London fashion museum chooses VCSTIMELESS point of sale solutions

The new £10 million Fashion and Textile Museum, founded by UK fashion designer Zandra Rhodes, opened its doors for the first time on 12th May, using point of sale software from VCSTIMELESS and hardware from IBM to power its retail operations.

The Fashion and Textile Museum will be the first of its kind to showcase the talent of local and international fashion and textile designers. Located in London, one of the fashion capitals of the world, the museum represents the lifelong dream of its founder, Zandra Rhodes. Showcasing the best of vintage and modern fashion and textile design, rotating exhibitions will include work by Vivienne Westwood, Jean Muir and Ozzie Clark.

The museum has chosen to run their Point of Sale solutions using VCSTIMELESS’ software solutions and IBM’s stylish and easy to use SurePOS 500 touch screen terminals to provide all the point of sale functionality for the museum’s shop as well as admission tickets. VCSTIMELESS partner Hopewiser will be providing the postcode finder facility. The system will be fully Chip & PIN compliant, to adhere to the credit card fraud regulations due to be implemented in 2005.

“ When we heard about the opening Fashion Museum we immediately wanted to get involved with Zandra’s venture, as we are so closely involved in this sector. VCSTIMELESS has been providing software solutions for the retail sector for over twenty years, and our core business centres around fashion retailers. The point of sale solution we have provided the museum, enables them to not only manage their tills, but also to link into customer relationship management facilities, merchandise management and links back through the supply chain,”.