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Retalix develops integrated enterprise-wide software solutions for the retail food industry. These offerings automate and synchronize essential retail and supply chain operations, encompassing point-of-sale systems, various sales channels, and back-office functions for stores, headquarters, and warehouses. This technology provides comprehensive management across retail environments.
Co-founded by Barry Shaked and Brian Cooper, Retalix was established to address the need for integrated software within the retail sector. Their founding insight focused on enhancing operational efficiency and control for retailers through advanced technological frameworks, aiming for comprehensive automation across complex retail ecosystems.
Retalix’s products primarily serve retailers, wholesalers, and distributors, particularly within the food retailing industry. The company’s vision is to empower these businesses to achieve greater operational fluidity and strategic insight by automating and synchronizing core processes end-to-end, optimizing both supply chain management and customer-facing interactions.
Key people at Retalix.
# Retalix: A Retail Software Pioneer
Retalix is a software company that provides integrated solutions for retail operations, serving supermarkets, convenience stores, fuel stations, drugstores, and department stores worldwide[1][2]. The company built a comprehensive platform enabling retailers to manage store-level operations, customer loyalty, merchandising, supply chain logistics, and enterprise-wide chain management[2]. At its peak, Retalix served approximately 70,000 stores across roughly 50 countries[2], positioning itself as a critical infrastructure provider for high-volume, complex retail operations.
The company generated $236 million in revenue as of 2011[1] before being acquired by NCR Corporation—a major technology and services company—for $650 million in February 2013[1]. Today, Retalix operates as a subsidiary of NCR UK Group Limited[2], integrating its retail software expertise into NCR's broader portfolio of point-of-sale and enterprise solutions.
Retalix was established in 1982 by Barry Shaked and Brian Cooper under the original name Point of Sale Ltd[1]. The company initially focused narrowly on developing and selling store-level software solutions to grocery retailers[1]. This foundational focus on the grocery sector—a high-complexity, high-volume retail environment—shaped the company's technical expertise and customer relationships for decades.
The company's evolution reflected changing market demands. During the late 1990s, Retalix expanded beyond grocery to serve fuel and convenience retail markets, and began offering chain-level operational management solutions[1]. In 2000, the company formally rebranded from "Point Of Sale Ltd" to "Retalix Ltd" to reflect this broader scope[1]. This strategic pivot proved successful, leading to a series of acquisitions that deepened its capabilities: the 2005 acquisition of IDS expanded offerings into enterprise software for wholesale distributors, while the acquisition of TCI Solutions added specialized store and headquarters management tools[1].
Retalix emerged during a critical period when retail was transitioning from isolated store systems to networked, data-driven operations. The company rode the wave of enterprise software adoption in the 1990s and 2000s, when retailers increasingly recognized that competitive advantage came from optimizing supply chains, understanding customer behavior, and centralizing operations management.
The 2013 acquisition by NCR—itself a legacy point-of-sale and retail technology provider—reflected the consolidation trend in enterprise retail software. Rather than remaining independent, Retalix's technology became integrated into a larger ecosystem, amplifying its reach but also signaling that standalone retail software companies faced pressure to scale or be acquired.
Retalix's journey from a 1982 startup to a $650 million acquisition represents a successful exit in enterprise software, though it also marks the end of the company as an independent entity. As a subsidiary of NCR, Retalix's innovations continue to influence retail operations globally, but its influence is now channeled through a larger corporate structure rather than as an independent innovator.
The company's legacy underscores a broader pattern: specialized enterprise software companies that achieve significant scale often become acquisition targets for larger platforms seeking to expand capabilities. For Retalix, the NCR acquisition provided capital and distribution reach, but the independent brand effectively ceased to exist after delisting from Nasdaq and TASE in 2013[1].
