All Technology articles – Page 342
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OpinionCaution urged on contactless payment adoption
Barclays will soon begin issuing debit cards with contactless payment technology, a move that goes some way towards breaking the chicken-and-egg deadlock of contactless payment adoption.
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Morrisons ploughs on with IT transformation
Morrisons will push ahead with its business and IT transformation programme in 2009, having signed Wipro Retail to assist it with its plans.
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Apple ups music download stakes with the removal of DRM
Apple has brokered a deal with the major record labels to offer their music without digital rights management protection on a new version of iTunes called iTunes Plus.
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BrightHouse makes appointment to drive business change
BrightHouse has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Simon Mouncer as head of business change and IT.
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Carphone Warehouse gathers data on customer experience
Carphone Warehouse is the latest retailer to work with Fizzback to assess the experience it provides to customers.
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2009 retail technology predictions
There are some predictions for next year about technology in retail that are very easy to make. But IT analyst Gartner has been bold with its opinions on how much could change in 2009.
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John Lewis to push web merchandising
John Lewis’s online arm has selected a web merchandising system from Omniture to help it ramp up its sales.
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Mothercare’s online question system a hit
Mothercare has developed a knowledge base of around 500 questions since its online self-service system Ask Carrie went live a couple of months ago.
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Tesco creates tool to gauge the greenness of its stores
Tesco has developed a piece of software to evaluate how environmentally friendly the equipment it uses in stores is.
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Tesco launches football shirt site
Tesco has dealt another blow to the beleaguered sports retailers JJB and Sports Direct by launching a football shirt offer online.
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AnalysisCustomer data: Track and treat
Slipping sales and quickly changing shopper behaviour has made consumer information priceless. Joanna Perry finds out how retailers can gather this data and use it to improve trade.
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NewsRetail Week Technology Awards launched
Retail Week has announced the launch of the Retail Week Technology Awards, a new event to be held next June.
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NewsLa Senza adds interactive guide for men to its site
La Senza has launched an interactive buying guide for men on its web site to help them purchase gifts.
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Ratings addition a hit for Ann Summers site
Ann Summers has launched a product ratings and reviews service across its whole web site.
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Morrisons replaces wide area network
Morrisons is to quadruple its wide area network capacity after signing a three-year multimillion deal with Cable & Wireless.
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Improved efficiency must sometimes lead to job losses
The Prime Minister thinks that further investment in technology will produce economic benefit, but will he stand up for retailers if advancement means that they need less staff?
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Morrisons to automate space planning with Galleria system
Morrisons will begin using a merchandising system from Galleria next year to automate the creation of merchandising plans. Currently the supermarket chain creates these plans manually.
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Morrisons replaces wide area network
Morrisons is to quadruple its wide area network capacity after signing a three-year deal with Cable & Wireless.
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AnalysisBorders: All systems gone
When Borders split from its US parent, IT boss Simon Thomas was charged with replacing every system the company had in just a year. He tells Joanna Perry how he managed it.
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Home Retail prepares to launch clearance site for cut-price sofas
Home Retail Group is to launch a standalone clearance web site offering “massive discounts” on sofas.