La-Z-Boy Selects Myriad Software’s Eclicktic™

Furniture World Magazine

La-Z-Boy, is finalizing an approved vendor relationship with Myriad Software to make the Eclicktic™ retail business management system available to its La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries® retail store network. Developed specifically for furniture retailers, Eclicktic is a Windows-based system that manages all aspects of the business from order through delivery, and from banking through balancing. "Myriad Software’s excellent reputation and history of working exclusively with furniture retailers were both primary factors in our decision to enter into this agreement," said Kurt L. Darrow, senior vice president of sales and marketing for La-Z-Boy. "The Eclicktic system is an excellent tool that will introduce a new level of efficiency and state-of-the-art automation to the way our dealers’ can manage their businesses." The Eclicktic product will be one of two recommended systems of choice for all new La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries dealers and available as an option for existing dealers who may desire a Windows-based, PC-based system. Dealers who use Eclicktic will experience the benefits of ease-of-use in training their staff and hardware independence. The Eclicktic system is simple to use and maintain and does not require a full-time systems manager. It is hardware independent, meaning it can be installed on any brand of PC, thus facilitating the conversion process. Comprehensive installation, data conversion, training and technical support will be provided by Myriad Software to ease the transition from an existing system to Eclicktic. The company also provides ongoing system support and enhancements. "We are very pleased to add La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries stores to our client portfolio," said Carolyn Crowley, principal of Myriad Software. "We are eager to partner with the dealers and provide them with software and service solutions that will work hard for them." Headquartered in Monroe, Mich., La-Z-Boy is the nation’s largest single manufacturer of upholstered furniture and the world’s leading producer of reclining chairs. The company manufactures a full line of products for the living room and family room, including the company’s world-famous recliners, reclining sofas and love seats, sleep sofas, modular furniture and leather upholstery, as well as stationary sofas, love seats and chairs. It is a division of La-Z-Boy Incorporated (NYSE, PCX: LZB), the nation’s largest furniture manufacturer. Myriad Software was founded in 1990 around their flagship software product Big Ticket Retail Manager‘, a fully integrated business management software package designed specifically for the retail home furnishings industry. With Big Ticket Retail Manager and its latest product, Eclicktic, Myriad Software has amassed more than 300 customers in more than 1000 diverse retail locations.