Nottingham retail IT and software firm extends contract with fashion chain

Luxury fashion retailer, Jigsaw, has renewed its contract with Nottingham-based managed IT and software firm Retail Assist through a further extension of its stores’ IT Help Desk support.

The contract renewal will see Jigsaw gain support from Retail Assist’s IT Help Desk, providing them with first-line support to all their stores across the UK and Ireland.

Dan Smith, Retail Assist’s CEO, said: “We are happy to have been able to support Jigsaw in a challenging trading environment with a more flexible commercial approach that allows them to re-evaluate the shape and size of their estate with clarity on their ongoing associated costs. This contract renewal is a testament not only to the quality of our Help Desk service, but also to the strength of our ongoing relationship.”

Having supported Jigsaw since 2017, Retail Assist provides a comprehensive IT Help Desk service and acts as the first point of contact when stores encounter IT issues, helping to drive incident volumes down and minimise disruption to critical business operations.

Tom Wakeford, head of IT and business transformation at Jigsaw, said: “We’re very happy to continue working in partnership with Retail Assist. Offering flexibility in a challenging trading environment, the Help Desk is an asset to our store teams, offering a single point of contact to log and resolve their tech issues. These combined factors make them an ideal provider to partner with and I look forward to renew our successful relationship together.”

Kieran Bowden, Retail Assist’s chief commercial officer, concludes: “It’s important that our customers are able to feel some element of stability in these turbulent times. Retail Assist recognises that more changes impacting support are still likely to come as the impact of the recent pandemic continues. As such, we have proactively worked with Jigsaw to ensure that the next phase of our relationship underpins the flexibility required.”