London. – June 19, 2012 – Demandware®, Inc. (NYSE: DWRE), a leader in on-demand ecommerce, today announced that Marks & Spencer, one of the UK’s leading retailers, is using the Demandware Commerce platform to power its new international websites, including its recently launched Ireland website, www.marksandspencer.ie. This follows Marks & Spencer’s first international website, www.marksandspencer.fr, serving customers across France since October 2011.
Marks & Spencer selected Demandware because its scalable cloud-based platform enables fast time-to-market and is backed by a secure, world-class operating environment. With Demandware Commerce, Marks & Spencer now has a central platform for developing and managing its two international e-commerce sites, which allows customers to shop an extensive range of products in their local currency, with local delivery prices and in the case of its French website, in their local language.
“We chose Demandware to enable us to provide a rich, consistent shopping experience across multiple territories, whilst allowing us to control and customise the experience to suit local markets,” said David Walmsley, Multi-channel Development Director at Marks & Spencer.
“Marks & Spencer is one of the most iconic brands in retail. With Demandware, it now has a robust platform that empowers users to create distinctive digital commerce experiences for customers across different channels, geographies and devices.” said Andrew Gilboy, Vice President of EMEA for Demandware.”
Sapient Nitro UK, a Demandware solutions partner, led the design and implementation of the new sites.
About Marks & Spencer
Marks & Spencer is one of the UK's leading retailers selling high quality, great value clothing and home products as well as outstanding quality food. Over 21 million customers visit its stores each week, served by over 78,000 employees across the UK and 43 territories worldwide.
About Demandware
Demandware is a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) ecommerce solutions that enable companies to easily design, implement and manage their own customized ecommerce sites, including websites, mobile applications and other digital storefronts. Customers use our highly scalable and integrated Demandware Commerce platform to more easily launch and manage multiple ecommerce sites, initiate marketing campaigns more quickly, and improve ecommerce traffic.
For more information about Demandware, visit www.demandware.com, call 01273 475128 or email [email protected]
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Demandware (NYSE: DWRE) is a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) ecommerce solutions that enable companies to easily design, implement and manage their own customized ecommerce sites, including websites, mobile applications and other digital storefronts. Customers use our highly scalable and integrated Demandware Commerce platform to more easily launch and manage multiple ecommerce sites, initiate marketing campaigns more quickly, and improve ecommerce traffic.
For more information about Demandware, visit www.demandware.com, call 01273 475128 or email [email protected]
19th June 2012
Toby Margetts
Engagement Executive
01273 475128
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