Karl Niekerk's Contact Details

Karl Niekerk's Company Details

Arch Retail Systems / Spinnaker Software

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa • 180 Employees
Management Consulting

The Arch suite of products, developed in-house by Spinnaker Software, offers an integrated retail management solution for the Edge in retail. The Edge is offered to retailers by applying an understanding of challenges within retail and using new technologies and market knowledge to create business processes, mitigating such challenges. The fit-to-function suite of products and services enable Users to:• effectively execute on inventory and margin plans• improve control and understanding of operations• serve the customer better• improve profitability and cash flowThe following products have been developed to address the needs in an ever-evolving retail landscape:• Arch Retail – in-store management system• Arch Enterprise – centralised multi-store management solution• Arch Mobile – mobile application offering for on-the-floor management capabilities• Arch Accounting – seamless flow of trading data to accounting software• Arch Loyalty – to reward loyal customers and gather valuable marketing info• Arch Value Adds – integrated peripheral functionality to amplify customer experience at POS• Arch eStore – integrated platform for online shopping• Arch eReplenish – fully automated and integrated procure-to-payment solution• Arch Fuel – all-in-one integrated convenience store and forecourt solutionOur solution is scalable - used in stores with 2 points to mega-stores with 50+ POS. Our client base includes independent stores and corporate groups such as OK Foods, Ultra Liquors, Sefalana Group, Food Lovers Market and President Hyper, to name a few. Our 1700+ stores, representing 18000+ points, are supported from our Branches throughout South Africa (Cape Town, Port Elizabeth/Gqeberha, Durban, Bloemfontein, Midrand and Windhoek). In addition, we have service centres servicing clients in Zimbabwe, Angola, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi & DRC. Global expansion is part of Spinnaker's strategy. This is evident in the recent go-live of 3 stores in Australia & 1 in the UK.