Acquity Group Named hybris North American Partner of the Year for Second Consecutive Year

CHICAGO, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Acquity Group (NYSEAMEX: AQ), a leading global Brand eCommerce® and digital marketing company, today announced it has been named North American Partner of the Year at hybris' 12^th Annual Partner Summit in Munich, Germany this week.

Acquity Group and hybris software have been working together since 2009, and continue to serve the North American market as a valued implementation partner. Acquity Group was strategic in the delivery and implementation of the hybris Multichannel Suite in North America.

As long standing partners, Acquity Group and hybris have helped major global brands and B2B organizations like Belkin, Grainger, IDEX and American Tire Distributors develop effective omni-channel initiatives. With hybris' powerful eCommerce software, Acquity Group has created award-winning digital experiences that leverage a unique approach known as Brand eCommerce - a blend of creative, strategic and technical solutions to help brands engage customers, drive sales and gain a competitive edge.

"Our Global Partner Summit is a week full of networking and information sharing at our Germany headquarters every year. It's also an opportunity for us to highlight some of the partner successes from the previous year, and that includes Acquity Group for the second year in a row," said Patrick Finn, Vice President of Channels, Americas of hybris. "Our goal is to deliver the most efficient, cost-effective end-to-end multichannel commerce solution to brands worldwide, and we know we cannot do it alone. By working with strategic partners like Acquity Group, we can meet and exceed these goals, and bring the best-in-class eCommerce solutions to the market."

With 94 percent of B2B buyers desiring online shopping experiences that are as easy and compelling as B2C shopping sites, a growing number of B2B organizations have enlisted Acquity Group's expertise and hybris' technology to develop functional, user-friendly digital offerings.

"Together with hybris, we are able to deliver multi-channel Brand eCommerce solutions to retailers," said Jay Dettling, President at Acquity Group. "We feel very privileged to work with hybris, and we look forward to continued success combining the strengths of our offerings to the market."

To learn out more about Acquity Group and its partnership with hybris, visit www.acquitygroup.com or www.hybris.com/partners.

About Acquity Group
Acquity Group is a leading global Brand eCommerce® and digital marketing company, creating award-winning digital experiences for global brands. Our multi-disciplinary approach brings together strategy, design, and technology to create unique brand experiences that build firm customer relationships. Acquity Group works with leading brands like Adobe, AT&T, General Motors, Motorola, and Saks Fifth Avenue through offices in North America and Asia. To define a unique perspective for your business, contact Acquity Group at www.acquitygroup.com. 

About hybris
hybris helps businesses on every continent sell more goods, services and digital content through every touchpoint, channel and device.  hybris delivers "OmniCommerce™":  state-of-the-art master data management and unified commerce processes that give a business a single view of its customers, products and orders, and its customers a single view of the business.  hybris' omni-channel software is built on a single platform, based on open standards, that is agile to support limitless innovation, efficient to drive the best TCO, and scalable and extensible to be the last commerce platform companies will ever need.  Both principal industry analyst firms rank hybris as a "leader" and list its commerce platform among the top two or three in the market.  The same software is available on-premise, on-demand and managed hosted, giving merchants of all sizes maximum flexibility.  Over 400 companies have chosen hybris, including global B2B brands Nespresso, P&G, Bridgestone, Rexel and Thomson-Reuters, as well as consumer brands Galeries Lafayette, Levi's, Lufthansa, Migros, Nespresso, Nikon and Toys'r'Us . hybris has operations in 15 countries around the globe.  hybris is the future of commerce™.  For more information, visit www.hybris.com

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SOURCE Acquity Group LLC