Irish chain Fields upgrades IT infrastructure

Irish jewellery chain Fields has upgraded its IT infrastructure. The group has installed a retail software system from Pursuit Software at 18 of its stores in Dublin and Kildare.

The software from Pursuit Software’s system will provide the retailer with a common stock control, management reporting and back office system that provides a direct link to its web-based sales environment. Fields parent company the Anthony Nicholas Group, which bought UK multiple jeweller Fraser Hart in 2007, said that the system will support growth at the group.

The system has the ability to scale up, allowing for future growth. It also has a network-wide database structure to create bespoke reports for Fields, and directly integrates with Anthony Nicholas’s nominal ledger.

Pursuit Software, which this year bought the assets of Pursuit Services after it went into administration in December, said that many jewellery retailers are now choosing to upgrade their systems as retail technology becomes more sophisticated.

Pursuit Software managing director Mike Burns said: “The technology used for many older IT installations is stretched to crashing point coping with additional users, demands for more functions and thus capacity.

“Limitations when it comes to running Microsoft applications are another frequent problem – as is online selling over the internet. Whereas a system like ours makes it as straightforward as opening another shop, older technology can really hit the buffers.” 

Pursuit Software has been investing in improving its technology offer after securing bank funding. Burns said: “Despite the credit drought, we have secured bank funding to develop and strengthen the business with technology that’s making serious inroads into the marketplace.”

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