With these enhancements, Openbravo further improves the value proposition of its flagship Commerce Suite solution for specialized retailers, particularly those with a sizable network of physical establishments, and perhaps also an online sales channel, which demand more complex supply chain management capabilities. This enhanced solution also makes the most of the benefits of mobile and cloud technologies, thus improving all retail operations. According to Marco de Vries, CEO of Openbravo, "Supply chain management is now, more than ever, a fundamental strategic function for retailers. For this reason, we have expanded and enhanced the Commerce Suite capabilities to enable retailers to effectively manage the supply chain using a single, mobile solution in the Cloud". The new capabilities include improvements in usability and functionality when using mobile devices. New capabilities in demand forecasting, inventory planning, advanced warehouse management and distribution have been added to complement the applications already available in areas such as inventory management, purchasing and manufacturing, so offering retailers a complete suite for the management of their supply chain in the cloud. According to Maarten Tromp, Director of Product Management for the company, "Omnichannel is a goal for many retail companies nowadays, but it is not possible to achieve without advanced supply chain management. A partner like Openbravo can help retailers meet this challenge with a functionally-rich solution that stands out from others in the market". Commerce Suite now incorporates a set of pre-configured cloud infrastructure packages, and more advanced options for multi-server and high-availability scenarios that provide greater degrees of flexibility. In summary, Openbravo has significantly improved and expanded the functional capabilities of its offering, so reinforcing its position as reference solution for retailers. With this evolution, the company aims to further strengthen its global expansion, which already sees Openbravo present in markets such as France, India and Mexico, and the Spanish market in particular. The Openbravo Commerce Suite is already trusted by international companies such as Decathlon India as well as Spanish companies including Depique, Patadon, Deporvillage, Bassols, Ranking or Sivasdescalzo. To learn more, visit this link.

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Barcelona (Spain) and Zaventem (Belgium), November 10th, 2016 Openbravo and frePPLe today announced a strategic partnership to help retailers optimize the execution of their retail operations with advanced planning capabilities. The effective integration of Openbravo and frePPLe solutions will generate new and exciting business opportunities for both companies. "We are confident this partnership will bring us many opportunities and create a lot of value to Openbravo customers. A successful integration between execution and planning is a big driver for value creation. Our shared open source roots make Openbravo the perfect partner for us." says Johan De Taeye, founder and CEO of frePPLe. "We are convinced that this strategic partnership will allow us to deliver solutions which effectively tackle real planning challenges that companies face every day in today's volatile and demanding markets." says Hicham Lahlou, managing partner at frePPLe. "The partnership with frePPLe is strategic for us." says Maarten Tromp, Director of Product Management at Openbravo. "FrePPLe's planning capabilities represent an important addition to our product offering for retailers in the areas of sales forecasting, inventory management and replenishment, and one that is fully in line with Openbravo's philosophy of great functionality delivered through a simple user-interface. We look forward to going to market jointly and have no doubts of a rapid and vast acceptance." . To celebrate this strategic partnership, Openbravo and frePPLe will conduct two webinars in December related to the topic of Forecasting and Planning for Retailers:   December 1st: "Demand Forecasting and Inventory Planning in Omnichannel Retail: Ready for the Challenge?". Register here: English / Spanish. December 15th:"Hands-on Demo for Omnichannel Retailers: Demand Forecasting and Inventory Planning with Openbravo and frePPLe". Register here: English / Spanish.

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Strenghtened team with former Cylande and Mi9 Retail senior managers "We are thrilled to welcome Bruno, Flora and Christophe, three highly experienced leaders with a strong retail background and track records of success in guiding organizations through change and driving growth. Attracting people like them into the Openbravo business is a great endorsement of our strategy and ambition, and we look forward to benefiting from their valuable experiences and perspectives to accelerate business growth in France, which is today one of our most strategic markets." said Marco de Vries, Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Bruno Menteaux is the former Chief Operating Officer of Cylande, a role he held from 2012 onwards. He has more than 20 years of experience in the retail software space with a proven track record of driving organizations and growth to achieve a step change in business performance. From his new position as General Manager for France & Northern Europe Mr.Menteaux will be in charge of leading the growth of Openbravo in France and facilitating expansion into other countries in Northern Europe. Ms. Flora Wengerow joins also from Cylande, where she gained extensive experience during more than 10 years on managing key accounts and complex retail projects in international environments from sales to execution. From her new position as Services and Pre-sales Director France & Northern Europe she will be in charge of the team of consultants and technical resources that will support Openbravo sales and delivery activities in these regions. Mr. Christophe Dubois also brings more than 20 years of experience in software sales with strong knowledge in areas like retail and supply chain acquired working with leading retailers when he was with companies like Oracle Micros and Mi9 Retail. From his new position as Sales Director France he will be in charge of growing the Openbravo customer base with new key retail accounts in the country. Mr. Menteaux said: "We are very excited to be joining Openbravo and look forward to its growth. Based on our extensive experience in IT services for retail, we firmly believe that with its 100% cloud and mobile solutions, Openbravo responds to retailers' needs for their evolution towards omnichannel and their digital transformation. The fact that major French retailers such as BUT or Decathlon already trust Openbravo demonstrates the huge potential of the solution. After a thorough technical and business analysis of the software suite, I can say that Openbravo will respond to the current and future challenges of retailers, including modularity, simplicity of implementation, functional richness and the modernity of our products that allow to support customer demands, at the heart of the digital and the omnichannel." New office in Lille, the European retail place "The decision to expand our presence in France with a new office in Lille was a logical step in our retail business growth strategy. With over 70 retailers headquartered in Lille, including major names such as Decathlon, Leroy Merlin, Castorama, Kiabi, Camaieu or La Redoute , and located at the crossroads of three European capital cities, Paris, London and Brussels, it is clearly a place where we wanted to be.", continued Marco de Vries. The new office in Lille, based in the EuraTechnologies Parc where a lot of innovative IT companies have their offices, and of which many of them work for retailers, will support the company's growth strategy in France and Northern Europe, adding to the other office in France (Paris), and the international offices India, Mexico, Spain and the soon to open office in Dubai.  

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A strong relationship which began in India today extends into a fast-growing list of countries Following a partnership that started over 5 years ago in India to support Decathlon's ambitious growth plan in that country, Openbravo is used today in all 81 Decathlon stores across India. Aside from India, Decathlon today uses Openbravo POS to manage store operations in Australia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippine and Vietnam, and the list continues to grow. The Openbravo solution was quickly and easily deployed and adapted to support different country-specific needs, from fiscal regulations to integrations and innovative technologies like RFID, mobile payments, or a self-checkout solution, which was launched in less than 3 months. Openbravo mobile POS capabilities opened up additional possibilities for enhanced customer service. According to Tim Liu, IT Manager at Decathlon International and responsible for the POS project in Asia "With the efficient integration to Decathlon systems and new technologies like RFID or mobile payments, Openbravo helps our store staff in terms of check-out process efficiency and reduces time spent on training. We believe this innovative solution will help us with the digital transformation of our business." Simplified multi-store IT management and cloud readiness Being web-native and deployed on the Openbravo Cloud has also helped Decathlon to dramatically simplify store IT infrastructure, enabling faster preparation for new openings and reducing the total effort and cost for daily store maintenance. It also allows Decathlon to move forward in its transition to the cloud, which is another strategic objective for the company. "Thanks to Openbravo, we were able to lighten our infrastructure in stores by eliminating the need of local servers. We are now able to roll out changes in a way that saves much time and cost. Furthermore, we moved to a cloud solution which will fit our cloud strategy and will generate more benefits in terms of cost and deployment, from a long-term perspective," Mr. Liu added. About Decathlon Decathlon is today one of the world's leading sporting goods retailers. Founded in Lille, France, Decathlon sells products catering to more than 100 sports. For more information visit corporate.decathlon.com/en.

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The SAP Integration and Certification Center has certified that Openbravo Commerce Suite 3.0 integrates with SAP applications to exchange POS information with instances of SAP IS Retail, including master data, sales and physical inventory information. "We are really excited to announce this certification, which becomes for us a strategic asset now that more and more larger retailers that run SAP applications are approaching Openbravo to transform their businesses by deploying our omnichannel retail solution", said Marco de Vries, CEO at Openbravo. "The combination of SAP applications and other complementary solutions that can be easily integrated with Openbravo helps strengthen our value proposition and will result in ever greater benefits for our existing and future customers." As a result of the certified integration, Openbravo Commerce Suite provides businesses that use SAP solutions the capacity to deliver an enhanced in-store shopping experience through a broad set of assisted sale capabilities, RFID, and mobile payments at POS, to name a few. It enables a variety of omnichannel scenarios and dramatically simplifies store operations with the central management of all stores and POS terminals from a single point, which brings the capacity to provide faster sales information at the headquarter level and to update master data (products, pricing, promotions) across all stores in near real-time. To learn more about this integration visit our integrations page.     About Openbravo Openbravo is a global omnichannel software vendor for agile and innovative retailing. The Openbravo Commerce Suite is a cloud-ready retail software solution providing comprehensive omnichannel and supply chain capabilities. It is built on top of a highly flexible mobile-enabled technology platform, which allows retailers to innovate more and faster and to manage change more efficiently. With customers in more than 60 countries and over 16,000 back office users and 20,000 point of sales currently using its solutions, Openbravo offers the most flexible omnichannel solution on the market. Openbravo has offices in France, Dubai, India, Mexico, and Spain. To learn more visit www.openbravo.com. ***************** Openbravo as well as its logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of OPENBRAVO SLU in Spain and other countries. Please visit http://www.openbravo.com/es/trademark-use-guidelines/ for further information. SAP and SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company) in Germany and other countries. See http://www.sap.com/corporate-en/legal/copyright/index.epx for additional trademark information and notices.All other product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. For more information, please contact: Xavier Places CanoMarketing Directorxavier.places@openbravo.com+34607676568  

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Middle East, a strategic region "For Openbravo the Middle East represents a huge growth opportunity thanks to the recent market changes stemming from increased competition and new economic policies. These changes compel retailers in the region to renovate their retail management systems to meet the requirements of business digitalization, innovation and omnichannel transformation, as well as to gain agility for increased responsiveness to future market changes. Openbravo helps retailers to address effectively the pressures they are facing." said Marco de Vries, Chief Executive Officer. The new Dubai office is led by Mike Nasreddin, who brings broad experience in IT and software sales in the region working with companies including Oracle. From his new position as Sales Director MEA, Mr. Nasreddin will be leading growth in Dubai and facilitating expansion into other MEA countries. The new office is a welcome addition our other offices in France, India, Mexico and Spain. Exhibiting at Middle East Retail Forum To celebrate this new office opening, Openbravo will be participating this year for the first time in the Middle East Retail Forum which will take place in Dubai on October 8-9. Visitors at Booth #12 will have the opportunity to meet Openbravo experts and learn about the latest product innovations through various live demos.  

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The strategic partnership will enable Toys "R" Us Iberia to execute its new business strategy after its recent acquisition by Green Swan, with the transformation of the shopping experience in all physical stores through the adoption of Openbravo's POS solution in the Cloud. “We are pleased to have signed this contract with Openbravo,” said Paulo Sousa Marquez, CEO, Toys “R” Us Iberia. “We value Openbravo’s modern technology, which will enable us to accelerate the store transformations, and the agility that comes from being web-native and mobile-ready.” Through the adoption of Openbravo POS, a key component of the Openbravo Commerce Cloud solution, Toys “R” Us stores will gain access to a broad set of assisted sales capabilities that will enable greater customer focus and a faster, more convenient checkout experience while also supporting its omnichannel strategy. The cloud deployment will ensure central management for all stores and terminals, which will dramatically reduce total IT and maintenance costs. "Toys ‘R’ Us is an emblematic brand with which many of us share an emotional bond. This is why we are very proud to collaborate with the company to help the team achieve their business goals in this new growth stage," said Marco de Vries, CEO, Openbravo. "For Openbravo, this important agreement confirms our strategic success and further strengthens our market position as a reference retail software vendor. This partnership will be instrumental in further accelerating business growth in Spain and beyond."   About Toys “R” Us Iberia Toys “R” Us Iberia opened its first store in Barcelona in 1991. Today, it comprises 51 stores in Spain and 10 in Portugal, as well as online stores www.toysrus.es and www.toysrus.pt, and has approximately 1,300 employees. Now in its 27th year, the company’s mission is to bring happiness to families with experiential stores and the best range of products for babies and kids.   About Openbravo Openbravo is a global omnichannel software vendor for agile and innovative retailing. The Openbravo Commerce Cloud is a cloud-based retail software solution providing comprehensive omnichannel and supply chain capabilities. It is built on a highly flexible, mobile-enabled technology platform, which allows retailers to innovate more and faster, and to manage change more efficiently. With customers in more than 60 countries and over 16,000 back-office users and 20,000 points of sale currently using its solutions, Openbravo offers the most flexible omnichannel solution on the market. Openbravo has offices in France, Dubai, India, Mexico, and Spain. Learn more at www.openbravo.com.

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The use of Openbravo software will enable Cirque du Soleil to continue innovating at the point of sale with the introduction of new capabilities aimed at delivering an improved customer experience in all its merchandising stores and shows, as well as to progress with its omnichannel strategy. "We are pleased to continue our relationship with Openbravo as they have amply demonstrated that they are strongly committed to our business objectives." said Pierre-Luc Bisaillon, CIO, Cirque du Soleil. "With this new contract, we expect to accelerate the transformation of the shopping experience in our merchandising stores and shows, while continue to benefit from improvements in efficiency and cost savings that come with Openbravo's comprehensive functional coverage." "We are very excited to have the opportunity to continue strengthening our partnership with such a highly respected market leader like Cirque du Soleil." said Marco de Vries, CEO, Openbravo. "This new 5-year partnership represents for us an important vote of confidence in Openbravo. It builds on an existing and excellent business relationship developed over the past few years and demonstrates the conviction of our respective teams regarding the value Openbravo can bring to Cirque du Soleil to help achieve its business and growth objectives." Read complete story here.   About Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group Originally composed of 20 street performers in 1984, Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group completely reinvented circus arts and went on to become a world leader in live entertainment. Established in Montreal, the Canadian organization has brought wonder and delight to over 190 million spectators with productions presented in close to 450 cities in 60 countries. Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group currently has over 4,000 employees, including 1,400 artists, from nearly 70 countries. Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group creates content for a broad range of audacious projects. On top of producing world-renowned shows, the organization has extended its creative approach to a large variety of entertainment forms such as multimedia productions, immersive experiences, theme parks and special events. Going beyond its various creations, Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group aims to make a positive impact on people, communities and the planet with its most important tools: creativity and art. For more information about Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, please visit www.cdsentertainmentgroup.com   About Openbravo Openbravo is a global retail software solution vendor for agile and innovative retailing that provides comprehensive omnichannel and supply chain capabilities. It is built on a highly flexible, mobile-enabled technology platform, which allows retailers to innovate more and faster, and to manage change more efficiently. With customers in more than 60 countries and over 16,000 back-office users and 25,000 points of sale currently using its solutions, Openbravo offers the most flexible omnichannel solution on the market. Openbravo has offices in France, Dubai, India, Mexico, and Spain. Visit www.openbravo.com to learn more.

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Strong growth driven by Openbravo Cloud Openbravo achieved solid growth across all revenue lines, led principally by its main client group of mid-sized and larger specialty retailers as well as the market traction that the Openbravo Cloud offering has generated with new and existing customers alike. Openbravo confirmed important new projects and strengthened its strategic partnerships with key long-time clients like Decathlon and Cirque du Soleil. The year has been also very positive in terms of new customer wins including iconic new names such as Toys “R” Us, which selected Openbravo for the revamp of its 61 stores in Spain & Portugal. Another good example is Groupe Rand of France which selected Openbravo to replace Columbus, its legacy system, with the aim of improving the customer experience across its 43 stores in France, Spain and Italy belonging to its renowned Lollipops and Balaboosté brands.   Growing interest from large retailers running SAP Openbravo also detected growing and strong interest in its retail solution from large retailers running SAP enterprise software, specially after achieving the official certified integration of the Openbravo Commerce Suite with SAP Applications. The integration of the two platforms allows larger retailers to continue to use SAP as their back-office system while enjoying the benefits of Openbravo’s best-of-breed retail platform, which provides comprehensive end-to-end mobile-enabled and cloud-ready omnichannel capabilities for retailers seeking faster innovation and greater business agility.   Acceleration of the international expansion 2018 was also important for international growth of the company with two new office openings. First, Openbravo inaugurated an office in Lille, France in June, led by a highly experienced team that came from Cylande and Raymark. Their objective is to reinforce Openbravo’s position in the French market and facilitate the expansion into Northern European countries. Second, Openbravo opened an office in Dubai, UAE in September, to support company growth in the Middle East and offer enhanced service to existing retail customers in the region - like Sharaf DG and Organic Foods & Café - which are already using Openbravo's omnichannel solution. "This excellent performance in 2018 consolidates our positioning and illustrates our determination to become a market leader in the retail software space. The completeness and flexibility of our omnichannel platform give us a tremendous competitive advantage over other software vendors and thanks to new functional enhancements, such as the certified integration with SAP, we are becoming more and more the preferred option for larger companies to transform their retail operations. Openbravo Cloud is key to our future as it enables us to continue to accelerate sales and so achieve significantly more revenue and profits, and it is instrumental in keeping client satisfaction high." said Marco de Vries, CEO of Openbravo.   And in 2019 In addition to building on the strong results in 2018, company focus for the current year will be on maintaining exceptional client satisfaction and putting more emphasis on accelerating growth, both by continuing to win new names in existing markets as well as with selective office openings to further support its increasingly global business footprint.   About Openbravo Openbravo is a global omnichannel platform vendor for agile and innovative retailing. The Openbravo Commerce Cloud is a cloud-based omnichannel platform providing comprehensive omnichannel capabilities. It is built on a highly flexible, mobile-enabled technology platform, which allows retailers to innovate more and faster, and to manage change more efficiently. With customers in more than 60 countries and over 16,000 back-office users and 25,000 points of sale currently using its solutions, Openbravo offers the most flexible omnichannel platform on the market. Openbravo has offices in France, Dubai, India, Mexico, and Spain.   Visit www.openbravo.com to learn more.

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This strategic project will enable Groupe Rand to move forward in the digital transformation of its businesses in fashion jewelry and accessories. The company will strengthen its innovation strategy with new features that will modernize its retail operations, improving its customer experience in all stores with mobile POS and accelerating its omnichannel strategy. "We are delighted to have signed this contract with Openbravo to accelerate our digital transformation in our retail business," said Marc Aimonino, CIO of Groupe Rand. "We were particularly impressed by the functional coverage of Openbravo and the flexibility of its cloud and mobile technology platform, which will enable our business to gain agility and realize significant IT cost savings." "We are very pleased over this new project with a recognized leader in French fashion, Groupe Rand. This confirms the value our cloud-based omnichannel solution brings, compared to other historical retail software players on the French market," says Bruno Menteaux, General Manager for France & Northern Europe at Openbravo. "The flexibility offered by Openbravo will allow the current system to be replaced very quickly, so the company can quickly focus on its new growth strategy."   About Groupe Rand As the Parisian leader in the market of the fancy jewel and accessories of fashion for five generations, Groupe Rand passionately continues to promote the link between innovation and traditional know-how. Based in the heart of Paris for more than 80 years at the same address, Groupe Rand is now present in more than 11,000 points of sale in 12 countries worldwide. More than 700 employees are dedicated to developing the company around its founding values: passion, loyalty, respect and innovation.   About Openbravo Openbravo is a global omnichannel platform vendor for agile and innovative retailing. The Openbravo Commerce Cloud is a cloud-based omnichannel platform providing comprehensive omnichannel capabilities. It is built on a highly flexible, mobile-enabled technology platform, which allows retailers to innovate more and faster, and to manage change more efficiently. With customers in more than 60 countries and over 16,000 back-office users and 25,000 points of sale currently using its solutions, Openbravo offers the most flexible omnichannel platform on the market. Openbravo has offices in France, Dubai, India, Mexico, and Spain.   Visit www.openbravo.com to learn more.

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