CenterStone Technologies announced that Patagonia has selected the company’s iVendix solution for their European dealers.

"Customer service has always been a top priority for Patagonia. We interact with hundreds of specialty retailers in Europe every day, and could clearly see the need to offer them the ability to conduct business in a convenient and seamless way. Therefore, Patagonia Europe was looking for a reliable, multilingual, and multi-currency business-to-business (B2B) solution. With years of experience in our industry, iVendix was a natural answer. With iVendix, our dealers will be able to manage their orders 24/7 and access our inventory in real time. This should allow Patagonia Europe to increase its in-season sales, and customer service staff to provide more pro-active service. From an environmental point of view, we are also hoping that the B2B platform will limit the exchange of paper documents with our dealers. Having the best products and causing the least amount of harm to the environment has long been the ethos of Patagonia; we are now working to contribute further to the success of our specialty retailers with the iVendix B2B ordering tool", said Nate Smith - International Manager of Patagonia.

“We’re glad that Patagonia selected iVendix. When the service will go live in January 2008, European Patagonia dealers will be able to serve their customers more efficiently at the point of sale, increasing inventory turns and thus revenues. Patagonia's customer service will increase the efficiency of time spent with each client what will translate into greater speed to market and more attractiveness for the Patagonia brand", said Christophe de Lussac - GM CenterStone Europe.