All In-store technology articles – Page 45
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NewsTates to introduce store management system
Spar wholesaler Tates is to introduce a store management system from Torex across all of its 210 convenience stores.The Torex Productivity Management application will monitor labour costs, budgeting and customer sales trends, to identify the areas of improvement possible in individual stores.It will also allow Tates to better manage staff ...
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NewsHenderson Group to improve store replenishment
Henderson Group, the owner of symbol group Spar in Northern Ireland, is to automate store replenishment in an attempt to improve product availability and cash flow.The wholesale and retail group is to deploy software from Aldata to its 72 stores and there is potential to extend the roll-out to the ...
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OpinionIT spending for success
Despite the recession and general budget belt-tightening, the results announcements from several retailers this week show just how busy IT departments are being kept.Buried in Tesco’s results is the nugget that the grocer is beavering away on migrating the systems used by Tesco Personal Finance to its own computing platforms. ...
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NewsSainsbury's to lift PoS signage with new system
Sainsbury’s is to improve promotional signage and labelling in its stores with the consolidation of the systems it uses to produce point-of-sale material.The project, which will bring together multiple applications under a unified signage system provided by Episys, is part of a larger initiative called The Simple Programme, which has ...
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NewsInternaçionale in £1.3m EPoS upgrade
Value fashion retailer Internaçionale is to replace its EPoS system as it begins converting the 85 MK One shops it bought out of administration last year.
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NewsCo-op server estate virtualisation almost complete
Co-operative Group is about three quarters of the way through a project to virtualise its server estate and improve the levels of service the IT function provides to the rest of the business. The project kicked off early last year.The new HP computing platform will also be suitable to move ...
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Osprey London invests in systems for store growth
Luxury leather goods brand Osprey London has invested in retail systems from Cegid/VCSTimeless to support its store and outlet opening programme that is planned for the next five years.
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British Heart Foundation turns to broadband to link up tills
The British Heart Foundation has linked up its 600 stores with a broadband network from Vodat International.The charity sells new and donated products through its chain of stores and wanted to improve communication and productivity across its business.The charity’s day-to-day operational information has been gathered at the head office by ...
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Thorntons switches EPoS to cut queues
Confectioner Thorntons has improved customer service with a new EPoS system installed in its 380 stores before Christmas.
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Clinton Cards cuts store printing costs
Clinton Cards has slashed printing costs across its stores by 35 per cent.
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Barclaycard plans to launch loyalty scheme
Barclaycard wants to launch a loyalty scheme in the next 12 months, which could attract the 90,000 retailers that use the company for card payment acceptance.
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M&S adopts tagging as theft levels swell
After dismissing the need for electronic article surveillance (EAS) tagging for decades, Marks & Spencer has finally relented and is electronically protecting products in 50 of its branches across the south of England.
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Mothercare brings PoS printing in-store
Mothercare is rolling out net.tickIT, a browser-based sign and ticketing solution from marketing management specialist Pierhouse, to its entire estate of more than 230 stores.
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NewsShuropody secures card transactions
Shuropody, the footcare retailer that acquired the Scholl retail chain last year, has rolled out YESpay’s Emboss secure transactions solution to its 48 standalone stores.
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NewsMonsoon Accessorize to tackle shrinkage
Monsoon Accessorize is in the early stages of a project to implement a data mining system to protect its margins.
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White Stuff brings reporting to stores
Lifestyle retailer White Stuff is building a data warehouse to improve its reporting capabilities at head office level and provide reports to its stores.
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Lidl set to replace store systems worldwide
Lidl is to replace its point of sale software and other store systems across its stores in 20 countries with a system from German software provider GK Software.
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Past Times completes EPoS refresh
Past Times has completed the roll-out of an EPoS application from Cegid/VCSTimeless and has enlisted the help of Vista Retail Support to maintain its EpoS estate.
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Co-op to deploy workforce management system to 2,200 stores
The Co-operative Group is to introduce a workforce management system to its 55,000 employees across 2,200 stores within the next two years.
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Staff still crucial in card crime crackdown
Another retailer faces an investigation by the Information Commissioner's Office following a data breach.