The Shoe Gallery expands the use of its e-commerce platform. The Shoe Gallery launched its e-commerce site, www.shoegalleryonline.com in September 2008 and it has proven to be a very successful and profitable addition to its business.

The Shoe Gallery uses Celerant's e-commerce platform which is completely integrated within the same real-time database as the Celerant Command Retail system and offers Web features and functionality. The www.shoegalleryonline.com Web site was developed with Celerant's Web technology to be user friendly and visually appealing.

"We are extremely pleased with the design and functionality of our E-Commerce site," says Will Brooks, controller of Shoe Gallery. "Since going live with the site six months ago, we have experienced increased sales and have seen an exceptional number of new orders. The existing search engine optimization already embedded into the design of the site, along with the ability to feed into price comparison sites, have aided in increasing our sales without spending excess money on marketing. It has been fabulous working with Celerant's Web design team because they work with us to figure out innovative ways to improve the site, such as adding a zoom feature to our images and a special webpage where you can sift through the popular brands we sell. We are very pleased with the trajectory of our growth and look forward to our future Web business with Celerant by our side."

Wawa Transitions Hosting Services onto AT&T Platform

Wawa reduces information technology costs by transitioning its existing SAP applications to a fully managed AT&T platform. Wawa, a specialty retailer in the Mid-Atlantic region, signed a five-year contract with AT&T to migrate and host its existing SAP applications, a landscape that consists of over 30 servers used by more than 15,000 employees.

To facilitate minimal impact on Wawa's 24/7 store locations, AT&T's migration of Wawa's applications onto a fully managed AT&T environment is planned to occur in less than 18 hours. Following the migration, AT&T will monitor and manage Wawa's SAP platfom to support efficient functioning of all business-critical applications, with AT&T teams available to resolve issues and streamline application performance.

Wawa also uses the AT&T Managed Application Services Tool (MAST) available via AT&T BusinessDirect, which will allow Wawa employees direct access to the SAP system via the Internet to view, monitor and analyze solution performance. AT&T disaster recovery services will help facilitate the continuity of applications in the event of a disaster.

"A secure, reliable infrastructure for our applications is extremely important to our business, as it helps ensure that our systems run efficiently and without interruption," says Julius Colina, I.T. manager of hosting strategy, Wawa. "We are confident that AT&T Business Solutions will effectively manage our applications and allow us to focus our internal resources on fulfilling the daily needs of our customers."