NEWS
South African retailer boosts
agility with Oracle
AI-powered
smart
companion,
rAInbow, wins
challenge
Joanne van der Walt, Director, Sage
Foundation (left), accepts the award
S
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utdoor and Fashion retailer and
manufacturer, Cape Union Mart
International Pty Ltd, has selected Oracle
to modernise its retail operations. talented team and well-defined process in
excel spreadsheets. As Cape Union Mart
continued to grow, it needed a better way
to manage its operations.
With the Oracle Retail Cloud, the
company plans to fuel growth across
all sales channels with better inventory
visibility and more sophisticated
merchandise assortments that keep
shoppers coming back for more. With Oracle Retail, the brand can
fully embrace automated, systemised
workflows driven by dashboards and
end-to-end reporting with a common user
interface. This will lead to more seamless
fulfillment and accurate demand forecasts.
“This is a complex project, touching
virtually every part of our business,”
said Grant De Waal-Dubla, Group IT
Executive, Cape Union Mart. “The Oracle
team has partnered with us from start to
finish; building our trust and giving us an
insight into what we can expect in the
implementation of the transformational
project – we look forward to working
with them and rebuilding our retail IT
landscape into a world class environment,
taking Cape Union Mart to the next level. “By choosing Oracle, Cape Union Mart
can focus on business objectives and
results, not technology,” said Mike
Webster, Senior Vice President and
General Manager, Oracle Retail.
Until now, Cape Union Mart has
managed its retail assortments with a
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“As a cloud provider, we take great
pride in building appropriate real-
time integration across the Oracle
portfolio so our customers can get the
information and results they needed
quickly – whether that’s moving existing
inventory or anticipating next seasons
fashion trends and ensuring they are
available for customers.”
age, a leader for cloud business
management solutions, has announced
that rAInbow, an AI-powered smart
companion supporting victims of domestic
violence, has won the Southern Africa
Regional Finals of the Hague Institute for
Innovation of Law’s (HiiL’s) Innovating
Justice Challenge. The regional finals
honoured solutions that help people prevent
or resolve a pressing justice need.
As founding partner, Sage Foundation
worked with AI for Good and the Soul
City Institute for Social Justice to develop
rAInbow, which aims to democratise access
to information and support for victims of
domestic violence, as well as their friends
and family. It can be accessed anonymously
via Facebook Messenger and provides a safe
space for domestic violence victims to access
information about their rights and support
options in friendly, simple language. It was
launched first in South Africa, with plans to
expand its reach. rAInbow will now participate
in the Justice Accelerator programme at HiiL’s
head office in The Hague, The Netherlands.
“We are thrilled to receive this award after an
amazing week of learning and connecting
with Africa’s best innovators, who are on
a mission to bring justice to everyone,”
said Joanne Van der Walt, Director at Sage
Foundation. “We’re excited for the next
phase of rAInbow, which will allow us to
impact millions more lives using AI, and we
are grateful for the experience and learning
that awaits us in The Netherlands.”
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