Wednesday 7 September 2011

Thursford Collection family theme park invests in Eurostop retail systems

Thursford Collection visitor centre in Thursford near Norfolk has chosen Eurostop systems to manage stock and sales in its five stores. The centre has five themed shops, The Corner Shop selling a range of ladies and children’s fashion and toiletries, The Christmas Shop with toys and decorations, The Stable Shop selling cards, books and pictures, The Pantry, a sweet shop and Fantasyland stocking a range of items. Thursford have selected Eurostop’s e rmis and e-pos systems to enable its managers to oversee the wide range of stock and for its easy to use Windows-based interface.

According to Geraldine Rye, General Manager at Thursford; “The success of our Thursford Collection retail outlets over the last few years has meant a huge increase in the number of stock items that we sell. We chose Eurostop as the best supplier to meet our needs now and to be flexible enough to develop in the future - the e-commerce feature is something that we may consider for our website.

“We have seen an increase in demand for our Christmas range in particular and {{using Eurostop’s systems will enable us to improve management of our stock and consequently improving our profit margins}}.”

Thursford is planning to use the e-rmis head office system to handle its wide stock inventory, enabling it to manage and re-order both the continuity and seasonal merchandise required across the different shops.

Phillip Moylan, Sales and Marketing Manager at Eurostop Ltd said; “Thursford Collection is an amazing business that is very customer focused. Our retail systems will aid the management team with making commercial decisions for the business. I am delighted to have them as a customer.”

FACTFILE:

Thursford Collection is a family visitor centre hosting the world’s largest collection of steam engines and organs. Visitors to the centre can ride on fairground carousels and the gondola, enjoy 'Behind-the-Scenes' tours and watch silent movies.

The months of November and December are when Thursford see nearly 5,000 visitors per day. 3,000 visit the Christmas Spectacular stage show and families with younger children have an animated winter wonderland and the chance to meet Father Christmas in the aptly named Fantasyland building.

The centre also has five themed shops selling a variety of items and souvenirs including clothes, toys, sweets, cards and books.

For more information please visit: www.thursford.co.uk

About Eurostop

Founded in 1990, with operations in London, Singapore and Shanghai, Eurostop provides complete solutions for Retail Management for the Fashion, Footwear and General Merchandise sectors encompassing both hardware and software.

Eurostop’s flagship products consist of:

e-rmis: A suite of head office management applications.

e-pos: EPOS system for standalone shops, concessions and franchises that can be easily integrated with e-rmis for larger users.

e-commerce: Custom e commerce solutions for Independent retailers that provides a hosted and fully integrated service.

e-data: The collection of tenants’ data from Shopping Malls for multi-purpose use.

e-cubes: Data Mining. A bespoke reporting tool which allows the slicing and dicing of data as well as selective publication of results and graphical representation.

e-time: The capture of staff working hours which aids in monitoring both stores’ and staff performances and productivity.

e-pos manager: Integrating Eurostop’s solutions with other management and business systems, and all major ERP systems.

All Eurostop’s solutions can be fully integrated with other management and business systems, and all major ERP systems.

As well as advising on and supplying suitable hardware, Eurostop also undertakes training, support and custom development. Its systems are available in several different languages including Chinese.

Eurostop has accreditation for Chip and PIN solutions, and together with partner Anderson Zaks provides a Chip and PIN managed service.

High profile customers include: Ann Summers, Ben Sherman, Cult Clothing, Daks, Firetrap, Full Circle, Ghost, Joseph, Joy, Long Tall Sally, Matches, Oliver Sweeney, Paul & Joe, Pavers Shoes, Pentland Brands Plc, Punkyfish, Sonneti, Speedo, Trespass and many more.

For more information visit: www.eurostop.co.uk 

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