Morrisons, the resurgent supermarket chain, aims to create a core retail platform to support its future growth strategies.

The supermarket chain has entered into a strategic outsourcing relationship with Oracle to completely overhaul its suite of core business systems. Oracle will provide packaged solutions from e-tail to middleware and financials in a deal lasting at least five years. The value of the deal has not been disclosed

Gary Barr, Morrisons’ IT director said, "We expect the solutions to offer a breadth of functionality and a level of data that will promote a more accurate assessment of business performance.

"This will help us to turn information into profitable business decisions and deliver an enhanced experience to the nine million customers that walk through our doors each week."