The Berlin-based software company LocaFox GmbH develops and sells cloud-based software solutions primarily to sole proprietorships and small to medium-sized businesses in the retail sector. The company has now been acquired by ANKER GmbH, a Bielefeld-based provider of point-of-sale hardware and solutions.
“The acquisition of LocaFox is part of ANKER . The market for cloud-based POS software solutions offers attractive growth potential. At the same time, this allows us to tap into a new customer base.”
Dr. Fabian Schühle
Managing Partner of ANKER
As a specialist in POS hardware and the market leader in the German-speaking food retail sector, ANKER is now expanding ANKER portfolio to include this high-performance software. Dr. Fabian Schühle, managing partner of ANKER , says “The acquisition of LocaFox is part of ANKER . The market for cloud-based POS software solutions offers attractive growth potential. At the same time, this allows us to tap into a new customer base.”
The “LocaFox POS” cloud-based point-of-sale system with integrated inventory management is used more than 2,500 times a day across Germany. It offers retailers services, tools, and technologies that connect them to the omnichannel world.ANKER continue to expand sales at LocaFox in a targeted manner, thereby returning to its roots as a provider of hardware and software for point-of-sale systems,” explains Dr. Schühle.
