Retail Manager Solutions Ltd. (previously Triangle), the leading provider of retail and store communications solutions, has announced that its Retail Manager solution has been chosen by Carpetright plc. Europe's leading specialist carpet and floor covering retailer will implement the market-leading system across its 550+ stores and concessions in the UK and Ireland.

"We chose Retail Manager because we saw an opportunity in the business, and especially in key areas like HR and retail operations, to further enhance communications, improve efficiency, optimise staff time in-store and reduce costs," says Claire Balmforth, Group Human Resources Director, Carpetright.

Ian Woosey, Carpetright's Group IT Director, adds: "As a large multi-site retailer we recognised the need for a far better communications solution. We have successfully replaced our core central and store systems recently, and Retail Manager is the next step in delivering world class IT solutions. The functionality is a perfect fit with our requirements, it is a proven solution and a great fit strategically. It will help the stores and CSO to work even more effectively together in the future."

Carpetright supplies all sectors of the floor covering market with an approach designed to combine breadth of range with keen pricing and excellent customer service, resulting in the best offer for consumers. The retailer is now implementing all core modules of Retail Manager, including Store Details Database, Store Planner, Survey Tool, Content Management, Security and 'Ask The Expert'. The modular system means Carpetright is also benefiting from enhanced functionality covering Labour Management and timesheets plus Accident and Incident Reporting.

Carpetrights' solution is currently being developed, with a pilot planned for later this year and full rollout following shortly after. The retailer examined other potential solutions but none was considered as functionally complete and benefits-led as easy-to-use browser-based Retail Manager.

Retail Manager solutions are now delivering benefits for other leading businesses including House of Fraser, Mothercare, The Officers Club, Matalan, The Body Shop, Vision Express, New Look and T-Mobile.

About Carpetright plc

Carpetright plc is Europe's leading specialist carpet and floor covering retailer trading from over 550 stores and concessions in the UK and Ireland, and 100+ stores in Holland, Belgium and Poland. Carpetright was formed in 1988 with one store.

In 1993 it floated on the London Stock Exchange and, by 1998, had 308 stores. The business has continued to prosper ever since.

In 2006 the company announced its agreement to provide House of Fraser with carpet stores in its retail outlets. Following success in Holland and Belgium, 2006 saw further expansion into Europe with store openings in Poland.

www.carpetright.co.uk

About Retail Manager

Retail Manager was created and continues to be developed and implemented by Retail Manager Solutions Ltd. (RMS). This modular software solution initially focused on enabling the most effective communications between retail operations, typically in head office locations, and store employees.

This approach was soon enabling productivity and efficiency gains, greater consistently, improved compliance and enhanced customer service. More recent developments have introduced sophisticated labour management and task management functionality.

RMS does not aim to compete in the EPoS marketplace and instead is 100% focused on the non-transactional retail space - where Retail Manager is proven to deliver quantifiable benefits for an increasing number of retailers.

About Retail Manager Solutions Ltd.

RMS is the only provider with the vision to see the bigger picture, employing proven innovators to help customers achieve measurable improvements and has the ability to integrate our own unique and other world-class technologies to provide solutions you won't find anywhere else.

A leading provider of retail-focused solutions, we make essential business processes faster, simpler and more cost-efficient - aligning them with your business, your markets and your own strategy for success.

RMS's year-on-year growth since 1982 points to the fact we give businesses something they can't get anywhere else. Today, we employ 150 business specialists, technology innovators and support staff at three UK locations from where we serve customers nationwide.