Cosmetics retailer Podrushka grows rapidly with Oracle Retail

Podrushka (Подружка) is a Moscow-based retailer with over 15,000 SKUs and operating close to 260 stores throughout Russia with products covering personal care, cosmetics, perfumes, jewelry and cleaning. Podrushka engaged Quickborn Consulting to implement Oracle Retail Merchandising System and Oracle Retail Trade Management solution to help achieve its goal of becoming a leading specialty retailer in Russia.

By engaging Quickborn, Podrushka has successfully implemented Oracle Retail’s solutions and reached a scalable, manageable and transparent importing process, reduced shipping costs and improved availability and visibility of goods. Cost of goods are now planned and managed for each delivery, following a standard and scalable process, with all relevant data managed in one system.

 “Despite having to resolve a large number of issues related to customs and tax legislation of the Russian Federation, we managed to implement the system within an acceptable period of time. We successfully implemented the calculation of the supply cost goods based solely on electronic documents from government agencies, suppliers and partners, while minimizing human impact on the entire supply chain. We are pleased with the result; this solution will allow us to improve our assortment, increase sales and reduce delivery costs.” – said Alexander Golubev, CIO of Podrushka.

“Both Oracle Retail Merchandising System and Oracle Retail Trade Management solution was implemented using a successful on shore and near shoring approach where onsite consulting teams focused on discovery and design activities while configuration, build and delivery was managed completely remotely. Pre-built induction mechanism was used to convert legacy data for merchandising foundation quickly and with high quality. Subsequently pre-built connectors, integration points and solution configuration accelerators were applied to quickly, successfully and reliably launch both new merchandising and trade management solutions in the business.” – said Gabor Tozser, Founder and CEO of Quickborn Consulting.

Podrushka has implemented multiple solutions from Oracle including Oracle Retail Demand Forecasting and Oracle Retail Assortment Planning before implementing Oracle Retail Merchandising and Oracle Retail Trade Management.

About Taber Trade LLC / Podrushka (Подружка)

Taber Trade LLC is the parent company of the Russian cosmetics retail chain Podrushka (Подружка). For more information, visit their website, www.podrygka.ru.

About Quickborn Consulting LLC

Quickborn is a diverse team of experts, passionate about solving problems in the retail industry. We implement next practice capabilities that drive our retailer clients to outperform their competitors. We focus on raising customer satisfaction and increasing operational efficiency across all channels of trade. For more information, visit their website, www.www.qbcs.com.

About Oracle Retail

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