Contact:
Jeff Rappaport
Outlook Marketing Services
847.509.3099
jeff@outlookmarketingsrv.com

or

Shelley Boswell
GERS Retail Systems
619.457.3888 ext. 454
sboswell@gers.com

WaveBend Solutions, LLC and GERS Retail Systems Form Strategic Alliance To Provide Organizations With Enterprise-Wide Suite of Leading Retail Solutions

e-Solutions provider and Retail Software Provider to Build and Implement Solutions, and Jointly Market Products and Services for U.S. Retailers and Direct Marketing Organizations

CHICAGO — August 25, 1999 — WaveBend Solutions, formerly the Business and Technology Solutions practice of BDO Seidman, LLP, and GERS Retail Systems today announced a strategic alliance whereby BDO will deliver implementation services for the full retail suite of GERS business management solutions.

WaveBend Solutions is a single-source company delivering dynamic and sustainable business and infrastructure e-solutions to growing businesses and high-growth divisions of Fortune 1000 companies. GERS provides information management software, hardware, and service solutions for the retail and direct marketing industries worldwide.

WaveBend will implement the GERS e-Commerce Solution, a complete front to back-end e-Commerce management solutions; Enterprise1, an integrated business processing solution that automates merchandising, distribution and financial requirements for the retail demand chain while helping to reduce costs; and RetailAnalyst, an analytic business solution for retailers looking for help in producing a smarter, more competitive organization through better business decision making across the enterprise. WaveBend will also implement GERS software solutions in the areas of Point-of-Sale, direct marketing, workflow automation, merchandising management, and distribution center management.

"GERS offers some of the industry's most comprehensive and cost-effective retail management systems available," said Ron Marinella, WaveBend Solutions President and CEO. "With e-business set to reach $1 trillion by the year 2003, retailers and direct marketers are scrambling to build the most sophisticated and flexible business environments available. This alliance allows fast-growing organizations to build and implement leading-edge tools and solutions to help them succeed in today's marketplace."

In this new relationship, WaveBend and GERS have already collaborated with leaders in the retail and home furnishings industries. "We are confident that WaveBend will be able to assist us in implementing the GERS software solution for growing retail enterprises," said Don VanderBeke, executive vice president of marketing for GERS. "Our new relationship with WaveBend enhances our ability to provide retailers with breakthrough solutions far in advance of the general marketplace."

Additionally, WaveBend's Paul Butler, Director of WaveBend's Western Region, will be speaking on the topic of e-Commerce at the GERS International User Conference, "Retail World '99 - Link to the Future," held August 25 - 28, 1999 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown San Diego. About WaveBend Solutions, LLC WaveBend Solutions, LLC, is a single-source company delivering dynamic and sustainable business and infrastructure e-solutions designed to accelerate business performance for growth-oriented organizations. Headquartered in Chicago, WaveBend, formerly the Business and Technology Solutions practice of BDO Seidman, LLP, has 11 offices, servicing North America, with more than 230 experienced professionals. For more information, visit WaveBend via the Web at www.wavebend.com.

WaveBend Solutions, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of BDO Seidman, LLP.

About GERS Retail Systems
Built upon an Oracle relational database to maximize flexibility, data access, and high growth, the GERS Retail Suite of products is a comprehensive business management system designed to maximize employee and inventory efficiency. For more than 25 years, San Diego-based GERS Retail Systems has provided fully-integrated, Open Systems computer solutions software, hardware, and comprehensive training for direct marketing operations, including catalog and internet marketers; as well as retailers of softlines, hardlines, department stores, home furnishings retailers, and consumer electronics/wireless retail operations. For more information, logon to www.gers.com.

Home • Overview • Careers • Feedback • Locations

E-Business • CRM • SCM • Newsroom • Clients • Thought Leadership • Partners

© 2000 Wavebend Solutions, LLC.