All Technology articles – Page 274
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OpinionComment: Why in-store wi-fi is worth the investment
Sainsbury’s decision to remove free wi-fi from its trial stores has come as a surprise as the wi-fi bandwagon rolls forward.
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OpinionComment: M&S multichannel store is last hurrah of space race
Renewed speculation of a takeover bid for Marks & Spencer has been inevitable since it reported its worst trading performance in three years last month.
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NewsSainsbury's ditches wi-fi trial in store
Sainsbury’s has scrapped a trial of wi-fi in store which it introduced earlier this year.
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OpinionBlog: Sainsbury's redesigns marketing emails for mobile
Many retailers understand that email marketing is a valuable way to stay in touch with their customers, drive traffic to their sites and increase sales. Most also know that mobile is the future for ecommerce and are developing mobile sites.
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Opinion
Blog: Why IT should report to marketing
A retailer’s marketing department arranges promotional shoots, designs window displays and produces creative brand-focussed literature. So aren’t they a team of creative, flowery types who really don’t understand computers, applications and service levels?
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OpinionComment: Retailers lead the charge in online domain applications
On 13 June, the movers and shakers of the technology world came to a standstill as ICANN announced the much-anticipated list of the new ‘generic Top Level Domains’, or gTLDs.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The top loyalty cards on the high street
As fashion retailer Jaeger claims its new loyalty offer is “the most generous fashion brand loyalty scheme on the high street”, Retail Week takes a look at other top reward schemes available.
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Aldi Süd extends Austrian traceability system
German discounter Aldi Süd has extended its Austrian traceability system for meat products to Hungary. The scheme allows customers to scan an item’s QR code with a smartphone or enter a product code on the website of Aldi’s Hungarian supplier Master Good to discover information about a product’s origin and ...
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OpinionRetail Surgery: Is it possible to monetise Facebook’s ‘Like’ function?
Is it possible to turn Facebook’s ‘Like’ function into a profitable enterprise? And if so, how do I go about it?
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NewsCo-op reports positive results from contactless payment trial
The Co-operative Food has reported positive results from a trial of contactless payment in its London and Manchester stores.
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NewsTop retailers to disclose tech secrets at Retail Week Technology Summit
Big name retailers including Marks & Spencer and US grocery giant Kroger will reveal how their digital strategies have enhanced their businesses at the Cable & Wireless Worldwide Retail Week Technology Summit that takes place next month.
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AnalysisE-crime: What do retailers need to know?
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has estimated that e-crime cost the UK retail sector £205.4m in 2011-12. What can retailers do about it?
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NewsBRC: E-crime is biggest emerging threat to retail
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has called on the Government and the police to take e-crime more seriously as a new report suggests it is the largest emerging threat to the retail sector.
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NewsMatalan launches online show with ITV
Matalan has embarked on a marketing drive with a new weekly TV show.
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NewsPlay.com achieved £2m sales from Facebook in 2011
Etailer Play.com revealed that Facebook accounted for over £2m of direct sales last year.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Ikea removes US self-checkout tills for being too slow
The IKEA Group’s U.S. operations have become the latest chain opting to rip out self-checkout point of sale, concluding that the systems simply required too much oversight and staff time.
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Opinion
Blog: The secret to re-booting the high street is at your fingertips
Almost everyone has one. You can launch infuriated fowl at devious swine with them. And they provide the missing link between virtual and physical worlds.
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OpinionRetail Surgery: How can I get accurate profit projections as a multi-channel retailer?
Now that we operate across multiple channels, we find it difficult to make profit projections accurate. How can we change that?
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OpinionBlog: Could facial recognition be the answer to personalised deals?
Facebook check-ins could prove valuable for retailers wanting to deliver relevant deals to customers visiting stores, but as yet no one has found a way to capitalise on this activity.
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OpinionComment: The humble barcode is the future for m-commerce
The consumerisation of technology is bound to drive innovations in shopping, but nothing yet has had the same kind of potential as the increasing ubiquity of smartphones.