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McDonald Garden Center Wins Nursery Retailer Magazine's Retailer of the Year Award

Posted on: Monday, 5 October 2009, 07:00 CDT

LIVERMORE, Calif., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Activant Solutions Inc., a leading provider of retail business management solutions, congratulates McDonald Garden Center on being named Nursery Retailer Magazine's top independent garden center of 2009. Presented at the 2009 Independent Garden Center (IGC) Show, the award honors leading independent garden center retailers that innovate and push the industry's envelope. McDonald was selected from more than 1,000 independent garden centers based on a range of criteria, including innovation in merchandising and display and customer service. McDonald won this award due in large part to the innovative customer service and marketing initiatives powered by the Activant Eagle technology.

"We are very honored to have won this award and feel that it is a testament to our dedicated and knowledgeable staff who work tirelessly to serve our customers," said Eddie Anderson, president of McDonald Garden Center. "Activant is also an important technology partner in our innovative customer service efforts. The Activant Eagle solution provides our staff with quick access to the information they need to better serve our customers and their technology is the basis for our pioneering and successful gardenRewards program."

Driven by Activant technology, McDonald's gardenRewards program is the first of its kind in the industry. It allows the company to efficiently and effectively target customers while offering them access to exclusive programs, benefits and savings. The gardenRewards program also captures and organizes valuable customer information. McDonald's owners regularly analyze this information with Activant analytics tools to monitor and improve McDonald's sales, marketing and accounting efforts.

"Activant is pleased that McDonald was chosen Nursery Retailer of the Year, and proud of the fact that McDonald is the fourth Activant customer to win this prestigious award in the last five years," said Paul Salsgiver, executive vice president for Activant. "Business management solutions and services work at the core of a retail business and can have a significant impact on success. McDonald Garden Center is an excellent example of how the right combination of integrated business software solutions can dramatically improve business operations and help grow a thriving garden center in even the toughest of times."

The comprehensive Activant Eagle business management system is designed to improve customer order management and point-of-sale operations, tighten inventory management processes, and provide management with accurate and timely business data. For more information, please contact (888) 463-4700.

About Activant Solutions

Activant Solutions Inc. is a leading technology provider of business management solutions serving distributors and SMB retailers. Activant provides customers with industry-specific software, professional services, content, supply chain connectivity, and analytics.

Over 30,000 customer locations use Activant products to manage their day-to-day operations. Activant's systems are designed to help customers increase sales, boost productivity, operate more cost-efficiently, improve inventory turns and enhance trading partner relationships. Headquartered in Livermore, California, Activant has operations in Texas, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. For more information, please visit www.activant.com.

This announcement relating to Activant may contain statements that are forward looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, such as statements concerning trends, future technology or products, or Activant's execution. These statements are based on current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties which could materially affect the company's results, including, without limitation, market demand for products and technology, the company's ability to meet that market demand, the integration of Activant's technology and products with technology and products supplied by others, the integration of Activant's products into the businesses of its customers, customer acceptance of Activant's products, and the retention and deployment of skilled Activant service providers. Except to the extent required by applicable securities laws, we undertake no obligation to update or publicly revise any of the forward-looking statements. Please refer to our most recently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2009 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission ("SEC") on August 13, 2009 and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2008, both of which can be found through the Activant investor relations website at www.activant.com/company/investors for a full discussion of the risks and other factors.

Note: Activant, the Activant stylized logo, Activant Eagle and Eagle are registered trademarks of Activant Solutions Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Press Contact: Rick Fernandez Incendio International Tel: 770.973.8401 rick@incendiopr.com

SOURCE Activant Solutions Inc.

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