Gemmar/JD Associates Update – NRF 2010

Posted by spencer on February 2, 2010 under Retail Software | Be the First to Comment

Gemmar which is a mid-market apparel focused retail software solution based out of Canada has recently signed an agreement to sell the product in the US through a reseller JD Associates. The following is the latest information from Gemmar:

Gemmar System’s International Retail 1 retail management solution targets mid-market Apparel retailers as it’s primary focus of business. Headquartered out of Montreal, Quebec, it has a
customer base of over 200 retail chains of which approximately 75% are Apparel retailers. Around 20% of all clients have a U.S. base of operations. The Retail 1 Suite provides coverage for multi-channel sales activities including catalog and Web store fronts. Gemmar has been around for over 26 years and leverages the Microsoft Technology stack including Web Services.

Company: Gemmar Systems International, Inc.
Product: Retail 1
Year Founded: 1983
Ownership: Private
Target Market: 10 to 200 Stores, 1-20 POS per location. Sweet spot are chains with 30-80 stores.
Verticals: Apparel, General Retail, Sporting Goods (contact vendor for more verticals).
Total Customers: 200 (North America)
Technology: Windows 2007, Database: MS SQL Server 7.0
Hardware Requirements: Non proprietary. Contact vendor for additional hardware specifications.
Strengths/Notable Features: Retail-1 Merchant: Application suite including inventory management, merchandising and Open to Buy capabilities. Full layaway and special order capabilities, multi-level merchandise planning, style/color/size matrix. Business Intelligence with KPI supported in Analytics suite. CRM, AR Analysis. Order Management, Distribution, Warehouse, financials. Interface bridge to MS Dynamics GP. Assortment Planning is future module.
Sales Channel: Direct or via Partner (JD Associates)

We spoke with John Deery who is the owner of JD Associates (the US distributor of Gemmar) to get an update on what is happening with his organization. JD Associates actually sells 3 products – Microsoft RMS (100 installations), RetailPro, (600 installations) and they recently picked up Gemmar. They focus on apparel, footwear, and general retail stores.