Leading business-to-business e-commerce platform, Alerzo, has restated its commitment to building a well-connected retail ecosystem in Nigeria, while assuring its partners of an evolving system aimed at promoting a win-win business relationship.
The founder and group chief executive officer of the
company, Adewale Opaleye made this disclosure at the company’s Partners’ Summit
which was held in Ibadan over the weekend.
The tech firm appreciated its stakeholders – manufacturers
(Rite, Dangote,Olam FMN,NBC e.t.c.), distributors and financial partners
(Zenith, FCMB and WEMA bank ) for believing in and partnering with it.
Opaleye noted that he started Alerzo to solve unique
problems in the retail sector, part of which he highlighted to be logistics,
product and price-hagging, inventory management and payment issues.
While introducing the Alerzo seller app at the event, he
said it will help sellers (distributors and manufacturers) to easily track
purchase order in real-time, manage offers and deals easily, manage their
inventory, analyse sales and monitor their earnings.
The group CEO further said there were testimonies of how the
tech firm helps grow retail footprint and reach more customers faster, stating
: “We are focused on helping reach more customers seamlessly, we are shifting
from a ‘retailers-focused’ business to ‘empowering micro-businesses’ within and
outside of the retail space.’’
He said part of the initiatives in growing retail footprint
include: shop now and pay later, savings, loyalty programme, 3P logistics,
inventory management and invoicing.
The elated Opaleye also stated: ‘‘I am profoundly happy that
the work we do at Alerzo Nigeria is greatly impacting the economy of the
continent. I founded Alerzo Nigeria to address most of the challenges that face
informal retailers in Nigeria.
‘‘I am happy that, in two years of operations, Alerzo has deployed
technology in addressing the challenges of the informal retailers who are on
our platform.
‘‘With our delivery services, retailers save time, energy,
and resources that they would have otherwise expended in restocking,” he
shared.
In addition, he revealed that building Alerzo has helped him
learn valuable lessons including getting out of comfort zone, innovation, trust
and partnership.
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