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Orisha announces Acquisition of Dutch Software Provider Wolfpack DCS
PARIS, Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Orisha, a European software provider serving the commerce, real estate, healthcare, agrifood, and construction sectors, announces the acquisition of Wolfpack DCS, a Dutch specialist in unified commerce solutions. This move strengthens the portfolio of commerce technology softwares in Orisha Group (which already includes Cow Hills, Fastmag, Ginkoia, Openbravo, Tweakwise, Vendre and Core-suite). This acquisition consolidates Orisha Commerce’s position in the retail sector and enhances its international presence.
With Cow Hills and Wolfpack DCS collaboration in South Africa, Orisha Commerce strengthens and confirms its growth ambitions in this region. This business unit emphasizes its position as a partner to all players in the commerce sector.
In BtoB, BtoC and D2C, Orisha Commerce provides seamless, unified shopping experiences across all physical and digital touchpoints. This Business Unit of Orisha Group has over 520 employees in Europe, a projected revenue of €72M for 2024, and more than 3,500 client brands.
Founded in 2017 and based in Amsterdam, Wolfpack DCS is known for its Omni-channel Retail Platform (ORP), a comprehensive solution that connects online channels (webshops, B2B portals, marketplaces) and offline channels (physical stores), enabling optimized order and inventory management. Through this acquisition, Orisha Commerce extends its portfolio of order management system (OMS) solutions and product channel management (PCM) solutions, which are essential modules for retailers’ omnichannel strategy.
The addition of Wolfpack to Orisha’s Commerce Business Unit enhances the value proposition of a comprehensive suite of unified commerce SaaS solutions , offering optimal modularity and a premium positioning. These highly scalable cloud solutions, based on modern technologies, integrate seamlessly with various ERPs, e-commerce applications, and other systems via an advanced tech stack.
Orisha Commerce’s unified commerce strategy is strengthened by the integration of Wolfpack DCS, positioning Orisha Commerce as a true “one-stop shop” to provide its clients with a seamless and comprehensive on and offline shopping experience.
Koen den Hollander, co-founder and CFO of Wolfpack, states: “We are thrilled to continue our journey with Orisha, a global leader in management software. This partnership opens new perspectives to extend our ORP solution to new geographies and a broader customer base.”
Michel van Koekenberg, co-founder and CEO, adds: “After several years of collaboration with Orisha Group entities, fully joining this group is a natural evolution for us. It will enable us to accelerate our growth with partners like Open Bravo, Cow Hills, and Optimizers, and expand our presence in strategic markets such as Spain, France, and Sweden.”
Marco de Vries, CEO of Orisha Commerce: “The arrival of the Wolfpack DCS teams reinforces our offering of solutions for unified commerce with an essential part in the implementation of a seamless omnichannel experience, with these OMS and PCM scopes. We’re delighted to be able to offer our customers this new functional coverage, to accelerate their trajectory towards increasingly unified commerce, a strategic challenge for the brands and retailers we support.”
Jacques Ollivier, CEO of Orisha, concludes: “The acquisition of Wolfpack DCS is part of our strategy to consolidate our offering for the commerce sector. By integrating Wolfpack’s expertise and technologies, we strengthen our ability to provide retailers and brands with comprehensive, high-performance omnichannel solutions essential to meeting market demands.”
Orisha Commerce will be present at the Tech for Retail exhibition in Paris on November 26 and 27, showcasing all its SaaS solutions for unified commerce, including those proposed by Wolfpack.
About Orisha
Founded in 2003, Orisha is a European software provider serving the retail, real estate, healthcare, construction, and agrifood sectors. Since its inception, Orisha has helped businesses achieve success by offering solutions tailored to their needs, such as point-of-sale, business and financial management, inventory management, CRM, HR, e-commerce, and more. Orisha solutions enable millions of interactions and transactions daily in a hyper-connected world. Since 2021, Orisha has been supported by TA Associates, a global private equity leader in the tech sector. In July 2024, Francisco Partners, another major private equity player specializing in technology companies, joined TA Associates as a shareholder to support Orisha’s continued growth. Originally from France, the group now has over 1,800 employees across Europe and supports clients in more than 50 countries.
About Wolfpack DCS
Wolfpack Digital Commerce Solutions is a software provider specializing in omnichannel solutions for retail since 2017. Their solution ORP (Omni-channel Retail Platform) helps retailers to bring seamless omni-channel journeys to consumers. ORP handles order, product and stock management across online (webshops, market places) and offline (stores) channels. Wolfpack DCS has its headquarters in Amsterdam the Netherlands, and operates for leading consumer and retail brands in the Netherlands, Germany, UK and South-Africa. The key sectors for Wolfpack DCS include fashion, lifestyle, sports and food retail.
For more information:
www.orisha.com
Christelle Da Cunha (Marketing Director)
+33 647 714 571
[email protected]
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Newmark Advises URW in €172.5 Million Office Sale
PARIS, Nov. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Newmark announces the firm has advised Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) in the €172.5 million sale of the 140,846 square-foot (13,085 square-meter) office portion of Les Ateliers Gaîté, a mixed-use property in the prominent Montparnasse district of Paris. Newmark Deputy Chief Business Officer Emmanuel Frénot arranged the transaction between URW and buyers Swiss Life Asset Managers and Norges Bank Investment Management.
“Advising URW on the sale of this asset, with its exceptional location and exemplary environmental approach, just a few months after the opening of our Paris office makes us particularly proud and highlights our ongoing momentum,” said Frénot. “This transaction confirms the recovery signals we have been sensing since the end of the second quarter of 2024 and suggests an increase in activity in the office segment for 2025.”
Les Ateliers Gaîté, delivered in 2022, includes around 100 retail shops, restaurants and services, as well as a hotel, offices, housing and a public library. The office space is leased long-term to coworking operator Wojo, establishing its Parisian flagship.
Newmark opened its flagship Paris office in March, hiring several of the city’s most respected brokers, including Francois Blin and Frénot to lead the team, Antoine Salmon and Vianney d’Ersu as Co-Heads of Retail Leasing, Managing Directors Jérôme De Laboulaye, Nicolas Coutant and Alexandre Gotti as President, France. The office is now home to nearly 40 leading French commercial real estate professionals, including a market-leading research team.
About Newmark
Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK), together with its subsidiaries (“Newmark”), is a world leader in commercial real estate, seamlessly powering every phase of the property life cycle. Newmark’s comprehensive suite of services and products is uniquely tailored to each client, from owners to occupiers, investors to founders, and startups to blue-chip companies. Combining the platform’s global reach with market intelligence in both established and emerging property markets, Newmark provides superior service to clients across the industry spectrum. For the twelve months ended September 30, 2024, Newmark generated revenues of over $2.6 billion. As of that same date, Newmark’s company-owned offices, together with its business partners, operated from nearly 170 offices with more than 7,800 professionals around the world. To learn more, visit nmrk.com or follow @newmark.
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Aker ASA: 2024 Employee Share Purchase Program
OSLO, Norway, Nov. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Aker ASA (“Aker”) has today carried out its employee share purchase program for the year. Participants in the share purchase program were offered a discount of 20 per cent on the closing share price as of 13 November 2024. Hence, each participant paid NOK 443.20 per share. All shares will be locked in for a period of three years from delivery of the shares, during which the employees will not be able to sell the shares.
The following persons discharging managerial responsibilities in Aker have purchased shares:
– Svein Oskar Stoknes has acquired 1,400 shares. Mr. Stoknes’ total shareholding in Aker after the acquisition will be 11,400 shares.
– Lene Landøy has acquired 1,000 shares. Mrs. Landøy’s total shareholding in Aker after the acquisition will be 1,911 shares.
– Charlotte Håkonsen has acquired 500 shares. Mrs. Håkonsen’s total shareholding in Aker after the acquisition will be 2,493 shares.
– Christina Chappell Schartum has acquired 162 shares. Mrs. Schartum’s total shareholding in Aker after the acquisition will be 795 shares.
– Fredrik Berge has acquired 250 shares. Mr. Berge’s total shareholding in Aker after the acquisition will be 630 shares.
Please see attached notifications for persons discharging managerial responsibilities in Aker in accordance with Regulation EU 596/2014 (MAR) article 19.
Aker sold a total of 10,480 own shares in connection with the program. Following the transactions, Aker will hold 14,745 own shares.
Investor contact:
Fredrik Berge, Head of Investor Relations Aker ASA
Tel: +47 45 03 20 90
E-mail: [email protected]
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements in Regulation EU 596/2014 (MAR) article 19 number 3 and the Norwegian Securities Trading Act § 5 -12.
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Cayman Enterprise City Receives Two Prestigious Awards from the Financial Times’ fDi Intelligence Global Free Zones of the Year 2024
Highly Commended in Americas for Knowledge Zones and Honourable Mention for Higher Education Initiatives
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, Nov. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Cayman Enterprise City (CEC) has been recognised with two prestigious awards by fDi Intelligence, a division of the Financial Times, as part of its 2024 Global Free Zones of the Year Awards. CEC was highly commended in the Americas under the new Knowledge Zones category and received an honourable mention for its contributions to higher education and workforce development.
This marks the seventh consecutive year that the Cayman Islands special economic zones (SEZs) operated by CEC have been awarded by the Financial Times. These long-standing awards spotlight the growing success of CEC’s SEZs which continue to play a pivotal role in advancing Cayman’s innovation-driven economy. The highly competitive fDi awards, evaluated by a global judging panel, recognise free zones that excel in creating value for their regions, with a focus on sectors such as technology, business services, and financial services.
CEC’s recognition in the Knowledge Zones category is particularly notable for its efforts to create a vibrant, tech-focused ecosystem in close proximity to major North American markets. The panel praised CEC for its streamlined immigration and business support services, which have attracted a diverse range of industries including legal tech, decentralised finance, and precious metals.
Education remains a cornerstone of CEC’s mission. In 2023 alone, more than 4,200 Caymanians and residents participated in education and career development opportunities offered through CEC’s non-profit arm, Enterprise Cayman. The zone has also supported the creation of 41 new Cayman-born businesses projects, emphasising its commitment to fostering entrepreneurship within the Cayman Islands.
As part of CEC’s workforce development initiatives, Enterprise Cayman, focuses on bridging the education and earnings gap for Caymanians. This commitment to higher education and skills training earned CEC an honourable mention in this year’s awards. Danielle Myles of fDi Intelligence stated, “[CEC’s] non-profit Enterprise Cayman is working to close the education and earnings gap for Caymanians by offering training, internships, mentoring, networking, and career-focused training.”
CEC’s Chief Executive Officer, Charlie Kirkconnell, commented on the award wins, saying, “We are incredibly proud to be recognised once again by fDi Intelligence. These awards are a testament to the hard work of our team and the thriving community of global businesses that have chosen CEC as their home. Our focus on innovation and education continues to drive our success, and we remain committed to helping our members and the Cayman Islands achieve even greater heights.”
CEC, now home to over 380 companies, provides a comprehensive business support program, offering cost-effective operations, tailored work environments, and streamlined processes that make it one of the most attractive destinations for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the region. The recognition by fDi Intelligence further cements CEC’s role as a key driver of economic diversification and growth in the Cayman Islands.
For more information, visit www.caymanenterprisecity.com.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact: Kaitlyn Elphinstone
Call: +1 345 945-3722
Call Toll Free: From North America +1 (866) 945 1511
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.caymanenterprisecity.com LinkedIn: @CaymanEnterpriseCity
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YouTube: @ceccayman
About Cayman Enterprise City
Cayman Enterprise City (CEC) is an award-winning development project which consists of three special economic zones focused on attracting knowledge-based and specialised-services businesses to set up a physical presence in the Cayman Islands. The zones included within CEC are Cayman Tech City, Cayman Commodities & Derivatives Centre and Cayman Maritime & Aviation City. With a dedicated Government Authority, licensing fee concessions and guaranteed fast-track processes, CEC enables international companies to quickly and efficiently establish a Cayman Islands office, which in turn enables them to generate active business income within a tax neutral environment.
About Enterprise Cayman
Enterprise Cayman is a non-profit organisation (NPO) powered by Cayman Enterprise City in partnership with Cayman Islands’ special economic zone companies (SEZCos). The organisation, which applies the Theory of Change (TOC) methodology, provides Caymanians and residents with access to high-quality learning experiences and opportunities to develop and launch new business ventures, to pursue careers within the technology and innovation sectors, and to join a dynamic network of industry professionals. Let’s grow the next generation of Caymanian innovators and entrepreneurs with Enterprise Cayman!
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