Grupo Cortefiel Partners with Core Solutions to Scale Global Sourcing Operations

Core Solutions’ CBX will help Grupo Cortefiel, Spain’s leading fashion retailer, to streamline product development, global sourcing and global order management.

Hong Kong / Madrid, March 25, 2010 – Core Solutions, a leading provider of Product Lifecycle Management, Global Sourcing and Vendor Collaboration solutions in the retail industry, today announced that Grupo Cortefiel, a leading Spanish fashion specialty retailer, has selected Core Solutions to streamline its global sourcing operations.

Grupo Cortefiel is one of the largest fashion retailers in Spain. With its four primary brands – Cortefiel, Pedro del Hierro, Springfield and Women’secret, Grupo Cortefiel has embarked on an intensive international expansion program that today positions the retailer in 61 countries with more than 1600 points of sale across the World. To support this rapid growth, Grupo Cortefiel selected Core Solutions to streamline the company’s global sourcing operations for greater efficiency and shorter time-to-market.

“A proven system to help us scale our global sourcing operation was what we set out to acquire. Our experience with Core Solutions has been very positive. The team truly understands apparel sourcing and its immense complexities,” said Berta Escudero Chief Supply Chain Officer of Grupo Cortefiel, “We were also impressed with the breadth and depth of CBX software features that handle some of the most intricate facets of our business.”

“We are very pleased to be chosen by Grupo Cortefiel as its global technology partner for growth,” said Michael Hung, CEO, Core Solutions. “Not only will CBX replace retailer’s current manual processes, emails and spreadsheets, the system will also enable the group to share information and collaborate efficiently and empower management with real-time business intelligence of their business.”

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About Grupo Cortefiel

Grupo Cortefiel is one of the largest fashion retailers in Spain which, through its four brands – Cortefiel, Pedro del Hierro, Springfield and Women’secret –is currently present in 61 countries with more than 1600 points of sale across the World. Through its quality, design, innovation and great experience in the textile industry Grupo Cortefiel has become one of the fashion references at a national and international level, offering its customers products which adapt to their needs and expectations, creating new trends with each of the different brands´ proposals.

About Core Solutions

Core Solutions is a leading provider of global sourcing and vendor collaboration solutions. Core Solutions is the only solution provider that helps both buyers and sellers streamline business processes across the end-to-end sourcing lifecycle - from product development to costing, from QA to QC, from order to payment.

Core Solutions offers a powerful set of electronic and web-based solutions that dramatically improve Product Lifecycle Management, Global Sourcing Management, Global Vendor Automation and Supply Chain Collaboration processes. Leading retailers, wholesalers, brand manufacturers and thousands of vendors around the world use Core Solutions' software and services daily to coordinate activities, synchronize data, increase visibility and eliminate manual processes. For more information, visit

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