Famous Footwear Partners with Edifice to Provide Suppliers Enhanced POS Data Set and Robust Reporting Service
Greater visibility to consumer demand will enable the retailer and its suppliers to reduce out-of-stocks and plan optimal assortments for upcoming seasons
RIVERDALE, N.J., March 19, 2010 - Edifice Information Management, an information services company that enables retailers and suppliers to collaborate more effectively on point-of-sale (POS), inventory, and supply-chain data, today announced that it has partnered with Famous Footwear to provide its vendor partners with an expanded set of POS and inventory information and a powerful reporting platform. The partnership with Edifice will enable Famous Footwear to share with their vendor partners consumer demand and merchandising insights that will help create even better in-season execution and future-season assortment optimization.
Effective immediately, Famous Footwear's vendor partners can access and begin utilizing this expanded set of data through the Edifice reporting service. Using a web browser, users can sign on to the Edifice portal and access a suite of Excel reports and web-based dashboards. Suppliers can select from pre-packaged reports or opt to create their own custom reports. Data extracts are also available for companies who have already invested in reporting technology.
Many partners have already taken advantage of this enhanced data-sharing program including Columbia Sportswear, Crocs, Deckers Outdoors, Quiksilver, K-Swiss, New Balance, Skechers, The Timberland Company and more.
"Our partners are uncovering opportunities for increasing sales and margins and improving inventory productivity through this tool, by accessing information down to the size and store level each week," said Rick Ausick, President, Famous Footwear.
"We are excited about the Famous Footwear partnership because they are such a strategic account for many of our footwear customers," said Dawn Febo, vice president of business development, Edifice Information Management. "This expanded partnership will enable Famous Footwear and its suppliers to identify more opportunities for improving sales and stock performance and increasing margins."
To learn more about the Famous Footwear program, contact Edifice Information Management at +1 973-616-2929.
About Famous Footwear
Famous Footwear is one of the largest footwear retailers selling brand-name footwear for the entire family, with 1,100 stores nationwide. The chain ranks among the top retailers of such well-known brands as Nike, adidas, Skechers, Buster Brown and New Balance. Famous Footwear is proud to be a national partner of the March of Dimes and sponsor March for Babies events in more than 1,000 communities nationwide. Famous Footwear is operated by the retail subsidiary of Brown Shoe Company, Inc. (NYSE: BWS), which has $2.3 billion in sales as a retailer and wholesaler of footwear. For more information, visit http://www.famousfootwear.com and http://www.brownshoe.com.
About Brown Shoe Company, Inc.
Brown Shoe is a $2.2 billion footwear company with global operations. Brown Shoe's Retail division operates Famous Footwear, the more than 1,100-store chain that sells brand name shoes for the family; approximately 300 specialty retail stores in the U.S., Canada, and China primarily under the Naturalizer brand name; footwear e-tailer shoes.com; and ecommerce sites for Brown Shoe's major brands. Through its wholesale divisions, Brown Shoe markets leading footwear brands including Naturalizer, Dr. Scholl's, Franco Sarto, LifeStride, Etienne Aigner, Via Spiga, Sam Edelman and Buster Brown. For more information, visit http://www.brownshoe.com.
About Edifice Information Management
Edifice is an information services company that enables retailers and suppliers to collaborate more effectively on point-of-sale (POS), inventory, and supply-chain data. Through our data sharing, reporting and analysis, and support services, we enable retailers and suppliers to work from a common data set to identify opportunities for increasing sales, optimizing inventory and reducing costs. Our service is free for retailers and affordable for all suppliers — small and large — and our fully hosted model means that our customers don't have to invest in additional hardware, software or systems. To learn more about Edifice, visit www.EdificeInfo.com.