Kronos Experiences Strong Demand from Retail and Hospitality Markets: Posting 35 Percent Year-over-Year Growth

NEW YORK -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Kronos Incorporated today announced a 35 percent year-over-year growth in retail and hospitality product orders. Kronos customers span all segments of these industries, including big-box, specialty, service, and grocery retailers, as well as hotels and quick-serve restaurants.

News Facts

• Kronos is experiencing significant momentum across all retail and hospitality sectors, with new or expanded deployments at organizations such as: Gaylord Entertainment, a leading hospitality and entertainment company based in Nashville, Tenn.; Hannaford Bros Co., a supermarket chain operating in New England and upstate New York; Peet’s Coffee & Tea, specialty coffee roaster and retailer; and Pep Boys, a full-service and tire automotive aftermarket chain.
• Recent global wins for Kronos include electronics retailer Best Buy Co., Inc., which recently expanded its use of Kronos to include Mexico.
• Retail and hospitality organizations are turning to Kronos for its unique blend of deep workforce management functionality; ease of use; and proven implementations. Kronos’ recent momentum adds to its hundreds of worldwide retail and hospitality customers including Big W, Cavender’s Boot City, Charming Charlie, Family Dollar, IKEA, Jos. A. Bank Clothiers. Inc., Sobeys, and The Container Store.
• Increasingly, these organizations are also leveraging the Kronos cloud services offering, whereby Kronos manages and hosts the solution, freeing managers and IT resources to focus their attention on customer service and sales objectives.

Supporting Quotes

• Troy Fee, senior vice president of human resources, Pep Boys
  “We chose to expand our Kronos suite by adding the budgeting solution. We now have an end-to-end suite that offers us the most advanced and comprehensive solution in the market to optimize our workforce that will help us offer even better customer service.”
• Liz Moughan, director, retail and hospitality practice group, Kronos
  “Our recent performance is evidence that retailers across all sectors and sizes are turning to Kronos to reap operational benefits, particularly around enhanced customer service. It is also a great indicator for the marketplace in general, as it is proof that retailers are turning up investments in their workforce to serve as a competitive differentiator.”

Supporting Resources

• Kronos made this announcement from the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) 101^st Annual Convention & Expo being in held in New York from Jan. 15-18. Kronos is exhibiting in booth #1925.

About Kronos Incorporated

Kronos is the global leader in workforce management solutions that enable organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Tens of thousands of organizations in 60 countries — including more than half of the Fortune 1000^® — use Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications. To learn how Kronos uniquely delivers complete automation and high-quality information in an easy-to-use solution, visit www.kronos.com.

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