La Perla Hand In Hand With Centric Software

California Campbell, July 26, 2016 - marks the "Italy made" lead. Underwear and Swimwear brand La Perla Choose to cooperate with Centric software to streamline the product development process and strengthen its leadership in the market. La Perla has thus become the sixteenth customer of Centric in Italy.

La Perla was founded in 1954 by Ada Masotti, a tightest tailor. It is famous for its unique underwear apparel series. The company now has more than 215 boutiques in the world. La Perla provides a wide range of creative products ranging from underwear to pajamas, from swimsuits to accessories. La Perla displayed the first La Perla Atelier fashion series during the Paris senior women's fashion week in January 2015.

La Perla was acquired by fashion entrepreneur Silvio Scaglia in 2013. Under his leadership, the company implemented an ambitious reshaping plan and went through a thorough reform process. The strategic goal of the company is to inherit its traditional luxury positioning and carry it forward. Part of the strategy is to update all the important IT systems of La Perla, including PLM (product life cycle management).

La Perla seeks to cooperate with PLM suppliers in order to shorten product launch time by streamlining product development activities. "Our product development process takes a long time and costs much time." "We hope to mobilize all resources to develop products that meet current fashion trends and improve product mix plans through close cooperation between sales, design and product development teams," explains Miriam Gallio Gallio, chief operating officer of La Perla.

La Perla will use the complete Centric 8 PLM Suite (including Centric mobile apps) to streamline operations and shorten the time to market. "With the flexibility and depth of process coverage of Centric 8 PLM and its mobile applications, we can improve the complex product development process and speed up the listing of products."

While maintaining outstanding quality, further shortening the time to market, La Perla hopes to consolidate its leadership in the luxury industry. "We are deeply moved by the good reputation of Centric, especially in the underwear and luxury goods market. Centric, with its rich industry knowledge, will support our overall strategy, thus helping us to promote business development and enhance profitability. " Gallio went on.

"La Perla is a good example of the perfect combination of tradition and innovation. Centric 8 PLM will help this top underwear brand consolidate its long-standing market leadership. " The Centric software is global CEO Chris Groves.

La Perla (www.laperla.com)

La Perla was founded in 1954 by the talented skintight tailor Ada Masotti, and has developed into a famous brand of underwear and swimwear in Italy. La Perla, the value foundation for the establishment of the commercial empire is its profound craftsmanship tradition, the rich knowledge of women's body, the perfect combination of innovation and tradition and its strong Italy characteristics. In the second half of 2013, the company was purchased by Pacific Global Management, which is owned by Silvio Scaglia family holding company. Pacific Global Management has the largest model management network in the world, and three operating brands such as Elite, Women and The, which play a decisive role in the fashion industry. La Perla sells its creative products around the world by marketing networks consisting of flagship stores, department stores and fashion corners at the core of the most important Fashion District, as well as the world's most famous department stores and boutique stores. The company provides products such as men's underwear, pajamas, swimsuits, home furnishing and accessories to highlight people's simple and elegant quality of life.

Centric Software (www.centricsoftware.com)

Centric software, from Silicon Valley headquarters to offices in various fashion cities around the world, is constantly innovating for the most famous brands of fashion, retail, footwear, luxury and consumer goods. The most important product of the company, Centric 8 PLM, provides customized product planning, product development, procurement, business planning, quality control and product style management for the rapidly developing consumer goods industry. The Centric Centric solution (Small Business), as an extension of Centric 8 PLM, is tailored for small businesses, enabling them to learn directly from the industry's innovative technology and key industry knowledge.

Centric software has won many industry awards, including the Frost, Sullivan, the retail, fashion and apparel industry PLM PLM global product differentiation Excellence Award. It was also named as one of the world's top 100 Private Companies of Red Herring in 2013 and 2015 respectively.

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