In March 15th, Scandinavia was in the lead. Retail textile company One of Varner chose to use the Centric 8 PLM (product life cycle solution) to support the company's growth strategy in Europe. Varner and its suppliers will use the full suite of Centric 8 PLM, including mobile applications. Centric is for fashion, retail, Luxury goods And consumer company's leading PLM solution provider. The new partnership shows that in the short months after the opening of the Scandinavia office, Centric Software has achieved excellent results in the Nordic market.

Varner was founded in 1962, and its founder is Frank Varner, which has operated for more than 50 years. This family family firm Rapidly growing into a multinational company in a very short time, it is now one of the largest textile companies in northern Europe. It has 1500 stores in 8 countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Poland, Germany and Austria.

The market value of the 1 billion 300 million euro fashion retailer 80% comes from its own brands and concepts, such as Dressmann, Cubus and Bik Bok. In addition, Varner is owned by Volt, including J Lindeber, Diesel franchise and These Glory Days's own brand and cowboy concept retail store Carlings, Levis retail store in Scandinavia and Nike retail store in Scandinavia.

Varner has been looking for a PLM. Supplier To support its rapid expansion in Europe. Centric focuses on fashion professional knowledge, solutions and customer success cases to make it stand out.

"For us, the key to success is always passion. We choose Centric Software because they have the same passion for fashion as we have, which gives them great advantages. They quickly learned about our business and put forward solutions tailored to our needs, "said Varner CEO yvind Bustnes.

Varner will use Centric PLM to enhance product area and concept integration. "As a very comprehensive tool, Centric 8 PLM is consistent with our way of planning. Centric 8 PLM enables us to better coordinate the development, planning and procurement within the organization. In addition, it provides better data visualization, helps us produce high quality products and profits, and maintains competitive advantage in the market, "said Ole Martin Holt-Jacobsen, director of commercial application at Varner.

Centric's popularity in Scandinavia is another key factor that stands out. "It can be very important for local teams to support us closely. We have a common cultural fit, and we know that the Centric team is supporting us at any time, "added yvind Bustnes. {page_break}

"We are proud to call Scandinavia's main fashion retailer Varner our partner, and we hope to play a part in their strong expansion plan," said Centric Software president and CEO Chris Groves. "This partnership has consolidated the expansion of Centric in Europe, especially in the expansion of the Scandinavia market."

Varner

Varner is one of Scandinavia's textile industry leaders with nearly 11000 employees. We have 1500 stores in eight countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Poland, Germany and Austria. Varner is made up of Bik Bok, Carlings, Cubus, Dressmann, Dressmann XL, Urban, Vivikes, Volt, Volt, Urban, gamma, and Cubus. Frank Varner founded the private family business in 1962. It is currently owned by the second and third generation successors, led by Petter, Marius and Joakim Varner.

Centric Software, Inc.

Centric software, from Silicon Valley headquarters to offices in various fashion cities around the world, is constantly innovating for the most famous brands of fashion, retail, footwear, luxury and consumer goods. The most important product of the company, Centric 8 PLM, provides customized product planning, product development, procurement, business planning, quality control and product style management for the rapidly developing consumer goods industry. The Centric Centric solution, as an extension of Centric 8 PLM, is tailored for small businesses, enabling them to directly learn from the industry's innovative technology and key industry knowledge.

Centric software has won many industry awards, including the Frost, Sullivan, the retail, fashion and apparel industry PLM PLM global product differentiation Excellence Award. It was also named as one of the world's top 100 Private Companies of Red Herring in 2013 and 2015 respectively.

Centric is a registered trademark of Centric software company. Other brands and product names belong to their respective owners.