Press Release
March 9, 2009
RedPrairie achieves record year in Europe, Middle East & Africa
Company delivers 20th successive year of growth
Stokenchurch, U.K. – RedPrairie, a leading consumer driven optimisation company, announces today that its EMEA business completed its 20th successive year of growth in 2008, achieving record revenues of $85m, equivalent to growth of 55% over 2007.
Other highlights included increased investment in France, expansion of its transportation management team, and new VAR partnerships with Beta 80 in Italy and Hit Kody in Poland.
Contracts were signed or relationships extended with over 60 new and existing customers including Adnams, Belspeed, Bring Logistics, Carphone Warehouse, Davies Turner, Delhaize Group, Garland Logistica, NFT and Teva UK. In excess of 250 companies now run RedPrairie software at a total of 6,000 sites in 30 countries across EMEA.
Martin Hiscox, President & Managing Director, International, RedPrairie, said, “Nothing pleases us more than being able to assist our customers in delivering the rapid operational efficiencies they need in a difficult economy. So we are delighted that manufacturers, distributors and retailers have all reached out to us over the last year. The various licensing options we offer make it possible to cut waste out of your operations with only a low capital expenditure.”
For a copy of RedPrairie’s new white paper, “Accelerating out of a Recession”, visit redprairie.com.
About RedPrairie Corporation
RedPrairie delivers productivity solutions to help companies around the world in three categories – workforce, inventory and transportation. RedPrairie provides these solutions to manufacturers, distributors and retailers looking to support business strategies that increase revenue, reduce costs and create competitive advantage.
With over 20 global offices and solutions that are installed at more than 34,000 customer sites in over 40 countries, companies trust RedPrairie workforce, inventory and transportation solutions to deliver an increase in productivity – with the flexibility to adapt as business needs change.
At RedPrairie, we understand today’s operational demands and we’re committed to delivering solutions that work. We’re committed to delivering solutions for the real world.
For additional information, call 1.877.733.7724, or visit RedPrairie.com.
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RedPrairie Public Relations Contacts:
NORTH AMERICA
Kari Janavitz
+1 262 317 2526
Kari.Janavitz@redprairie.com
UK
Emma Easterbrook
+44 1435 873 080
Emma@FieldworksMarketing.co.uk
NORDICS, MIDDLE EAST, AND AFRICA
Patrick Qureshi
+45 3263 0021
Patrick.Qureshi@RedPrairie.com
MAINLAND EUROPE
Luc Zanders
+31 40 2302532
Luc.Zanders@RedPrairie.com
ASIA PACIFIC
Fauziah Osman
+65 6521 9554
Fauziah.Osman@RedPrairie.com