ARI (OTCBB:ARIS Stock Forums), a leading provider of technology-enabled business solutions that help equipment dealers, distributors and manufacturers build sales and profits, today announced that Briggs & Stratton Corporation (NASDAQ:BRG) of Milwaukee, Wis., has renewed its licenses for ARI’s suite of products and services, including PartSmart® and PartSmart Web™, electronic parts catalogs for CD and Web respectively and PartSmart Data Manager™ and PartSmart Data Publisher™, publishing software.
Under the three-year exclusive agreement, Briggs & Stratton will continue to publish the Briggs & Stratton, Briggs & Stratton Power Products, Ferris, Giant Vac, Murray, Simplicity, Snapper and Snapper Pro catalogs using PartSmart Data Manager and PartSmart Data Publisher. In addition, Briggs will continue to use PartSmart and PartSmart Web to deploy their parts catalogs to their dealers and distributors worldwide.
“Over the past two decades, ARI’s products and services have not only met, but have exceeded the needs and expectations of our network of 80,000 service and distribution points worldwide. ARI’s strong commitment and understanding of the needs of outdoor power manufacturers, dealers and distributors and its more than 20-year history in the industry makes ARI a powerful partner for Briggs,” said Bruce Radcliff, director customer solutions of Briggs & Stratton.
“ARI has been able to grow with us to provide additional products and services as our requirements changed. When we first started working with ARI in 1997, we were only using a CD-Rom parts catalog. As our needs and the needs of our dealers and distributors changed, we added PartSmart Web, Shopping Cart, PartSmart Data Manager and PartSmart Publisher. PartSmart Data Manager and PartSmart Data Publisher have made it possible for us to publish catalog updates at our discretion — virtually daily — and at the same time, reduce costs,” added Radcliff. “In addition, ARI played an instrumental role in the successful development and deployment of eParts (PartSmart Web), which is the best and most highly accessed web application on the Briggs PowerPortal website.”
“Briggs & Stratton’s decision to renew their agreement with ARI is a testament to the strength of our products and services,” said Brian E. Dearing, chairman and chief executive officer of ARI. “We are very proud to have Briggs as one of our valued customers and of the excellent working relationship that we have developed with them. We are committed to providing Briggs & Stratton, their dealers and distributors with the services they need to be successful in this ever-changing marketplace,” added Dearing.
About Briggs & Stratton
Briggs & Stratton is one of the world's largest producers of air cooled gasoline engines for outdoor power equipment. Briggs & Stratton designs, manufactures, markets and services these products for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Briggs & Stratton Power Products Group, LLC, Briggs & Stratton is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of generators (portable and home standby), pressure washers, snow throwers, lawn and garden powered equipment (riding and walk behind mowers, tillers, chipper/shredders, leaf blowers and vacuums) and related accessories. Briggs & Stratton products are designed, manufactured, marketed and serviced in over 100 countries on all seven continents. For more information, visit their website www.briggsandstratton.com
About ARI
ARI is a leading provider of electronic parts catalogs and other technology enabled services to increase sales and profits for dealers, distributors and manufacturers in the manufactured equipment markets. ARI currently provides approximately 94 parts catalogs (many of which contain multiple lines of equipment) for approximately 70 equipment manufacturers in the U.S. and Europe. Approximately 73,000 catalog subscriptions are provided through ARI to more than 24,000 dealers and distributors in approximately 89 countries in about a dozen segments of the worldwide equipment market including outdoor power, power sports, ag equipment, recreation vehicle, floor maintenance, auto and truck parts aftermarket, marine and construction. The Company builds and supports a full suite of multi-media electronic catalog publishing and viewing software for the Web or CD and provides expert catalog publishing and consulting services. ARI also provides dealer marketing services, including technology-enabled direct mail, email and a award-winning dealer website service that makes it quick and easy for an equipment dealer to have a professional and attractive website with full, secure eCommerce capabilities. In addition, ARI e-Catalog systems support a variety of electronic pathways for parts orders, warranty claims and other transactions between manufacturers and their networks of sales and service points. ARI currently operates four offices in the United States and one in Europe and has sales and service agents in England and France providing marketing and support of its products and services. For more information on ARI, visit our website www.arinet.com.
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