Smooth operations for lasting success
At Cow Hills, we help clients make their success a lasting one. An innovative integrated approach to technical architecture is our means to their end as we strive for optimal reach, unmatched efficiency and a great customer experience every time, all the time. By oiling the wheels and futureproofing key processes, we provide them with the agility needed to not just keep up, but to stay ahead of the game.
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State-of-the-art front-end solutions
rPOS Cloud
Our latest POS app is cloud based and caters for all Sales functionality, including Loyalty & Promotions, running on hardware of all flavors, whether it be an Android tablet, thin client, or iPad.
rPOS Self Checkout
Self Checkout, the standard in food, but gaining ground rapidly in non-food retail as well, allows customers to check out themselves in a comfortable, intuitive way. This cloud based app works like a charm in addition to traditional POS.
rPOS Mobile
Designed specifically for queue busting this app caters for all basic Sales functionality, including Loyalty & Promotions. Hooked up to our POS Engine in the cloud this app is the answer to ad- hoc check out necessity.
rPOS On Prem
The proven, robust POS solution that's always available, even when the online connection to HQ is down. With a near real-time connection to the Enterprise Hub, this is a retailer's save haven.
Treazure cloud services
Off the shelf retail functionality to create the Single Basket Experience
rPos Engine
Enhance your e-commerce platform with our full featured Sales & Checkout functionality
Price & Promotions
Integrate this engine into your e-commerce channels to guarantee your customers consistency over all sales channels
Omnichannel
Streamline sales and goods movements between your online and offline channels
Gift Card
Sell and redeem Gift Cards online like you do offline and vice versa
Coupons
Issue and redeem Coupons through all sales channels
Loyalty
Reward your customer's membership consistently online and offline
Rich data
Need for data from other resources than you have direct access to? We'll help you out with our Rich Data engine
rCOS Headquarters app
Web based client to maintain and enrich reference data such as price & promotions, articles, credentials etc…
And more to come
We continuously add functionality to our cloud platform, stay tuned!
How it all connects
Supporting retail brands worldwide
At Cow Hills, we lift boundaries and develop profit-boosting integrated systems to support both online and offline activities. As interconnectivity experts with a full understanding of the global retail industry we aim to create happy, loyal customers worldwide.
Customers we're proud of
HEMA
HEMA opened their first department store in Amsterdam in 1926. Today, 19,000 HEMA employees serve over six million visitors every week, both in their 775 stores in twelve countries and online. HEMA embodies great designs, great quality and great prices. All their products, both food and non-food items - are sustainable and developed in-house.
Hunkemöller
Hunkemöller is a leading women's bodywear retailer in western Europe with over 900 stores across the whole of Europe. As an omni-channel retailer with supporting agencies in different countries the brand has a strong presence online and offline. Hunkemöller aims for great value for money with products that are entirely designed and tested in-house.
Rituals
Rituals is a luxury lifestyle brand that aims to transform everyday routines into meaningful moments since 2000. Today, Rituals operates more than 600 stores across 27 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Middle East and North America. Their strategy is to run and operate company-owned stores and move away from the franchise formula Rituals adopted earlier.
Etos
Etos is a Dutch company with over 100 years of experience in personal, health and beauty care. Their first store opened in 1919 to give employees of the world leading electronics company Philips exclusive access to medical expertise and affordable quality products. In 1931, the company was privatized and took on its current name.
Gall & Gall
Gall & Gall have been selling drinks since 1884. They are the largest specialist in alcoholic beverages in the Netherlands with 600 stores across the country. Gall & Gall are known for the high quality and variety of their products, considerable purchasing advantages as well as the knowledgeability and outstanding service of their staff.
Cape Union Mart
Cape Union Mart International (Pty) Ltd is a fourth-generation family owned South African one-stop destination for outdoor enthusiasts, travellers and explorers. With stores across South Africa, Namibia and Botswana, they manufacture and stock a wide range of quality gear and apparel for hiking, camping, trail running, mountain biking, snow sports, traveling, safaris, fitness and more.
Intertoys
Intertoys is a Dutch toy store chain, founded in 1976. In addition to toys, Intertoys offers multimedia products and other electronics, both online and offline. Although internationally present with stores in Belgium and Germany at one point, today all 203 stores are based throughout the Netherlands.
OPEN32
OPEN32 is a multi-brand fashion store for women and men. The concept stands for open access, high service and a varied collection of quality brands such as PME Legend, G-Star RAW, Tommy Jeans and Levi's. There are about 70 OPEN32 stores in the Netherlands and Belgium. All brands are also available in OPEN32's web store.
Xenos
Xenos is a Dutch wholesale and retail chain with approximately 150 stores specializing in the sale of more or less exotic mass merchandise. Stores have a nostalgic feel and products vary from ceramics (tableware), glassware, candles, small furniture and household goods to food, among other things.
Blokker
Former family business Blokker is a chain of over 400 stores in homeware in the Netherlands and Suriname. Blokker stores can be found in cities and larger towns as well as online. Their assortment ranges from household products – including electrical appliances and luxury goods – to toys and garden furniture.
Bakker Bart
Bakker Bart is a franchise bakery with about 155 stores in prime locations. This makes it the largest bakery chain in the Netherlands. Thanks to a revolutionary baking system, Bakker Bart's products can be baked throughout the day, responding directly to customer demand. Bakker Bart is now the largest lunch delivery company in the Netherlands.
Ziengs
Experts in the field of feet, quality shoes, maintenance and service: Ziengs Shoes is a family-owned business with a rich history of 75 years. Today, there are over 80 Ziengs stores in the Netherlands, with a wide range of branded shoes for the whole family. Of course, the Ziengs collection can also be found in their web shop online.
Big Bazar
Offering A-brands at low prices, Big Bazar is a relatively young retail formula with over 100 stores in the Benelux. Founded by international retail and wholesale group Blokker Holding, their dynamic product range includes household and personal care items, toys, arts and crafts products, pet products and bicycle accessories as well as decorative items and confectionery.
Kwantum
With 110 stores, Kwantum is the largest home furnishing retailer in the Netherlands and Belgium. They lead the market in wall, window and floor products and are one of the largest suppliers of furniture, garden furniture, kitchen and home decoration, storage products, tools and paint, selling their products with a lowest price - guarantee.
MS Mode
MS Mode is a Dutch fashion retailer operating over 200 stores in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Spain, and Luxembourg. The business originates from the Amsterdamse Albert Cuypmarkt but the first real store started off in 1964, in Rotterdam, only selling ladies' coats. MS Mode sells all sizes at the same price.
terStal
terStal is a typically Dutch no-nonsense retail chain of fashion stores with items for the whole family, from basics textiles and seasonal clothing to accessories, underwear, legwear and nightwear. Their everchanging low-priced collection is available both online and offline via over 200 stores throughout the Netherlands.
Zeeman
Zeeman is a Dutch chain store in low-priced clothes and textiles with 1,300 stores in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Austria and Spain. The first store with its fresh blue and yellow logo opened its doors in 1967. The innovative clean and simple supermarket-like set up was an instant hit. More stores soon followed.
DA
DA is a Dutch drugstore chain with more than 300 stores and an extensive web shop. The DA chain was founded in 1942 in Rotterdam by five co-operating drugstores to ensure expert advice and personal service. DA is now a brand of Holland Pharma, a subsidiary of wholesaler Mosadex C.V.
Leen Bakker
Leen Bakker is the biggest omnichannel value discounter of the home furnishing sector in the Netherlands and Belgium, with almost 2 million store visitors and more than 4 million online visitors on a monthly basis. The chain has over 2,500 employees and 170 branches in the Netherlands, Belgium and the Caribbean.
Bristol
Bristol (formerly known in Belgium as Shoe Discount and Avance) have offered a competitive range of shoes, clothing, accessories and sports items for over fifty years now. With over 210 stores across the Benelux and a busy web shop, Bristol is the top brand of Belgian family-owned Euro Shoe Group, an important player in the Benelux fashion retail market.
Scapino
Scapino was founded in 1974 in the Netherlands to provide an affordable alternative to a high-end shoe store owned by the same founder. Today, Scapino is the largest discounter in shoes, fashion, sports and leisure items in the country with 174 stores. Their extensive collection is also available online for 24/7 shopping.
Van Cranenbroek
Van Cranenbroek is a true family business with 600 employees and 5 spacious garden centres in the Netherlands and Belgium. Their exceptionally broad collection covers everything from garden machinery and garden furniture to (work) clothing and shoes, tools, party tents, barbecues, e-bikes, pet supplies, trampolines, swimming pools, patio heaters, fencing and seasonal products like Christmas decorations.
Poetry
Part of the Cape Union Mart Group, Poetry is a women's lifestyle brand and retail chain with 34 stores in South-Africa and Namibia. Their store concept is all about high-quality and partly exclusive in-house designed, locally sourced and sustainable products. Poetry's collection includes clothing, footwear and accessories as well as bath & body, confectionery and homeware products.
Old Khaki
Old Khaki is an aspirational fashion brand and retail chain with 76 stores in South-Africa, Namibia and Botswana. Their collection promotes authenticity and includes quality easy-to-wear clothes, footwear and accessories for both men and women. Old Khaki was established in 1999 and is part of the Cape Union Mart Group.
Bradlows
Bradlows is a furniture company with over 300 stores across South Africa. Located in larger cities like Bloemfontein and Cape Town, Bradlows produces and sells a wide array of affordable furniture. They focus on family living areas like the lounge, bedroom, dining room and kitchen and offer matching accessories and appliances from coffee tables to refrigerators and audio sets.
HiFiCorp
HiFi Corp has been southern Africa's budget-beater in electronic audio-visual products and appliances for over two decades. In 43 South African stores as well as stores in Botswana, Namibia and Swaziland and online, HiFi Corp offer home and business solutions with a wide variety of affordable products, from TVs and audio devices to washing machines and laptops.
Incredible Connection
Incredible Connection is a South African chain of 75 retail stores offering consumer electronics, consumables and IT/connectivity solutions relating to their products, from technical services to business rental packages. Incredible connection employs 3.500 people. Their products and services are also available through their extensive online web shop.
La Place
La Place is a Dutch restaurant chain with about 100 restaurants in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Indonesia and the United States. La Place franchisees aim for sustainability (e.g. by reusing coffee ground as fertilizer) and is based on an open kitchen plan and fresh (partly organic) products. No stock is kept, so fresh ingredients are delivered daily.
Rochester
Rochester's is among South Africa's leading furniture retailers with just over 30 retail outlets. The company aims to provide their customers with furniture that boasts top-end quality at an affordable price. Attention to functionality, timeless design and superior customer service are key. Most of Rochester's products is manufactured locally.
Russells
Russells Furniture is a well-known South African brand of Pepkor Trading (PTY) LTD. They have been around for over a century and provide customers with quality furniture and electrical appliances at affordable prices. The retailer can be found online, but also has around 250 stores throughout the country.
Sleepmasters
Sleepmasters is a successful South African store chain of over 200 bed shops. They offer bed sets, mattresses, bedroom furniture, bedding and accessories of a wide variety of quality brands, styles, shapes and sizes. Sleepmasters' customer service level is illustrated by the 120-Nights Sleep Happy Guarantee, which allows customers to thoroughly test their new mattress.
The HUB
The HUB is a South Africa based clothing brand with 34 stores in South Africa and Botswana. They offer affordable men's, ladies' and children's fashion for different occasions and tastes. Products include footwear, t-shirts, pants, jackets, accessories and seasonal items.
Keedo
Keedo is the newest addition to the Cape Union Mart family and is the well-known, proudly South African kids wear store, founded in 1993. Keedo offers quality clothing, footwear and accessories for infants, toddlers & young children. With education, care and sustainability as its three foundational pillars, these values are what continue to build the business and what it strives towards as the brand further expands in the future.
Dutch Directness
At Cow Hills, we know from vast experience that long-term added value can only be achieved through real teamwork based on open communication. That is why our solutions are always designed in close collaboration with our clients and their suppliers. Are you looking for ways to expand, optimize and secure your business for the long term? Just tell us what you think you need - and we will tell you what we know. Without reserve. Even when this means telling you “no” where others say “yes”.
Together with our business partners
ERP
E-Commerce
Loyalty
Order Management
Payments
Operational Services
OIL
OIL lets you meet current and future customer expectations. The seamless omnichannel experience from OIL is the Order Management System that oversees and orchestrates all your orders for you.
SAGE
Sage is the market leader for integrated accounting, payroll and payment systems, supporting the ambition of the world's entrepreneurs.
Capgemini
Capgemini is a global leader in consulting, digital transformation, technology and engineering services. The Group is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of clients' opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms.
PMC
PMC provides an extensive portfolio of IT Managed Services including, customized and detailed Dashboard-based reporting and service cover which extends to 24 hours / 7 days per week.
SAP
SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software, helping companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best: SAP customers generate 87% of total global commerce. Our machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers' businesses into intelligent enterprises.
Microsoft Dynamics 365
Dynamics 365 are at the forefront of retail innovation by easily connecting and unifying rich, customer-centric retail experiences with intelligent, adaptive business solutions.
Wolfpack
Their Omnichannel Retail Platform (ORP) is a state of the art cloud-based platform that plays a pivotal role in omni-channel retail structures. The software solution enables retailers to manage their orders, product info & stock across all online and offline sales channels. The Omnichannel Retail Platform transforms the silos of webstores, and marketplaces into a seamless omnichannelworld.
Magento Commerce
Magento commerce lets you build multi-channel commerce experiences for B2B and B2C customers on a single platform. From catalog to payment to fulfillment, their future-proof technology gives you a commerce platform that's endlessly flexible, extensible, and scalable.
NCR
NCR powers the technology that integrates everything. They are the #1 global POS software provider for retail. Positioned to help our clients bridge their digital and physical operations—helping them connect with consumers anytime, anywhere.
Simac
Simac supplies and maintain high-quality technology at medium and large organizations to improve business processes. They are spread over branches in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, England and the Czech Republic and provide a wide range of IT services with a focus on the design, implementation and management of IT infrastructures and the design, construction and delivery of industry-specific and solution-related applications. But also offer highly specialized technology solutions for various niche markets.
Salesforce
Salesforce technology helps people create better jobs, lives, companies, and communities. When you work with Salesforce, you're not just buying a CRM platform; you're joining an inclusive community of over 10 million innovators.
Adyen
Adyen provides end-to-end payments, data, and financial management in a single solution. Meet the financial technology platform to help realize your ambitions fast.
Voyado
They provide retailers with a platform that creates customer loyalty – which leads to increased revenue. With Voyado's easy-to-use customer experience platform, you can create personalized journeys that your customers will adore. Collect and store all customer data in one single platform – and unlock your growth potential by communicating in a better, more personal, and relevant way.
CCV
CCV is a European provider offering end-to-end payments at every touchpoint of the customer journey. From convenient online payments to powerful in-store and self-service solutions.
CGI
CGI is among the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world. They are insights-driven and outcome-based to help accelerate returns on IT and business investments.
Payplaza
With their PCI level 1 certified award-winning payment gateway, they encompass unique solutions for the acceptance of POS payments on multiple touchpoints. Allowing their partners to offer easier, cheaper, and more flexible solutions to merchants through one single connection. Building innovative products across Europe offering powerful advantages to partners and their merchants They make payment acceptance easier, faster, and better.
Thumbzup
Thumbzup is an established payment company with a track record of providing Payment on the Move. Their customers range from large Tier 1 Retailers and Hospitality Businesses through to SME's.
Boxplosive
Boxplosive's technology has demonstrated its worth for countless clients, both at home and abroad. Their technology complies with the European GDPR legislation while providing a reliable loyalty platform that combines user data, transaction data and store data in an orderly overview. In addition, real-time APIs provide a flexible connection between the systems for POS, e-commerce and CRM. Apps, gamification and campaigns for digital points schemes.