Retail Solutions - ELC opts for £5m Anker EPoS contract

Toy retailer Early Learning Centre has signed a£5 million contract with Anker to upgrade its 500 tillpoints to ensure Chip and PIN compliance.

The contract sees ELC placing its EPoS investment in another vendor.

Anker will roll out its Power EPoS system to all ELC stores following a successful pilot scheme in six outlets. Full rollout is expected to take 16 weeks.

The upgrade consists of a Chip and PIN solution compliant with the EMV (Europay, Mastercard and Visa) standard, alongside a VPN (IP based Virtual Private Network) communications infrastructure over ISDN. The system also offers an interface with the retailer's central merchandising system to deal with home delivery bookings.