Casino Hypermarkets confirm: Eldat delivers high quality solutions
Paris, October 1st, 2002

 Earlier this year, the giant French retailer has installed Eldat’s Electronic Shelf Label System in its Supermarket and Hypermarket chains in France. "We have recognized Eldat Europe as a professional company that provides high-quality solutions and that has easily adapted itself to our environment and needs" says Mr. Christian Bousquenaud, the IT director of Geant Hypermarkets. “We have installed our Hypermarket in St Tropez during April 2002 with 25,000 small and standard labels, plus 130 labels for Fruit & Vegetables. The whole installation of the communication network, rails and other items took less then 10 days. During last summer we have noticed the positive impact of the system in our store operation and customer’s service. After four months of testing we can confirm that our conclusion regarding Eldat’s pilot installation is favorable and we have evidence to the added values the system has to offer."

“Casino has placed their orders last December" says Mr. Jean Paul Boubal, Director of Eldat Europe S.A. “We have designed special labels to meet their needs, and were able to deliver them three months later. We took advantage of those three months to adapt our s/w to Casino’s requirements enabling them to also use the labels as a tool for improving the efficiency of store operation. We appreciate the cooperation and enthusiasm of Casino’s team which were a great factor in the success of the project."

“Casino’s statement is a great achievement for us" says Mr. Yossi Smoler, Eldat’s president and CEO. “During the last years we have installed nearly one Million labels in France, including two integrated chains who carefully studied the market before placing their orders. I believe that the success of those projects would result in the company’s performances in the coming years."

About Eldat: Eldat Communication Ltd. is the leading company in the Retail Market, for ESL (Electronic Shelf Labels). With over 3,000,000 labels sold to leading chains in Europe and Japan, Eldat possesses a position of one of the fastest growing companies in the Retail Market.

About Casino: CASINO is a leading food retailer in France. In 2001 CASINO achieved a turnover of 31,26 billions Euros and recorded an increase of 30% of its operating margin and 20% of its IBT. CASINO operates Hypermarket, Supermarket and Discount stores. In France, CASINO operates 115 Hypermarket, 433 Supermarket and 4100 discount stores.