Senior management appointment

RNS Number : 8022R

Clarity Commerce Solutions PLC

31 August 2010

 



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Clarity Commerce Solutions plc
Senior management appointments and business update

Clarity Commerce Solutions plc, a leading supplier of software solutions for the retail, hospitality, leisure and entertainment sectors, is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Curtis as Managing Director,UK, and Patrick Lindemann as Managing Director, France, with immediate effect.

Having over 20 years' experience in Retail and Leisure, covering IT systems delivery, managed services (SaaS) and business consulting services, Simon Curtis joins as Managing Director of Clarity's UK business. Until recently, he was Managing Director of Itim Ltd where revenues were more than doubled during his tenure, and prior to that was a management consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers.  In his new role at Clarity, Simon will concentrate on growing the UK organisation and will have responsibility across the retail, hospitality, leisure and entertainment businesses.

Similarly, Patrick Lindemann has been in software sales for more than 20 years. He was with Torex Retail for 8 years as Managing Director of their German, and subsequently, French operations. Patrick will manage the continued growth of the French business, bringing his cross sectoral knowledge to the task of building revenue in all of Clarity's vertical markets.

In addition to these senior appointments, Clarity is also pleased to give the following business update, which reflects solid progress across the Company both in terms of new client wins and successful implementations:

Debenhams

Clarity has won a contract to supply Clarity Live to Debenhams for use in their personal shopping and health and beauty services. The solution will provide a centralised appointment diary in order to improve the personal shopping experience for customers and in-store personal shoppers. In doing so, it will enable appointments to be booked instantly online, over the phone or in store, thereby increasing the volume of appointments booked. The project will also deliver the ability to manage other in-store services including beauty treatments and wedding services.

Merlin Entertainments Group

Following the successful deployment of ClarityLive at Merlin's Gardaland amusement park, Merlin and Clarity are working together to agree the next phase of the rollout, targeting locations that will most benefit from Clarity's end to end solution.

Pret A Manger

The roll out of ClarityLive is well under way at Pret's 225 site estate, and is expected to be completed over the coming weeks, including their US restaurants. To date, some 71 restaurants have been installed.

Lee Valley Regional Park

Clarity has won a contract with Lee Valley Regional Park Authority for the provision of our ClarityLive for leisure solution covering 16 sites across the 10,000 acre park. This is a major contract win in the leisure market and will be for a period of three years. Lee Valley Regional Park's aim is to be a world-class visitor destination. It already runs award-winning sports and leisure venues and will own, fund and manage four London 2012 venues after the Games. We will be installing our new ClarityLive for leisure across their diverse facilities including the Lee Valley White Water Centre, Lee Valley VeloPark (both new Olympic venues), Lee Valley Ice Centre, Lee Valley Athletics Centre, visitor farms campsites and marinas.

Focus DIY

Clarity has successfully concluded the roll out of its ClarityLive for Retail product to the 180 store retail chain.

Ken Smith, CEO of Clarity, commented "We are delighted to welcome Simon and Patrick to drive our UK and French revenues at this exciting time. Clarity has a clear growth strategy and these appointments are important steps towards achieving our targets. Our recent contract wins, coupled with a good pipeline, help underpin our confidence in the Group's potential." 

Enquiries:

Clarity Commerce Solutions plc Ken Smith, CEO/Stephen Sadler, CFO	01256 365 150
Arbuthnot Securities (Nomad and Broker) Hugh Field/Nick Tulloch	020 7012 2000
Biddicks PR Shane Dolan	020 7448 1000

 

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