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Pharmacists OnLine Announces
Integration with the Activant Eagle Point-of-Sale System
November 18, 2009, Sarasota, Fla.
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Pharmacists OnLine®, a division of Living Naturally
LLC, today announced the integration of their RxLoyalty Genius® loyalty program
with the Activant® Eagle® business management and point-of-sale (POS) system
from Activant Solutions Inc. By combining the industry's most robust
point-of-sale system with the most advanced retail loyalty program, Pharmacists
OnLine and Activant aim to dramatically improve customer service and the retail
performance of independent drugstores.
In recent
years, pharmacists have seen a significant drop in margins on their prescription
business and they are now turning to the retail side of their stores to increase
profits. Pharmacists OnLine and Activant Solutions offer proven technology
solutions that help turn pharmacists into sophisticated retailers. The companies
will develop an interface for the Activant Eagle system to share sales data with
the RxLoyalty Genius loyalty program - allowing this information to be used for
marketing purposes. The integration between the Activant Eagle system and
RxLoyalty
Genius provides pharmacies with advanced transaction
processing and data capturing tools and an effective system for using this data
to secure and strengthen customer relations.
The
interface between RxLoyalty Genius and the
Activant Eagle POS system takes sales data from the POS environment and
automatically posts it to a central database. Pharmacies can then leverage this
information to create targeted customers lists for "cross-sell/up-sell"
opportunities and automatically generate and distribute branded postcard and
email promotions. The system allows pharmacies to maintain regular and relevant
communication with customers, driving them back to the store with targeted
promotions based on demographics, store visit history and purchase
behavior.
"Pharmacists
OnLine and Activant came together because our two organizations are committed to
improving front store sales at pharmacies," said Paul Salsgiver, executive vice
president for Activant Solutions. "The combination of Activant's transaction
processing and retail business management solutions with Pharmacists OnLine's
innovative customer service and marketing products provides pharmacists with the
tools to make themselves better retailers and raises the bar for pharmacy
retail."
Pharmacists
OnLine VP Business Development David Williams commented, "Retailers don't often
fully capitalize on POS investment because they don't use their POS data, which
is their most powerful marketing asset. Now by complementing the Activant Eagle
POS platform with the marketing power of the RxLoyalty Genius program,
pharmacies can literally transform their Activant Eagle POS system into a
marketing powerhouse. We are very pleased to be working with Activant to bring
such a powerful solution to the pharmacy marketplace."
RxLoyalty
Genius is an advanced program that enables pharmacists to
setup a customized, rewards and promotions program for their business. The
program allows pharmacies to:
· Increase
customer retention
· Reward
frequent buyers
· Respond
to customer needs
· Identify
purchasing patterns
· Increase
sales per customer
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Strengthen competitive position
· Find
"Missing-In-Action customers and bring them back
Used by over
7,000 retail businesses, the Activant Eagle solution is a proven and
comprehensive retail management solution. The Activant Eagle POS system gives
independent pharmacies visibility into their retail operations, control over
their inventory, and the management tools they need to help drive profitability
and sales. The Activant Eagle solution improves and integrates every aspect of a
drugstore's retail operations, from customer service and checkout to financial
operations, like accounting, purchasing, tax management, payroll and inventory
tracking.
About Activant Solutions
Inc: Activant Solutions Inc. is a leading technology
provider of business management solutions serving distributors and SMB
retailers. Activant provides customers with industry-specific software,
professional services, content, supply chain connectivity, and analytics.
Over 30,000
customer locations use Activant products to manage their day-to-day operations.
Activant's systems are designed to help customers increase sales, boost
productivity, operate more cost-efficiently, improve inventory turns and enhance
trading partner relationships. Headquartered in Livermore, California, Activant
has operations in Texas, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, Utah, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. For more information,
please visit www.Activant.com.
Press
Contact:
Rick Fernandez Incendio International (for Activant) Tel:
770.973.8401 rick@incendiopr.com
About Pharmacists
OnLine: Pharmacists OnLine, a division of Living Naturally,
LLC, is an online technology provider to more than 3,000 retailers and suppliers
in the North American health care sector. The company develops and markets two
solutions specifically for independent pharmacies - RxWeb Genius®, a
comprehensive content driven web site solution, and RxLoyalty Genius, an
advanced loyalty marketing program. For additional information, please visit the
company's web site at www.PharmacistsOnLine.com.
Press
Contact: Karen Sulprizio Pharmacists OnLine Tel: 866-312-8324, x
1 ksulprizio@pharmacistsonline.com
Activant, Activant Eagle, Eagle and
the Activant stylized logo are registered trademarks of Activant Solutions
Inc.
Pharmacists OnLine, RxWeb Genius and RxLoyalty Genius are registered
trademarks of Living Naturally LLC
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