FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts:
Amy Spychalla
SPS Commerce
(651) 603-4400
aspychalla@spscommerce.com
Patrick Cooley
Sterling Hager
(617) 926-6665 x234
patrick@sterlinghager.com
--Electronic Supply Chain Services will Streamline Trading
for Golf Galaxy and its Vendors--
St. Paul, MN, July 9, 2001 - SPS Commerce, the leading Supply Chain Integration Service provider, announced today that it will provide integrated supply chain transaction services to Golf Galaxy, the golf superstore retailer featuring Everything for the Game TM.
Golf Galaxy`s golf superstores offer a dominant assortment of brand-name golf equipment, apparel, gifts and accessories along with interactive features and services for golfers of all skill levels. The interactive features provide entertainment and instruction while also encouraging customers to test products before buying. Golf Galaxy chose SPS Commerce to automate its supply chain management for vendors of all sizes across all product and service categories.
"As we continue to grow, streamlining operations with our vendors is critical to maintaining our leadership position in the industry," said Sharon Link, CFO of Golf Galaxy. "Utilizing SPS Commerce`s services to exchange information directly with our vendors will enhance our ability to maximize each customer`s shopping experience."
Through its hosted Internet service, SPS Commerce enables a company`s trading partners of any size to embrace e-commerce and automate supply chains without causing disruption to daily operations or investing in expensive and proprietary software applications and resources. Electronically connecting all of a company`s partners generates significant cost savings for companies, such as Golf Galaxy, by eliminating manual processing and enabling quicker supply chain fulfillment.
"Golf Galaxy joins a well established list of sporting goods retailers that are taking advantage of SPS Commerce`s services," said Jim Frome, executive vice president and chief strategy officer of SPS Commerce. "Our experience in the sporting goods industry ensures that Golf Galaxy has purchased a proven method for improving its supply chain operations and partner relationships."
SPS Commerce is a proven leader in business-to-business supply chain integration services for the sporting goods community. REI, Sports Chalet, Gander Mountain and West Marine are among the sports retailers that Golf Galaxy joins by purchasing the services of SPS Commerce. Retailers choose SPS Commerce for its innovative, cost-effective solutions and proven return-on-investment.
About Golf Galaxy
Golf Galaxy, a privately held company based in Minneapolis, MN owns and operates a growing chain of golf specialty stores. The company operates 21 superstores averaging 17,000 square feet in cities throughout the United States. The company`s merchandising strategy centers around Everything for the Game*. Golf Galaxy offers a comprehensive selection of competitively priced brand-name golf equipment, accessories and apparel, and golf services in a unique interactive store environment. Golf Galaxy provides extensive in-store services including on-site club repair, and club fitting, as well as offering its customers professional golf instruction by certified PGA and LPGA professionals. Additional information about Golf Galaxy can be accessed at www.golfgalaxy.com.
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 and Co., Kmart, Target Corp., REI 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. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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