As of February 7, 2008, NSB Retail Systems plc was acquired by CRS Retail Technology Group, Inc. NSB Retail Systems Plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and supply of software and associated maintenance, consultancy, and application management services to apparel, footwear, and specialty retailers. It offers Connected Retailer suite, which include Planning Solution that automates the creation and balancing of product and store plans; Sourcing and Product Development uses centralized workflow management of product development, collaborative vendor negotiations, production tracking, and logistics tracking to provide supply chain management solutions; and Merchandising Solution addresses retail business processes, including planning, purchasing, receiving, pricing, inventory management, decision support, and warehousing. The company also provides Sales Analytics solution, an audit solution for multichannel retailers; Store solution connects head office to stores and other selling channels, providing the information to implement strategies and business decisions; customer relationship management solutions; EnterpriseXpress solutions that are designed to improve key retail operations, from sourcing merchandise to interacting with customers in various channels; StoreXpress services, which offers project management, requirements definition, and pilot store installation and support, as well as system configuration, testing, and playback. In addition, it provides managed services, hardware solutions, and client services solutions. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Stafford, the United Kingdom.