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- SEATTLE, Wash. -- Eddie Bauer, Inc. has installed a catalog and print
- advertising production system from Bestinfo, Inc. of Radnor, Pa. The
- clothing retailer and cataloger, which has 230 stores in the U.S. and
- Canada, will use the system to produce catalogs, retail mailers, and
- in-store signs.
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- The OS/2-based Bestinfo system is comprised of production workstations with
- PageWright/2 layout and composition software, and WordWright Plus writing
- and editing software.
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- Eddie Bauer produces between 4,000 - 5,000 pages of catalog advertising per
- year -- approximately 30 catalog offerings. Before the Bestinfo system was
- installed, the company created its advertising with manual paste-up and
- conventional typesetting methods. "In selecting the Bestinfo system, we
- aimed to automate our whole production process," said Marsha Savery, vice
- president, advertising. "We were impressed with the power and total
- integration of the system, which is superior to the Mac-based systems that
- we considered, and its capabilities as a strong data manager." The company
- anticipates significant cost and time savings with the new system.
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- Savery cites extraordinary service as another benefit in choosing Bestinfo.
- "The Bestinfo support department has been exceptionally cooperative and
- responsive to our needs, helping us to achieve maximum productivity."
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- FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Hardware Wholesalers, Inc. (HWI) hag installed a
- merchandise advertising production system from Bestinfo, Inc. of Radnor,
- Pa. A $1.3 billion distributor supporting over 3,100 Hardware, building
- centers, and Do-It Center stores, HWI will use the Bestinfo system for the
- production of direct mail sales circulars, newspaper ads, package design,
- and in-store point-of-purchase materials.
-
- The OS/2-based Bestinfo system consists of 12 workstations with
- PageWright/2 layout and composition software; TableMaster software for
- electronic table creation; Database Hooks for automatic price and text
- updates during production; the Picbase image database archiving program;
- and ImageWright image manipulation software.
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- HWI produces hundreds of pages of advertising per year, including full
- color, 12-page sales circulars, full color and two-color 4-page inserts,
- newspaper ads with black-and-white line art, and P.O.P. materials, such as
- two-color and three-color price carts and display banners. The advertising
- department also creates customized version of ads with specific
- merchandise and prices for particular dealers and stores. Eighty percent
- of HWI's stores select these optional inserts to include in their main
- advertising circulars.
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- Before the installation of the Bestinfo system, the production process at
- HWI was completely manual, utilizing conventional and costly cut-and-paste
- methods. "Our new system has enabled us to completely automate the
- production process," said Larry Pensinger, marketing manager. "It offers
- our stores much greater flexibility with item selection and pricing in
- their advertising materials. These customized versions were
- cost-prohibitive before we hat the Bestinfo system." Through Database
- Hooks, stores can now select and easily revise their own pricing on the
- covers of the sales circulars.
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- The system's high compatibility with HWI's IBM mainframe computer was
- another key advantage. "Stores can now transmit price changes
- electronically into our mainframe. Our goal is to download these new
- prices into our system through the Database Hooks software links. And
- because the system allows w to easily retrieve copy from previous sales
- circulars for reuse, we save time and labor costs by eliminating manual
- recreation of text."
-
- Bestinfo specializes in so-called Merchandise Advertising Technology (MAT)
- systems, which are designed for rapid production of multi-page print
- advertising, such as catalogs, supplements, and ROP ads.
-
- Bestinfo
- 100 Matsonford Road, Building Five, Radnor, Pa. 19087
- (800) 346-7920
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