Delsey

Delsey is all packed to explore Asia with Cegid

Delsey, the worldwide number two retailer in luggage with over 6,000 stores across five continents, has selected Yourcegid Retail to support its expansion across Asia, including India. In less than four months, this international solution has already been deployed in more than forty stores in Hong Kong and China, enabling the brand to optimize its retail activities and grow its store network. The Yourcegid Retail solution provides best-in-class: merchandising, sales, clienteling and CRM features that include advanced loyalty programs, and web to store.

Founded in 1946, Delsey is a French company specializing in the design and manufacture of luggage. With annual sales of over $180 million and a product sold every ten seconds, Delsey is currently the world’s number two leader in the luggage sector. The brand is now focused on international expansion – especially growing its distribution network in Asia and the Indian subcontinent. To support this expansion, the company was looking for a long term technology partner with an established retail management solution that is localized worldwide. “We needed a proven best-in-class solution to manage our retail activities in Asia and India, and a committed partner with strong international expertise and reach,” explains Cathérine De Bleeker, Global Marketing Director at Delsey.

An internationally committed IT partner

After analyzing the market, Delsey selected Yourcegid Retail in February 2013. “Cegid’s industry expertise and the company’s commitment to new markets, especially in Asia, as well as its ability to understand our needs, convinced us,” continues De Bleeker. Among other reasons, she was impressed by Yourcegid Retail’s innovative functionality, such as the advanced CRM, Omnichannel integration etc.

Accelerated deployment

Delsey only had a few months to implement Yourcegid Retail into its expanding retail network. “Scheduling was very tight, but the instant synergy between our teams at Delsey and those of Cegid enabled us to meet the deadline of the project,” states Cathérine De Bleeker. It only took one summer for Yourcegid Retail to be deployed in 40 stores in Hong Kong and China; and in 2014 and 2015, it will be the turn of Singapore, Korea and India.

“We forecast annual growth of at least twenty percent for our Asian network, but things could move even faster with the opening of new franchises.”

The ease with which Yourcegid Retail can be deployed is a real advantage in this area, as is Cegid support in change management. “Their teams are true best practice advisors. For us, this is a real advantage.”

A proven industry solution

Choosing Yourcegid Retail, means that the world’s second leading luggage retailer now has a best-in-class retail management solution to optimize their merchandising and sales management, as well as support the brand’s Omnichannel strategy.

The solution provides Delsey with a point-of-sale and store management system that is integrated with local fiscal, language, industry requirements (multi-taxes, multi-languages, etc.). Yourcegid Retail features a unique and centralized database shared by all channels and updated in real-time. This includes all customer, product, price and sales data. “Having a single centralized database managing the flow of merchandise, customer and sales data across all our distribution channels real-time was key for us. It also gives us the ability to continuously track and run reports on our sales and activities worldwide,” notes Cathérine De Bleeker.

In an instant, Delsey is able to optimize its offer, ensure the right products are in the right stores, at the right price and at the right time.

Yourcegid Retail can also serve Delsey’s customers better by providing new services, including: loyalty programs, promotions, web-to-store services, including the possibility of ordering online and picking up the product in any brand store. “Cegid clearly understands our expectations and provides the solutions. With this partner, anything seems possible! There are never issues, just solutions,” she concludes.