IT consultant Capgemini has won a contract with discount clothes retailer Matalan to provide outsourced services - including applications for finance functions - from July 2007.

Under the new contract, Capgemini will support all of Matalan’s core business-critical applications from Mumbai, including point-of-sale, stock control and replenishment, merchandising, finance, human resources and office applications.

Matalan said that by using Capgemini’s offshore facilities, it would gain significant cost savings and further increases its IT efficiency and service quality.

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