FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kirstin Wright Elected to ARTS Board of Directors 

Atascadero, CA., May 4, 2009 –  Retail Anywhere, a leader in providing integrated software and services for mid-size retailers, today announced that Kirstin Wright, Chief Systems Architect of Retail Anywhere, was elected to the board of directors for the Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS).  

The ARTS Board of Directors identifies standards to be developed, sets program priorities, approves new and revised standards prior to public release and maintains budgetary oversight for the Association for Retail Technology Standards, the retail technology standards division of the National Retail Federation.

A long time member of ARTS, Retail Anywhere adopted the ARTS Data Model in 2005 as a base for application development for its new point of sale and other in-store applications.  Since 2005 Kirstin has volunteered her time and efforts to the Data Model Committee, most recently serving as committee Chair.

“Kirstin has successfully lead the Data Model committee in development of the first Data Warehouse Model, release 6.0 of the operational Data Model and a total rewrite of the Data Dictionary,” said Richard Mader, Executive Director of ARTS.  “A special exception was granted by the board allowing her to serve a 3rd year as Chair of the Data Model committee to complete several ongoing projects.  We are delighted she was elected to the board to ensure ARTS can benefit from her guidance in other areas.”

About Retail Anywhere
Retail Anywhere is a leading developer of point of sale and retail management technologies, supplying solutions to mid-size retailers since 1981.  Flexible in-store, enterprise management and supply chain management solutions are seamlessly designed to enhance the customer experience, increase revenue and reduce the cost of doing business for retailers. Built upon leading Microsoft technologies and conformance with Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) its full-service solutions provide the foundation for retail success. http://www.retailanywhere.com/

 About ARTS
The Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) is an international membership organization dedicated to reducing the costs of technology through standards.  Since 1993, ARTS has been delivering application standards exclusively to the retail industry.  ARTS has four standards: The Standard Relational Data Model, UnifiedPOS, ARTS XML (formerly IX Retail) and the Standard RFPs.  Membership is open to all members of the international technology community- retailers from all industry segments, application developers and hardware companies. http://www.nrf-arts.org/

Contact:
Brenda Whisenhunt
Retail Anywhere
(805)546-2900 x3328
bwhisenhunt@retailanywhere.com

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