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MAGSTAR TOTAL RETAIL VOTED NUMBER ONE MID-SIZE RETAIL SOFTWARE SOLUTION IN 2010 FOR OVERALL PERFORMANCE, TOTAL COST OF OPERATION AND ROI BY CLIENTS AND RIS NEWS

JANUARY 10, 2011, NEW YORK, NY – Magstar Inc., ("Magstar") a leading North American developer of ERP, POS, Mobile POS, BI/Analytics and Warehouse solutions, announced that Retail Info Systems News Magazine ("RIS News") had ranked Magstar as top vendor in three key areas on RIS' Software LeaderBoard '10. This year, Magstar ranked:

  • Number 1 Leader in Overall Performance by Mid-size Retailers;
  • Number 1 Leader in Total Cost of Operation by Mid-size Retailers; and
  • Number 1 Leader in Return on Investment (ROI) by Mid-size Retailers.

Magstar Total Retail's fully-integrated ERP retail software solution was also voted tops for:

  • #2 – Leaders in Quality of Service by Mid-Size Retailers
  • #2 – Leaders in Recommendation Status by Mid-Size Retailers
  • #2 - Customer Satisfaction Leaders by Mid-size Retailers
  • #3 – Leaders in Quality of Support by Mid-Size Retailers
  • #3 – Leaders in Total Cost of Operation (tied for #3).

Other categories where Magstar Total Retail received top 10 Software LeaderBoard rankings for Mid-size Vendors include:

  • Ease of Installation/Integration
  • Product Reliability
  • Administration/Maintenance
  • Quality of Service
  • Quality of Support
  • Customer Satisfaction Leaders by Specialty Retailers
  • Broad Suite Vendor Leaders in Customer Satisfaction
  • Mid Size Vendor Leaders
  • Leaders in Technology Innovation (in July 2010, Magstar won Vertical Systems Reseller's National 2010 Innovative Solution Award for its age verification solution).

Magstar also placed #15 on the overall Software LeaderBoard Top 20. This list contains many software vendors that service Tier-one retailers. RIS' Software LeaderBoard '10 is considered 'the must-read report for CIO's planning to make their next retail technology purchase.'

According to Joe Skorupa, Group Editor-in-Chief of RIS News, "The Top 20 list comprises vendors who have broad and deep strengths, not only in LeaderBoard Categories and Criteria, but in their business models and IT solutions. They have financial stability, domain experience, budgets for research and development, and a large pool of retail clients from which to determine best practices, and more."

"Therefore, the vendors that appear on this list," Skorupa noted, "are not specialists with finely targeted skills or startups with something to prove. Instead they excel across all three LeaderBoard Categories - Retail Concentration and Customer Satisfaction and Revenue Factor."

Joe Skorupa said, "Making it into the RIS Software LeaderBoard means the vendor is a member of a very exclusive club. Congratulations to Magstar for having placed so highly in so many important categories."

Magstar develops solutions for multi-channel chains and specialty store retailers North America-wide. In 2011, Magstar is set to celebrate their 25th anniversary of service to its clients.

Now in its 10th year, RIS News publishes its annual list of retail software technology vendors in December. This is the tenth straight year that Magstar has been ranked highly in RIS' Software LeaderBoard. This year, of the 84 vendors that received evaluations, only half made it onto one of the top-10 lists in the final report's results. This year, RIS' Software LeaderBoard '10 also features the opinions of more retailers who submitted more vendor evaluations.

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Contact:

Brad Chisling
Magstar, Inc.
(416) 447-1442 Ext. 233

About Magstar Total Retail

Magstar Total Retail offers fully-integrated ERP for enterprise retail management and highly robust point solutions, as well as professional services. Magstar Total Retail provides comprehensive multi-channel merchandising, POS, Mobile POS, CRM, global supply chain, BI/analytics, warehouse and financial management solutions for mid-size, SMB and specialty store operations. Magstar is noted for its true 24/7/365 North America-wide support. The company will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2011. Magstar's clients have notably improved revenues, customer satisfaction, efficiencies and bottom-line results while cutting costs year-over-year and connecting to and driving efficiencies with suppliers and employees. Magstar is an IBM, HP, DigiPoS and NCR Partner. This is the tenth straight year Magstar has been voted a top retail software vendor in RIS News' Software Leaderboard vendor performance survey. For more information on Magstar Total Retail, please visit NRF 2011 Booth 1237 and www.magstarinc.com.