The IT strategic plan is aligned with the long-term goals of the company and focuses on making processes more efficient to improve results. The plan for 2012-2015 aims to adopt best practices and technology, develop appropriate IT solutions to support business development. Specific goals include enabling faster order capture and availability for production planning, tools to support store management decisions, enabling brand expansion strategies, increasing product turnover through analysis. The company has begun implementing a new transactional system to support continued growth and efficiency gains.