Skyhawk has purchased Catalog’nTime to improve catalog management for their clients. The immediate requirement is to produce a price list, web catalog and a paper catalog for their client Bee Valve, an innovative supplier of hose couplers and adapters. Production of any publication is a specialist task and there is a degree of learning required for a new system, not to mention the installation and populating the new software with content for the price list, catalog and web site. The way Lockside works with clients is to take each part of the implementation a step at a time with Lockside doing the bulk of the initial set up and population of the system. Gradually the skill has been transferred to Skyhawk, meaning that neither time is lost nor the new user overwhelmed. The supportive implementation has worked for Skyhawk and the project is on track.

Although catalogs are preferred over web sites for browsing and in-depth information about products and services, web sites are a vital and fundamental part of the product marketing mix or channel. Multi channel marketing is no longer optional but essential. The challenge for product intensive marketeers is managing product information. The view that a business system or ERP should manage this has prevailed for too long. Most organisations depend on their web site or paper publication as the source of their “product information” and have no other content management system. This results in conflicting and fragmented information that reduces the effectiveness of the message. Lockside sees the answer to this as an easy to use product information management system that links to Catalog’nTime and also web shops, which is currently in development.

Following the success of the Ironmongery catalogue produced using Catalog’nTime as a service, A.C.Leigh opted for a door handles catalogue. Meeting the needs of architects in the quality marketplace requires high quality catalogues, which fully presents the quality, style and finish of the handles collection.

To view a pdf of the spread click here – catalogue page
A.C Leigh web site

Lockside and Aysling have reached agreement to market and support Catalog’nTime in North America. Aysling is based in Detroit, Michigan.

Aysling’s team of technology experts combines with the industry’s best project managers to offer the most experienced Enterprise installation and support team in North America. The addition of Catalog’nTime to the existing suite of products including WoodWing’s Enterprise content publishing platform, Dataplan’s Planning Suite, Journal Designer and Drupal into Aysling’s product lineup transforms the software and expertise offered to clients into a complete publishing solution.

“Our growth, both in the U.S. and around the world, has brought us an opportunity to expand our portfolio of software solutions and truly become a 24/7, complete, single-source solution for our clients,” said Patrick Becker, President and Director of Sales at Aysling.”

North America, the largest mail order market in the world is underserved with catalog production software. For such a sophisticated market most catalogs are still produced using dtp software and basic skills. The opportunity for such companies to add more value to their organisations is immense. Lockside’s experience with adopters of Catalog’nTime is a 50% growth in the pages produced for the same resource. For medium and large catalog producers this can give serious competitive advantage.

Together with Aysling’s integration skills and experience with products like InDesign adopters can expect and outstanding ROI for a software product even in the first year.

The new and exciting addition to the Robinsons family, this is the biggest thing to hit equestrian retailing in the UK since – well our last store
opening!

At a sizeable 10,500 square feet, our second store is easily one of the five biggest tack shops in the country. Backed up by a dedicated and enthusiastic team, offering the very best standards of customer service, we aim to make your visit a great experience that you’ll want to tell others all about!

Browse amongst rugs, stable equipment, tackroom essentials, horsewear and dog products or a look through our ranges of clothing, footwear, ridingwear, saddlery and gifts.

Look out for special events throughout the year, the highlights often being our popular Sales at Easter, the August Bank Holiday and just before Christmas.

Behind the scenes Robinsons keep in touch with their loyal customer base with regular catalogues spring, summer and autumn produced using Catalog’nTime. One of the more innovative users, Robinsons combine the best of automation with handcrafted look and feel to make catalogues come alive for their passionate readers

Adding to support for top publishing platforms Catalog’nTime now supports Quark XPress 8.1 to existing Adobe InDesign™.

Catalog’nTime’s internal style engine allows instant switching between Quark XPress and InDesign for the same page layout. Both publishing products only support text styles as opposed to box styles Catalog’nTime now supports total styling.

Total styling allows smart objects within our software such as smart prices where not only is the typography specified and controlled within the software but it also updates the content maintaining the box style; vital for price updating and currency changes.

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