Submission declined on 11 June 2026 by CopyleftEverything (talk). This draft reads like an advertisement. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a platform for promotion or marketing. Drafts that are exclusively promotional may be deleted without notice. Wikipedia articles must be written neutrally in a formal, impersonal, and dispassionate way. They should not read like a blog post, advertisement, or fan page. Rewrite the draft to remove: promotional language: see Words to watch; personal commentary: opinions or direct addresses to the reader; informal language. Instead, only summarize in your own words a range of independent, reliable, published sources that discuss the subject. If you have a conflict of interest (e.g. you are the subject, an employee, or a relative) or are being paid to edit, you must disclose this to comply with Wikipedia's Terms of Use. If you would like to continue working on the submission, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window. If you have not resolved the issues listed above, your draft will be declined again and potentially deleted. If you need extra help, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors. Please do not remove reviewer comments or this notice until the submission is accepted. Where to get help If you need help editing or submitting your draft, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors. These venues are only for help with editing and the submission process, not to get reviews. If you need feedback on your draft, or if the review is taking a lot of time, you can try asking for help on the talk page of a relevant WikiProject. Some WikiProjects are more active than others so a speedy reply is not guaranteed. How to improve a draft Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia – a basic overview on how to edit Wikipedia. Help:Wikitext – how to use the markup Help:Referencing for beginners – how to include references Wikipedia:Article development – how to develop your article Wikipedia:Writing better articles – how to improve your article Wikipedia:Verifiability – make sure your article includes reliable third-party sources You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Add tags to your draft Editor resources Easy tools: Citation bot (help) | Advanced: Fix bare URLs Declined by CopyleftEverything 2 months ago. Last edited by Ficie 26 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author. Resubmit Please note that if the issues are not fixed, the draft will be declined again.

• Comment: See WP:SOLUTIONS and WP:NPOV. Rewrite article in neutral & encyclopedic for tone & content. CopyleftEverything (talk) 02:04, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

LS Retail is a Point of Sale (POS) software provider headquartered in Kópavogur, Iceland with offices in the USA, UAE, Portugal and Malaysia. It was acquired by the Nordic private equity firm Axcel in December 2025.^[1][2] LS Retail software is used by businesses operating in the retail and food industries. The company reports that its software is used in over 157 countries globally as of 2026.^[3]

LS Retail was acquired by Axcel from Aptos Retail, a U.S.-based provider of retail technology solutions owned by funds managed by Private Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, which had originally acquired LS Retail in 2021.^[4]

1986 – IT firm Strengur develops the Danish Navigator software for the Icelandic market. Navigator later evolved into Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.^[5]

2003 – Companies Strengur and Landsteinar merge, forming Landsteinar Strengur ehf. and launching the LS Retail name.^[6]

2009 – Microsoft buys the LS Retail AX software from LS Retail.^[7]

2021 – Acquisition by Aptos Retail^[8], a U.S.-based company and subsidiary of Goldman Sachs^[9].

2025 – Acquisition by Axcel, a private equity fund based in Denmark.

LS Central, an extension of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central ERP, is the main product of LS Retail.

As of 2026 Emirates General Petroleum Corporation, Emarat^[10]; Boots Apotek in Norway^[11]; PSP Pharma in Georgia; adidas^[12]; Blue Lagoon Iceland^[13] and Danish retailer NORMAL^[14] use LS Retail software.

LS Retail partners with payment service providers FreedomPay^[15], Elavon^[16] and Adyen^[17] and hardware provider Toshiba.

IDC mentioned LS Retail as a Major Player in Point of Sale in its MarketScape reports "Worldwide Point-of-Sale Software in Grocery and Food Store Retail Vendor Assessment",^[18] "Worldwide Mobile Point-of-Sale Software Platforms for Fashion Retail 2025 Vendor Assessment",^[19] and "Worldwide Point-Of-Sale Software in the Full-Service Restaurant Sector 2024-2025 Vendor Assessment".^[20]

Gartner® named LS Retail a representative Vendor in its Market Guide for Unified Commerce Platforms Anchored by AI-Enabled POS for Tier 2 Retailers, published on October 27th, 2025.^[21]