All Technology articles – Page 247
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NewsTarget customers to sue over bank data breach
US retailer Target is being sued following a credit card security breach that put 40 million cards at risk.
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NewsAsda to roll out 3D printing service to 50 stores
Asda is rolling out its 3D printing service to 50 stores in January following two trials that it called “a resounding success”.
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OpinionComment: What the market traders can teach retailers
Covent Garden’s Apple Market stepped into the 21st Century last week as traders accepted digital payments from shoppers for the very first time.
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NewsJD Sports rolls out in-store mobile payment with PayPal
JD Sports has rolled out mobile payment across its six brands and 630 UK stores in a partnership with PayPal.
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NewsTesco pilots new loyalty app for Clubcard
Tesco is trialling a new app that allows Clubcard users to receive and redeem their loyalty coupons on their smartphones.
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NewsTarget customer data at risk following security breach
US retailer Target has revealed about 40 million credit and debit cards may have been compromised by a data breach at the height of the holiday shopping season.
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NewsBetta Living launches innovative shoppable virtual store
Bathroom and kitchen retailer Betta Living is to launch an innovative new tool on its website that allows customers to shop a virtual version of one of its stores.
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NewsGoogle Glass eyes ecommerce with wink photo-taking function
Google has added a new feature to Google Glass to allow users to take a pictures by winking that could be used to pay for products in the future.
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NewsIn pictures: Burberry launches Beauty Box in Covent Garden
Burberry has opened a store in Covent Garden’s Piazza that offers beauty products and accessories and which aims to blur the divide between the digital and terrestrial retail worlds.
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NewsRetailers weigh up implications of switch to plastic banknotes
The Bank of England is to print banknotes on polymer instead of paper from 2016, which is likely to have implications for retailers.
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OpinionBlog: Mobile retail – great for staff, fantastic for customers
Why should so much of retail in store be tethered to the till? For example, the payments we take, and the employee engagement of offering customers the opportunity to become part of the brand community, or the query of stock location.
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OpinionComment: Convergence of media will be the key trend of 2014
Here at Carat we believe that the convergence of media (effectively using technology to drive people towards buying things in a simpler way) is set to become the main driving force behind the innovation and success in the modern retail landscape and I see no reason why this will not be the predominant trend in 2014.
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NewsMarks & Spencer rolls out demand forecasting system for general merchandise
Marks & Spencer has started rolling out its general merchandise allocation system, which it hopes will improve stock availability by 9% by 2015/16.
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OpinionComment: How the Future Fifty scheme is helping fast growth retailers
Small, fast growth companies need a unique type of support. The Future Fifty programme aims to provide this.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Dixons, online sales, Burberry, BHS and Dunnes Stores
Retail news round-up on December 17, 2013: Dixons profits rocketed in its first half driven by UK arm, November online sales hit record high of £10.1bn and Burberry opens first stand-alone beauty store.
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OpinionComment: What are iBeacons and why should retailers care?
If you follow mobile tech or digital retail news, you will have heard about a mysterious new technology called iBeacons that seems to be being billed as changing everything in retail.
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AnalysisVirtual store tour: John Lewis Oxford Street mapped on Google Street View
In what the retailer is calling a retail first, John Lewis’ Oxford Street store is the first department store in the world to be fully mapped by Google Street View.
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NewsJohn Lewis trials mobile point-of-sale with transactional tablets
John Lewis is trialling mobile point of sale over the Christmas period in three stores as it ramps up its use of shopping technology.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The best video from 2013
Retail Week looks back over the 10 most popular videos of 2013.
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NewsIn pictures: Covent Garden market rolls out PayPal mobile payment app
Covent Garden’s Apple Market has rolled out PayPal Here, allowing retailers to accept payment using a smartphone or tablet device.