LONDON March 2009 – Welcom Software, supplier of class leading consumer and commercial lending software has been appointed by Arnotts to provide the Financier Storecard Account Management system to manage its customer accounts.
Established in 1843, Arnotts is Ireland’s largest department store group with 4 stores across located in Dublin. With a selling area of more than 300,000 square feet it is ranked in the top five stores in Britain and Ireland, providing an unparalleled choice of leading brand fashion, footwear and homeware. Welcom’s leading Financier Storecard Account Management solution will manage Arnott’s existing customer accounts, sales promotions and loyalty schemes, as well as enable them to offer enhanced services to new customers.
Developed in conjunction with some of the UK’s leading financial services organisations, Financier is a robust web-enabled software package providing retail finance, revolving credit and loyalty schemes. Delivering the flexibility and scalability required by Arnotts, the implementation of Financier provides card and cardholder maintenance, flexible payment profiles, arrears management and a configurable real-time till interface amongst other features. In addition Financier provides an interface with Irish Banks to facilitate new European banking practices.
The addition of Arnott’s to the Welcom Software client portfolio highlights the increasing growth of its consumer and commercial lending software solutions. Nigel Welch, Welcom Software Chief Executive Officer said: “We are thrilled to have signed up Arnotts. Our leading Financier Storecard Account Management system provides them with a high level of customisation and can be configured to automate business processes leading to improved efficiency, effectiveness and profitability. The workflow engine will allow business strategies to be defined, monitored and modified to meet the changing needs of Arnotts and the marketplace.”
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For further information please contact Emma Gannon, Marketing Manager on 0845 456 5859 or email egannon@welcom.co.uk
Notes to Editors:
The Welcom Software Group comprises of e-inbusiness and Welcom Software.
Welcom Software provides leading edge business software solutions, both off the shelf and customised, to the financial, retail and supply chain sectors. Its clients include, Hermes, Singer & Friedlander, Aidrie Savings Bank, Oldrids, United Cooperative Limited and Forrest Furnishings. As well as offering IT solutions, Welcom provides a full business process consultancy and planning service, employing specialist consultants from within their target sectors. www.welcom.co.uk
e?inbusiness: Founded in 1999, multi-channel full service eCommerce agency e-inbusiness specialises in providing fully integrated, next generation eCommerce sites which combine high impact creative design with best of breed technology to build an effective online user experience. e-inbusiness invests in strategic partnerships to provide a robust multi-channel eCommerce platform that supports Web2.0 technology. These partners include: Omniture, Mercado, PayPal, EPiServer, QAS, Google, Scene 7 & Cheetahmail.
With a passion for brand and proven expertise in online marketing, e-inbusiness designs, builds & delivers integrated eMarketing strategies that maximise online revenue opportunities and deliver measurable results. Omniture web analytics is integrated to provide detailed ROI & site performance analysis, improving business knowledge and decision making. e?inbusiness has developed over 100 eCommerce sites with high profile clients including: Farrow & Ball, Jacques Vert Group, New Look & Radley. www.e-inbusiness.co.uk
About Arnotts
Established in Dublin in 1843, Arnotts is Ireland’s largest department store group with 4 stores across the Irish Republic. With a selling area of more than 300,000 square feet it is ranked in the top five stores in Britain and Ireland, providing an unparalleled choice of leading brand fashion, footwear and homeware.
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It happens to all of us. It may have already happened to you – especially if you’re just starting out in online business: frustration. The frustration of signing up with that “golden” opportunity to make a “fortune” online. “No cash up front!” “Work only 1 hour a day!” “Get that new car next week!”
We’ve all seen these types of hyped up ads. I mean, the Internet is literally drowning in them. With so much publicity and marketing flooding your browser, how can you tell which of the opportunities are legitimate – and which just want to scam you for your credit card numbers?
Basically, there are only 2 ways to find the ripe fruit in an orchard virtually overgrown with rotten apples.
1 – Sign up, pay the price. Do the “work” and realize too late that you just flushed your hard-earned cash down the toilet.
2 – Do your due diligence. Search & research; find views, reviews and opinions of those who have already signed up (DO NOT rely exclusively on the onsite testimonials for this as they are just too easy to fake); search for bios of the creators, designers AND those who provide testimonials; read EVERY word on the page promoting the opportunity; follow available links to affiliates and check out their credentials too; read every online article you can find relating to the opportunity; if you sign up for their newsletter, create a special email account to receive it just in case you can’t unsubscribe (keeps the spam out of your main inbox). Lather, rinse & repeat. Then, if the opportunity still appeals to you, sign up, dive in and STICK TO IT.
I think we can agree that option #1 is pretty much a gamble. Option #2 would however probably deliver much more satisfactory results. So why is it that so many of us get lured in by the scams? That’s actually quite an easy question to answer: gratification. Taking the route outlined in option #2 requires a lot of work, a lot of time and a lot of patience. The gamble illustrated in option #1 does have it’s appeal: “Wow, this could be THE solution I’ve been looking for!”.
Any search for solutions that we may undertake (whether for online business opportunities, or for anything else for that matter) is influenced by our desire for gratification – and the sooner, the better. It’s that desire for immediate results that gets us into trouble. Unscrupulous marketers know this and are able to capitalize on it; it’s called impulse buying. How many times have you purchased that cheap gadget or that totally useless little doohickie at the drug store checkout only to have wind up in the trash within a week?
Frustration is the result of unfulfilled desire.
Signing up for an opportunity with no due diligence is simply an attempt to fulfill a desire for immediate gratification: instant cash. There’s the trap: NO legitimate online business opportunity is going to provide you with such immediate income. Legitimate opportunities do require work, research & education. Most of them provide that education based on their years of experience and the research that they have already done for you.
So, how do you deal with the frustration that you may be feeling after having been “suckered”? Simple: you must first understand – and accept – that you were reacting to a very human desire to feel better right now. The key here is then to invest in your feelings before you invest in an online business opportunity.
Invest in my feelings? Huh? Let me explain. Which emotion do you prefer: disappointment or excitement? I think the answer to that is obvious. You can easily generate disappointment and frustration by reacting to your desires. You can just as easily generate excitement and mounting anticipation of future fulfillment by acting on your desires. Notice the difference? You can choose to react or to act – it’s up to you. Either way, it’s of the utmost importance to accept responsibility for the consequences – including how you feel.
Take your time to investigate the online business opportunities that interest you. Visit websites that provide information on a variety of affiliate programs. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of signing up with programs that provide one income stream versus those that provide multiple streams of income. Due diligence; with both your feelings, and with the online business opportunities you may be considering. It’s what will make or break your online success.
Stay tuned for my next article: Define What Really Motivates You to Start Your Online Business.
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