“Apropos Retail Management Systems, the leading provider of
software for chain retail management for small and mid-size chain
retailers, and St. John Knits, a high-end retailer and manufacturer
of ladies fashion merchandise, today announced that Apropos has
been selected to install new Retail Management systems in all St.
John Knits store locations in the United States and Germany.”
“St. John Knits currently operates 27 full price and outlet
locations, and also operates 3 retail locations under the name St.
John Home. The Apropos system runs exclusively on enterprise
database-powered technology from Informix(R) Corporation
(Nasdaq:IFMX), and will be deployed on the Linux operating system
at St. John Knits…”
“Linux is the operating system of choice for St. John Knits
for the in-store systems at all retail locations. “Most of our new
clients are choosing Linux for new store implementations,” said
McNall. “The track record of success we’ve had with Linux
implementations is absolutely outstanding.“
“Linux provides the complete package our clients need — speed,
functionality, supportability, and above all absolute reliability.
Linux also provides the perfect platform for web-based in-store
applications, such as our Intranet package.”