Tectura and Cegid Expand Their Strategic Partnership to the Americas

Nov. 30, 2010 - PRLog -- San Mateo, California USA – Tectura Corporation, a worldwide provider of business consulting services, and Cegid Group, a leading  international provider of enterprise and vertical software solutions, today announced the expansion of their strategic retail partnership to now include the Americas. This extended relationship will allow Tectura to provide expanded offerings to the fashion and luxury retail industry across both Asia Pacific and the Americas.  

“The retail industry continues to be one of our primary global industry focus areas. The Cegid offering compliments our retail capability and expertise and strengthens our luxury retail product and service offerings,” said Vince Castiglione, Tectura Corporate Vice President, Corporate and Business Development.  "Tectura’s ability to deploy a client’s critical retail solution, both locally and across the globe, is one of the key values and differentiators that we offer our clients. The Yourcegid Retail product portfolio, coupled with our knowledge of the retail industry, as well as the ability to deploy both locally and globally, is a win-win for our retail clients.”

“As retailers expand abroad, they are seeking a single and comprehensive retail management system able to support their international development across major markets, including Asia, Europe and America. Thanks to this strategic partnership with Tectura, we are able to combine our retail expertise and geographical reach to deliver international and localized best in class solutions and professional services to multichannel retailers,“ concludes Patrick Bertrand, CEO Cegid.

The primary goal of this expanded partnership with Cegid is to foster closer collaboration on joint business deployments bringing both companies’ deep knowledge of the retail industry into one collaborative effort. Ultimately, Tectura and Cegid will focus their relationship to benefit local and multi-national retailers by delivering advanced and comprehensive integrated business solutions that fully meet their business needs.

About Cegid
Cegid Group is a leading international enterprise management and vertical software solutions provider, with FY 2009 revenue of $346M (248,6 M€), 2,000 employees and 400,000 users world-wide. Combining international expertise and reach, the company has offices in New York, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Milan, Milton Keynes, Casablanca, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tokyo and a network of resellers throughout the world supporting our customer’s international expansion.

Delivering solutions and services to improve our customer’s performance and development, our expertise extends from vertical business solutions (retail, manufacturing & industry, hospitality, services, wholesale, CPAs, associations, Public sector) to “enterprise-wide” solutions (finance & accounting, tax, performance management, human resources/payroll). Cegid’s solutions are also available “on demand” based on a SaaS deployment model and addresses the needs of companies of all sizes.

About Tectura Corporation
Tectura is a worldwide provider of business consulting services providing sustainable value through consulting, software and IT implementation. Our clientele include mid-sized companies and larger enterprises throughout the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific.  With team members in 20+ countries, Tectura applies its comprehensive industry knowledge and unparalleled experience in collaboration with our clients to deliver business and technology strategies and solutions designed to achieve their business performance goals.  Learn more at www.tectura.com.

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