Kudos copes with it all as Musto take £1 million in their Round the World Race shop

When Musto took a mobile shop to the stopover points at the Volvo Ocean Race, they needed a resilient, easy to use system that had the flexibility to trade in different currencies and manage local tax rates.

Musto’s race shop recorded record takings at the Volvo Ocean Race – and it was all powered by Kudos’ Retail System. “We took the shop to 7 countries, traded in 4 languages and 6 currencies; our busiest day saw us taking over $80,000 and Kudos coped with it all” commented Fred Burden, Volvo Stopover Manager for Musto.

“Once again we were very pleased with the Kudos till system”

This was the second time that Kudos had been used to run the Musto shops in the Volvo Ocean Race. This time round the till software was running the SQL platform, which allowed Kudos to develop more functionality and deliver faster operating speed. 

Ease of use was important to Musto as they would have different staff at each stopover. The system also had to be resilient and reliable and backed up by round the clock remote technical support.

“Kudos once again proved to be robust, flexible and most importantly easy to use, as we had a huge number of temporary staff who were able to learn the system very quickly” says Mr Burden. “We had used the same software 4 years earlier and that knowledge together with the support and development offered by Kudos meant we were even more efficient this time around” he continued.

“With sales from around the globe of nearly £1 million we were very grateful to have the Kudos system.”

Modern technology meant that Kudos supported the whole operation from their Salcombe office with no need to ‘follow the fleet’ - making modern technology a bit unpopular with Kudos’ stay at home support team!