Wednesday 13 January 2021

US-based fresh item management technology provider Applied Data Corp. (ADC), serving grocery and convenience stores, has agreed to acquire ecommerce retail fulfillment software provider ShopperKit, Inc., to streamline ordering, producing and fulfilling capabilities for grocers and convenience retailers, the company said.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The acquisition is a strategic addition to the ADC portfolio and will result in making ADC the leading software provider on the market for ordering, production, and fulfillment.

ShopperKit empowers grocers to extend their brand through the online shopping experience by managing all in-store activities related to fulfillment, customer communication and execution of online orders.

With the addition of ShopperKit's ecommerce fulfillment, ADC's products will deliver streamlined store operations across the entire food lifecycle.

ShopperKit will join ADC's product suite purpose-built for grocery and convenience store operators and will further enhance ADC's platform offerings to empower food retailers with the tools they need to achieve a unified demand forecast from online to in-store.