DAVACO Retail Services Adds Asia Sourcing Expertise

DALLAS, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- DAVACO, Inc. (www.davacoinc.com), the national leading provider of retail services, recently announced their formal strategic alliance with Genesis Solutions.  Genesis Solutions, headquartered in Hong Kong, is the premier retail sourcing consultancy in Asia and is a part of inProjects Group.  The partnership draws on the strengths of each company; DAVACO's expertise in a wide range of retail services provided to U.S. retailers and Genesis' extensive experience of sourcing services and manufacturer management in Asia.

"DAVACO continually looks for solutions that will help retailers maximize their brand at retail.  The alliance with Genesis enables DAVACO to assist our clients with sourcing of fixtures and other FFE items.  And, when manufacturing of fixtures is combined with DAVACO's ability to oversee the logistics, consolidation and actual installation at the store level, the results provide incredible efficiencies," said Founder and CEO of DAVACO, Rick Davis.

Jointly, the alliance partners will be able to provide national retailer and restaurant brands a true end-to-end service including:

• Low cost sourcing of furniture, fixtures and fittings, point of sale equipment and visual merchandising equipment from Asia.
• Warehousing and internal distribution within the U.S.
• In-store installation.
• Entire visibility of process from prototyping to sign-off at the store level utilizing DAVACO's ClearThread™ technology.

"We are delighted to be formally allied with DAVACO who we see as the best in U.S. retail services, and to be able to provide a unique solution coupling significant cost savings with consistent and reliable project management and installation services across the Americas," said Matt Fletcher, Managing Director, inProjects Group.

Clients will benefit from seamless services coupled with real-time reporting, proven procedures, quality assurance, as well as audits and full transparency, with both DAVACO and Genesis sharing a similar vision, culture and commitment to program excellence.

About DAVACO, Inc.

DAVACO, Inc., the national leading provider of retail services, specializes in the quality management and execution of high-volume rollouts, retrofits, resets, right-sizing, in-store merchandising, shop-in-shops and associated logistics and consolidation. DAVACO offers a comprehensive range of services that helps retailers maximize brand presence and profitability at retail.  Services include: - Rollouts, retrofits, resets and remodels - Fixture and graphics installations - Project management - Hard- and soft-line merchandising - Site and marketing surveys - Logistics and consolidation - Design services - Special initiatives.  Founded in 1990, the company is based in Dallas, Texas, with W-2 employees located across the country.  For more information, visit www.davacoinc.com.

About ClearThread™

ClearThread™, DAVACO's proprietary technology package, is designed to give clients greater visibility into the execution and management of high-volume programs, including rollouts, resets, retrofits and remodels. ClearThread features a secure, online portal that centralizes information, offering clients additional insight to one or more ongoing programs. Clients can track project progress, view digital photographs, check compliance of merchandise and/or fixtures and graphics, review inventory status, obtain survey data, post announcements, review discussion boards, secure project sign-offs and any other information that would be needed at the store level.  www.davacoinc.com

About Genesis Solutions

Genesis Solutions Ltd, an inProjects Group company, is an independent professional sourcing and supplier management agency primarily for retail, hotel and hospitality environments.  Based in Hong Kong with offices in China, Singapore and India, Genesis provides access to manufacturers across Asia.  Genesis manages the design, sourcing and suppliers providing an "end-to-end" range of services to reduce costs and maximize efficiencies. For more information, visit www.genesis-solutions.net or www.inprojects.net.

SOURCE DAVACO, Inc.