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STORIS Management Systems, Inc. or STORIS is a privately owned American

United States

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 company

Company

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 that provides business software for the retailing

Retailing

Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...

 industry.

History

STORIS Management Systems was founded in 1989 by Ira Bakst and Donald J. Surdoval. The company was formed after Donald J. Surdoval and Ira Bakst purchased the STORIS division from the Ultimate Corporation. In August 2003, Ira Bakst retired from STORIS. Doug Culmone took over the position of Chief Operating Officer of STORIS in 2004.

Corporate headquarters for STORIS is located in Mount Arlington, NJ. An additional Research & Development office is located in Deerfield Beach, FL. STORIS employs over 100 people.

Business markets

STORIS targets the furniture

Furniture

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, bedding

Bedding

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, consumer electronics

Consumer electronics

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, home appliances, lighting

Lighting

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, billiards

Billiards

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, fitness equipment, and music

Music

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 retail markets. STORIS conducts business both domestically and internationally throughout North America

North America

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, The Bahamas

The Bahamas

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, Canada

Canada

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, China

China

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, and Mexico

Mexico

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.

Products

STORIS is best known for their Vision R8 products: The Vision R8 Server Business Solution is designed for the larger enterprise retailers who use their own server to host the STORIS system. The Vision R8 SaaS Solution is used by small to midsize businesses to access the STORIS system via an internet/web environment, on a subscription basis.