Peacocks, the leading UK fashion value retailer, has extended its EPOS service and maintenance agreement with Vista Retail Support, a leading independent EPOS maintenance services company. Vista will support the retailer across its 500 sites, providing service on 2,000 lanes of in-store EPOS and back office.

Brendan McKeown, Group IT Director at Peacocks, said, "We have developed a good working relationship with Vista which I feel is important in any business. Vista offers us advice on what we need to do in order to sweat our assets and get the most from our EPOS. Not having to worry about the maintenance and support is a huge weight off our shoulders."

McKeown continued, "The support we have received to date has always been to a high standard. As a business we have expansion plans over the next 18 months and our aim is to open a further 30-50 sites, and it's good to know we already have supplier in place who can take care of our EPOS estate."

John Copeman, Business Development Manager at Vista, said, "Peacocks understands the importance of having a support and maintenance partner in place. As a retailer Peacocks knows the importance of reducing the EPOS downtime and by working with us we are able to achieve this. We have supported the retailer over the past few years and look forward to working with them as the company looks to embark on a period of continued growth.

About Peacocks
Peacocks is a leading UK fashion value retailer offering the right, on trend fashions for all the family at unbeatable value by combining quality, style and low prices for womenswear, menswear, childrenswear, footwear and accessories.

The secret of Peacock's success is its ability to react quickly to fashion trends at fantastic prices delivering fast value fashion to its customers day in and day out. Between 30 and 50 new womenswear lines arrive in store every week. This is further endorsed by the fact that Peacocks has been recognised externally, winning awards such as the Drapers Value Footwear Retailer of the Year 2006 and Best Value Retailer of the Year 2005.

Peacocks was founded in Warrington in 1884 by Albert Frank Peacock, trading as Peacocks Penny Bazaars. Albert's son, Harold, moved the business to Cardiff in the 1940's and the business grew under Robert Peacock. Further expansion took place in the early 1990's and in April 1997, Richard Kirk led a management buy-out. Peacocks was listed on the London Stock Exchange in December 1999 and the Group acquired bonmarche in May 2002. Peacocks first international store opened in Bahrain March 2004. The Peacock Group was taken private in January 2006 and the executive Group Board consists of Richard Kirk (Group Chief Executive), Mike Killick (Group Finance Director), Neil Burns (Group Operations Director) and Tim Bettley (Peacocks Managing Director)

http://www.peacocks.co.uk/

About Vista Retail Support
Vista Retail Support is a leading, independent EPoS maintenance services company supporting customers in the UK, Europe, America and expanding across the Globe. At its core Vista offers a range of EPOS and support services including cabling and installation, hardware maintenance, and contact centre management which provides cover for its clients 365 days a year, 7 days a week. Clients include, Midlands Co-op, Lloyds pharmacy, Londis, Dunelm and Spar.

http://www.vistasupport.com/