Massive global demand for IT-based business systems for the retail sector has prompted Columbus IT to seek retail experts at home and abroad. Columbus IT expects that at least 50 new retail experts will join in Denmark and abroad - and the process is already under way. The new members of staff are required to help retail companies around the world implement Columbus IT's Microsoft based retail system, Dynamics AX for Retail, designed to significantly strengthen retail companies' competitiveness.
Due to the economic crisis Columbus IT says it has seen a marked increase in demand for end-to-end retail systems. “Followed by the property and finance sectors the retail sector has suffered a severe blow by the economic crisis. Partly because consumption fell from one day to another, and partly because customers became far more critical and demanding than shops had been used to during the pre-crisis booming years. Companies learned the hard way that they did not have the systems to steer them through the crisis and enable them to serve their customers. That is part of the reason why we are now witnessing a massive demand from the retail sector for new IT systems to manage the new market challenges,” says Henrik P. Salicath, Corporate SVP of Sales at Columbus IT.
The new specialists need not necessarily be IT experts, nor is it a requirement that they are already familiar with Columbus IT's Microsoft-based retail solution, says the company. The crux of the matter is their deep industry insight and business development experience.
