WILTON, Conn., June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Electronic Retailing Systems International, Inc. (ERS) (Nasdaq: ERSI) announces a letter of intent with Stores Automated Systems, Inc. (SASI) to market and support ERS' complete line of ShelfNet(TM) wireless electronic shelf labels and shelf management applications software.
"We are pleased to be the first Point of Sale (POS) manufacturer of retail systems to introduce the ERStruly a truly wireless, spread spectrum electronic shelf label technology to the Supermarket and Drug store marketplace. Previously, we have worked with and installed other ESL vendor systems. ERS has now demonstrated to us that their ShelfNet(TM) system is consistent with our company goal of providing our customers with leading edge, open architecture, value-added products that are compatible with our POS system offerings," said Mr. Bernie Greenberg, President and CEO of SASI.
Stores Automated Systems, Inc. has been a leading innovator in the POS industry since 1984. They were the first company to offer a truly redundant, PC-based, POS controller platform and customer and cashier monitor technology to the automotive, drug, convenience store, and supermarket industry. Today, SASI manufactures the eXPERIENCE(TM) point of sale, frequent shopper, customer loyalty, database management and self-checkout system solutions to supermarket, drug, convenience store, general and specialty retailers including such notable companies as Hughes, SaveMart, Nob Hill, Rite-Aid, Wawa and Pep Boys. SASI has an extensive software development group located at their corporate offices in Bristol, PA and provides service and support throughout North America and the Caribbean Islands.
"Stores Automated Systems, Inc. has demonstrated a commitment to deliver leading edge technology to their customer base. They understand how providing innovative, efficient and cost effective store systems and application solutions is key to the retailer's success in the supermarket, drug, convenience store and specialty markets. We believe that SASI's large base of national, regional and independent clients, plus their ability to service and support our technology from coast to coast, will continue to establish the ERS ShelfNet(TM) system as the industry standard for electronic shelf label systems," noted ERS' Chief Executive Officer, Bruce Failing, Jr. ERS is a leading developer and supplier of electronic shelf labeling systems designed to improve retailer's productivity. The ERS ShelfNet(TM) system is designed to assist retailers to reduce costs and increase accuracy in pricing by linking a store's central computer both to its check-out scanner and to the ERS electronic liquid crystal display shelf labels at the shelf edge. The ERS ShelfNet(TM) system allows for pricing information to be automatically changed on the electronic shelf labels |
