Wincor Nixdorf, Millennium Retail Solutions Form Partnership

PADERBORN, Germany and TORONTO -- Wincor Nixdorf today announced a partnership with Millennium Retail Solutions. The agreement allows Millennium to offer its In The Black Retail (ITB) suite of products with support from Wincor Nixdorf's BEETLE point-of-sale (POS) hardware.

ITB includes integrated payment processing, transfer management and points-based customer reward applications.

"Millennium Retail Solutions is a leader in advanced store software solutions," said Angelo Kalpakis, director of Millennium. "It makes sense to partner with a leading provider of information technology (IT) solutions and services that provides its partners not only with leading edge technology, but also significant additional growth opportunities. Wincor Nixdorf has a worldwide reputation for quality and design. We believe that our cultures are compatible and complimentary, and offer our retail customers unparalleled POS solutions to reduce costs and enhance customer loyalty."

The partnership will first be on display at the NRF 103rd Annual Convention & Expo, set to begin Jan. 12 in New York City.

"Partnering with Millennium is a perfect fit into our ISV friendly SPIRIT Partner Program," said Patrick Leonard, Wincor Nixdorf's vice president of retail for North America. "Wincor Nixdorf and Millennium share a common vision for American retail. Comprehensive IT solutions providing efficient customer service, helpful customer intelligence and line-busting mobile technologies are keys to success for the retailer of the future. Together, we can offer a powerful formula to make real-world retail an attractive and competitive proposition for the consumer."

Toronto-based Millennium Retail Solutions is a software development company specializing in store systems, fee collection systems and secure payment processing applications.

Paderborn, Germany-based Wincor Nixdorf is a provider of IT services to retailers.