Descartes Systems Group

WATERLOO, Ontario, 2013-07-09 12:45 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting
logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that Woolworths,
Australia's largest retailer, has deployed Descartes Route Planner™ and
cloud-based Descartes Mobile™ with The Bestrane Group, a Descartes 'United by
Design' partner in Australia, to support increased growth of its online grocery
business. 

"The Woolworths online grocery business has grown at a significant pace and
this trend continues to accelerate," said Roger Steele, Head of Online
Operations at Woolworths Supermarket. "The Descartes/Bestrane solution helps us
address complex delivery requirements that contribute to customer satisfaction
and an enhanced online ordering experience. It meets our needs today, and is
capable of providing increased functionality as we expand and take on greater
omni-channel retailing challenges." 

"The Descartes Route Planner Suite combines planning, execution and
comprehensive reporting to provide genuine route optimization with
fully-integrated route tracking and execution via mobile devices. For
Woolworths, the solution has contributed to a significant improvement in
productivity and on-time delivery performance," said Dave Sanders, Managing
Director of Bestrane. "The complete solution is also rapid to deploy with
Woolworth sites across the country fully operational in less than 5 months." 

"We are pleased to help Woolworths transform home delivery into a significant
competitive advantage for omni-channel retailing," said Lee Karlinsky, VP of
Alliances & Corporate Accounts at Descartes.  "As a retail market leader, they
are utilising innovative technology to drive differentiated customer service
using Descartes' leading-edge home delivery solution." 

About Woolworths

Woolworths is an Australian company that was founded in 1924 in Sydney using
the key principle: "Every man, woman and child needs a handy place where good
things are cheap". This principle is just as important today as it was in 1924
and we work hard to live up to this vision by offering the best possible
convenience, value, range and quality to the 28 million customers we serve each
week. Woolworths has more than 3,000 stores across Australia and New Zealand
that span food, liquor, petrol, general merchandise, home improvement and
hotels. Woolworths is a proud, home-grown Australian business, employer of more
than 195,000 people and committed business partner of many thousand local
farmers, producers and manufacturers. Learn more at www.woolworths.com.au 

About Bestrane

The Bestrane Group was founded to address the gap in market between traditional
management consultants and technology vendors. Bestrane combines 'real-world'
and extensive operationally based industry knowledge with expertise in specific
best of breed software applications and related consultancy services to deliver
a unique blend of technology enabled solutions. This results in Bestrane's
capability to engineer solutions representing genuine value for money with a
solid track record of substantial ROI's and real bottom-line impact to each
customer. These solutions can be delivered either via managed service whereby
clients pay a monthly fee for an outcome based service or the traditional
provision of licence, maintenance and implementation services. Bestrane is the
sole authorised distributor of the Descartes Transport Management Suite in
Australian and New Zealand. Learn more at http://www.bestrane.com.au/ 

About Descartes

Descartes (TSX:DSG) (Nasdaq:DSGX) is the global leader in providing on-demand,
software-as-a-service solutions focused on improving the productivity,
performance and security of logistics-intensive businesses. Descartes has over
147,000 parties using its cloud based services. Customers use our modular,
software-as-a-service solutions to route, schedule, track and measure delivery
resources; plan, allocate and execute shipments; rate, audit and pay
transportation invoices; file customs and security documents for imports and
exports; and complete numerous other logistics processes by participating in
the world's largest, collaborative multi-modal logistics community. Our
headquarters are in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and we have offices and partners
around the world. Learn more at www.descartes.com. 

This release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of
applicable securities laws ("forward-looking statements") that relate to
Descartes' solution offering and potential benefits derived therefrom; and
other matters. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements to differ materially from the anticipated results,
performance or achievements or developments expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the
factors and assumptions discussed in the section entitled, "Certain Factors
That May Affect Future Results" in documents filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, the Ontario Securities Commission and other securities
commissions across Canada. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance
upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made.
We do not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly
any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any
change in our expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances
on which any such statement is based. 


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         Mavi Silveira
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