Polaris Retail, SAP India in pact

Polaris Software Lab Ltd has informed that Polaris Retail Infotech Ltd (PRIL) and SAP India, a provider of business software solutions, have entered into a strategic alliance to support retail clients in India. PRIL is a retail software provider and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Polaris Software Lab.

Through this partnership, SAP India has chosen PRIL as a mySAP All-in-One partner for the retail segment in India. Under the alliance, PRIL is responsible for selling SAP IS retail licenses as well as providing implementation and support services, targeting small and midsize customers in the retail segment.

This partnership would provide PRIL greater market exposure, expanded business opportunities, joint strategic sales and marketing initiatives and access to a broad and growing customer base.

For both PRIL and SAP, the alliance comes at an important time when the Indian retail industry is increasingly adapting business software solutions to remain competitive and maintain their edge in the market.

Commenting on the strategic partnership, Mukesh Mathur, director, PRIL, said, "PRIL has established itself as the preferred solution provider to a host of prestigious retail customers due to its seven years' of retail domain experience in developing and deploying software solutions for retailers in India and overseas and the technology backing of its parent 'Polaris Software Lab'."