GK Software today announced the availability of Omnibasket.com The new developer portal allows innovators to access resources to help them integrate with GK’s leading retail commerce platform, cloud4retail, which is used by top retailers worldwide. They can connect cloud4retail’s business logic services to their own solutions or extend GK in-store touchpoints with their apps.
For example, they can use the platform web services through REST APIs to utilise basket capabilities, promotions, transaction handling, and more in non-typical touchpoints such as cars, IoT devices and various mobile apps. Developers can also use simple JavaScript to plug-in web apps such as clienteling, time and attendance, and rich item content (e.g. an AR makeup "try me on" app) to the POS, assistants’ mobile POS, or a kiosk.
The portal provides swagger documentation, postman collections, and samples for the most relevant services and App-Enablement, with simple registration access to a sandbox environment. These are publicly available and can be found at www.omnibasket.com.
The launch is accompanied by an Innovator Partners Programme, which allows a swift transition from discovery to commercial availability, helping partners to control their own success and all parties to benefit from the outcomes.
Simon Butler, CEO of Abacus Lottery Everywhere, an early adopter of the new portal and programme says: "The GK Software Omnibasket developer portal and Innovators programme are a revolutionary approach. This could help innovate solution providers offering retailers significant benefits with very little effort and time to market integrating into their existing platform. This is a really exciting and innovative opportunity for us, allowing retailers to sell lottery games through their existing POS platforms without having to install dedicated lottery terminals. This integrated approach could enable every retail touch point to sell lottery so helping to increase the retailer basket size and offering greater consumer convenience."
GK Software SE is a leading developer and provider of standard software for the retail sector, and currently counts 22 percent of the world’s 50 largest retailers among its customer base. According to a study published by RBR 2019, the Company is one of the leading international providers of POS software and is the second-fastest growing business in the industry in terms of the number of installations worldwide. The company offers an extensive range of solutions for stores and enterprise headquarters as well as for the implementation of contemporary omni-channel retail concepts. Thanks to its open and platform-independent software solutions in the GK/Retail Suite, the company has established itself as one of the market’s leading providers of technology and innovations. Its solutions enable retail chains with numerous stores to optimize their business processes and to benefit from significant potential for saving costs and implementing customer loyalty programs in order to improve their competitiveness. In addition to its own software solutions, GK Software SE also offers customers a comprehensive range of implementation and maintenance services. Having been acquired in 2013, AWEK GmbH and in 2015, the retail segment of DBS Data Business Systems Inc. In 2017, the company acquired a majority shareholding in prudsys AG, a company focused on artificial intelligence. In 2018, the valuephone GmbH was acquired, which develops leading solutions for mobile consumers.
The company employs 1,123 members of staff (figures for 30 June 2020) across its headquarters in Schöneck (Germany) and other business locations in Germany, Czech Republic, Switzerland, South Africa, Russia, Ukraine and the USA. GK Software SE’s customers include many well -known retailers from both Germany and beyond, including Edeka, Lidl, Aldi, Coop (Schweiz), Hornbach, Migros, Netto Marken-Discount and Walmart. The software is currently being used at 325,000 installations across approximately 59,800 stores in 63 countries. The company has grown rapidly in recent years and its sales revenues totaled EUR 115.4 million in 2019. Since launching the company in 1990, the two founders Rainer Gläß (CEO) and Stephan Kronmüller (deputy board member), together with the experienced management team, have shaped GK Software into a profitable company exhibiting strong growth.
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