Canada’s Largest Retailer to Enhance Supply Chain Fulfillment With
SPS Commerce’s Hosted Internet Service
St. Paul, Minn, April 10, 2001 – SPS Commerce, the leading Supply Chain Integration Service provider, announced today that Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (TSE: CTR.A, CTR) has contracted with SPS for electronic order fulfillment transaction services with its wide variety of trading partners and suppliers.
As Canada’s most shopped retailer, Canadian Tire relies on its strong relationships with suppliers of all sizes to provide the company with the wide variety of goods and services it offers – from automotive and home products to sports and leisure goods.
“Canadian Tire stocks up to 100,000 product stock-keeping units (SKU), and having products on the shelf when and where our customers want them is critical to our success,” said Geoff Frodsham, divisional vice-president, logistics. “Automated supply chain transactions are a critical element in that process, and SPS Commerce provides Canadian Tire with a proven, Web-enabled platform for electronic order fulfillment for more than 1,000 of our key suppliers.”
Canadian Tire chose SPS’ solution because it is easier to use and less resource intensive than many other software applications and electronic data interchange (EDI) programs. By using a hosted solution like SPS’ to fulfill order fulfillment needs with its suppliers, Canadian Tire does not have to maintain additional financial, staffing or maintenance resources associated with many alternative e-commerce solutions.
SPS Commerce is a proven leader in business-to-business e-commerce solutions for the retail community. Canadian Tire Corporation joins several other major retailers, including Target, Kmart, REI and Walgreen Co., which rely on SPS Commerce’s services for supply chain efficiency. Retailers choose SPS Commerce for its innovative, cost-effective solutions and proven return-on-investment.
“As one of the most well-known and respected retailers in Canada, Canadian Tire has already proven that it values innovation and customer satisfaction,” said Jim Frome, executive vice president and chief strategy officer of SPS Commerce, Inc. “By selecting SPS’ services for vendor transaction order fulfillment, Canadian Tire is able to improve efficiencies and facilitate universal supply chain connectivity with its many trading partners.”
About Canadian Tire
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (TSE: CTR.A, CTR) — the country’s most shopped retailer — offers a unique mix of products and services through three distinct, yet inter-related businesses. Canadian Tire Retail and the Associate Dealers together form one of Canada’s best-known and most successful retailers, offering customers the convenience and leadership of three specialty stores under one roof — Automotive, Sports and Leisure, and Home Products. Since the launch of its webstore at www.canadiantire.ca and phone order at 1-866-SHOP-CTR, Canadian Tire has become one of a few retailers in Canada to offer customers an integrated shopping experience using all of the key shopping channels available today, including stores, online, by phone and from the catalogue. Canadian Tire Financial Services manages related financial products and services for retail and petroleum customers, and also markets other value-added products to our customers. Canadian Tire Petroleum is one of the country’s largest independent retailers of gasoline, with 207 outlets. With 441 Canadian Tire Associate Stores serving communities nationwide, Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited and the Associate Dealers together employ more than 38,000 Canadians.
About SPS Commerce
SPS Commerce is the leading Supply Chain Integration Service provider. The Company specializes in helping large enterprises optimize their supply chains by providing transaction management, application integration and supply chain services to their small- and mid-size trading partners via a hosted Internet service. It has helped key enterprises, including Sears Roebuck & Co., Kmart, Target Corp., Cisco Systems, Walgreen Co. and Dura Automotive, electronically enable and integrate over 25,000 small and mid-sized trading partners into their e-supply chain. SPS Commerce is headquartered in St. Paul, MN. For more information, visit the Company at www.spscommerce.com or call (651) 603-4400.
SPS Commerce is a registered trademark of SPS Commerce Inc., SPSConnect, spscommerce.net and the SPS Commerce logo are the property of SPS Commerce, Inc. Canadian Tire and Canadian Tire Corporation are registered trademarks of Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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Contacts:
Amy Spychalla
SPS Commerce
(651) 603-4400
aspychalla@spscommerce.com
Jennifer Sexton
Canadian Tire Corporation
(416) 480-3690
jsexton@cantire.com
Bob Collins
Sterling Hager
(617) 926-6665 x231
bob@sterlinghager.com
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