All articles by Joanna Perry – Page 29
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Opinion
Quick payment at your fingertips
Today, sandwich shop EAT announced that it’s the first merchant to go live with a contactless payment system that is integrated with its EPoS software.
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Analysis
Vital statistics
The demographics of the UK are changing and retailers need to keep up with who their customers are if they are to succeed on a local level. Joanna Perry looks at the importance of data collecting
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Opinion
Focus on the basics
Earlier today, Retail Week hosted a web seminar following on from the Retail Week Conference.
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News
Perfume Shop improves planning
The Perfume Shop is preparing to implement the second phase of a planning system from Island Pacific.
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News
Lloydspharmacy renews EPoS contract with Vista after audit
Lloydspharmacy has signed a three-year renewal contract for EPoS maintenance services with Vista Retail Support.
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News
Borders UK to adopt Itim suite in integrated software overhaul
Borders UK is planning to sign up for Itim’s Retail Suite of integrated software before the end of April.
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Analysis
Less is more
Boots is on a mission to reduce shrinkage to new lows with integrated security systems. Head of loss prevention Robert Jennings talks Joanna Perry through the project
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News
Asda opts for Cinario to run store security
Asda is using software from Cinario to integrate and manage all of its security systems running in a range of its stores.
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News
Banks and police team up to tackle card fraud data
The banking industry has launched a fraud intelligence unit to improve information sharing between banks and the police.
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News
DSGi head office staff get a lesson in green printing
DSGi claims to have cut paper use by 4 million sheets and cut CO2 emissions by 93 tonnes a year since switching to Lexmark’s managed printing service two years ago.
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News
RWC08: Dunstone rallies retailers
Carphone Warehouse founder and chief executive Charles Dunstone has opened the Retail Week Conference by challenging retailers to work harder to secure consumers’ shrinking discretionary spend.
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Opinion
Card fraud goes global
Payment association Apacs today released figures for card fraud in 2007.
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Analysis
The weakest link
Getting tills ready for the switch-over to Chip and PIN caused major headaches for retailers. But the problems haven’t ended there, as Joanna Perry discovers
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Opinion
Stand and deliver
Just picture it. It’s Saturday afternoon at the shops and all around are sons and daughters rushing to purchase last-minute gifts for Mother’s Day.
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News
UK Digital Cameras joins service to pool fraud data
Fast-growing online retailer UK Digital Cameras has signed up for Ethoca’s collaborative fraud service.
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News
Wickes moves IT to Northampton centre
Travis Perkins has migrated Wickes’ London IT systems to a new data centre in Northampton.
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NewsWhite Stuff connects its shops and HQ via broadband link-up
White Stuff is close to completing the roll-out of a broadband wide area network (WAN) from Vodat.
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AnalysisTechnology in luxury retail: No imitation
Their customers may have lavish budgets, but are luxury retailers big spenders when it comes to the technology they use in their businesses? Joanna Perry investigates
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News
Union’s online campaign against M&S thwarted
Union Unite’s attempt to launch an online marketing offensive against Marks & Spencer appears to have been thwarted by Google.
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News
Gieves & Hawkes enlists VoIP to cut call costs
Savile Row tailor Gieves & Hawkes is making significant savings on its telephony costs after switching to an internet protocol-based telephone service.