with the remainder in Spain, Italy, Portugal and Eastern Europe. The business is operated as a co-operative and is ranked 19th in international grocery retailers for 2007. Today, a total of approximately 78 stores are installed with Pricer system in France, Spain and Portugal. For further information, please contact: Charles Jackson, CEO Pricer AB: +46 8 505 582 00 In its capacity as issuer, Pricer AB is releasing the information in this press release in accordance with the Swedish Securities Exchange Act. (2007:528) The information was distributed to the media for publication at 09:45 hrs CEST on Thursday December 11th, 2008. Pricer provides the retail industry's leading electronic display and Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) platform, solutions, and services for intelligently communicating, managing, and optimizing price and product information on the retail floor. Pricer is the only company today offering a communication platform that supports both segment based ESL and pixel-based ESL. The platform is based on a two-way communication protocol to ensure a complete traceability and effective management of resources. The Pricer system significantly improves consumer benefit and store productivity by simplifying work in the store. Pricer, founded in 1991 in Uppsala, Sweden, offers the most complete and scalable ESL solution. Pricer has over 4,100 installations in more than 30 countries with approximately 60 percent market share. Customers include many of the world's top retailers and some of the foremost retail chains in Europe, Japan and the USA. Pricer, in co-operation with qualified partners, offers a totally integrated solution together with supplementary products, applications and services. Pricer AB (publ.) is quoted on the Nordic Small Cap list of OMX. For further information, please visit www.pricer.com
A new group of E. Leclerc supermarkets selects Pricer ESL
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