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News Facts

• [ Unicoop Firenze ], the Italian co-operative retailer, is using [ Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management ] to streamline store and inventory operations and improve the customer experience.
• Italy's largest co-operative operates over 100 hypermarkets, supermarkets and stores across seven provinces. To unify disparate processes within a common solution and achieve greater control over store assets, the retailer chose to implement Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management.
• Completion of the store roll-out is expected in September 2013, but Unicoop Firenze is already benefiting from more efficient inventory management processes that are helping the organization respond more quickly to customer demand.
• Greater control over its inventory is helping Unicoop Firenze to reduce shrinkage, improve margins and provide more accurate store inventory visibility.
• Oracle Retail Consulting provided targeted assistance throughout the implementation contributing to the success of each stage of the process.
• The deployment of Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management extends Oracle's relationship with Unicoop Firenze, which is using [ Oracle Exadata Database Machine ] to accelerate data processing to improve decision-making and optimize operations.

Supporting Quotes

• "We are committed to providing the best possible customer experience, and it was key our store and inventory processes be optimized in support of this goal," said Riccardo Rapi, Chief Information Officer, Unicoop Firenze. "The assistance of Oracle Retail Consulting has been instrumental in designing and delivering the solution, and as product experts, their involvement has directly contributed to the success of the project."
• "Unicoop Firenze recognizes the benefits of optimizing its operations to deliver on the right customer experience initiatives and improve business performance," said Mike Webster, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Oracle Retail.

Supporting Resources

• [ Unicoop Firenze ]
• [ Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management ]
• [ Oracle Retail ] on [ Facebook ], [ Twitter ] and [ YouTube ]
• [ Oracle Retail Blog ]
• [ Oracle Insight-Driven Retailing Blog ]
• [ Oracle Retail in the News ]
• [ Oracle Retail Asset and Centralized Knowledge Portal ]

About Oracle Retail
Oracle provides retailers with a complete, open and integrated suite of business applications, server and storage solutions that are engineered to work together to optimize every aspect of their business. 20 of the top 20 retailers worldwide -- including fashion, hardlines, grocery and specialty retailers -- use Oracle solutions to drive performance, deliver critical insights and fuel growth across traditional, mobile and commerce channels. For more information, visit our Web site at [ http://www.oracle.com/goto/retail ]

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