All Technology articles – Page 345
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Argos error causes shoppers to be charged twice
Argos charged 190,000 shoppers twice for purchases made in its stores last Friday.
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Opinion
The internet alters consumers' minds
Using the internet can actually change the way your brain works, but retailers will do well by continuing to offer their customers a mixture of digital interaction and a human touch.
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Analysis
Asos: The big picture
With sales flying, Asos is coasting the downturn. IT chief Gary Mudie tells Joanna Perry how his technology plan will keep it in fashion.
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Opinion
Co-op and Morrisons: the IT challenge
The Co-op has finally got the go ahead from the Office of Fair Trading for its acquisition of Somerfield. It will be interesting to see what happens to the two companies’ IT strategies in response.
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Morrisons opts for integrated EPoS system
Morrisons is to replace four different EPoS systems with an integrated system from Retalix.
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House of Fraser taps into youth market with its MMS campaign
House of Fraser is running a marketing campaign to target 16 to 24-year-olds through their mobile phones.
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Jessops steps up web presence
Jessops is making improvements to its e-commerce site to provide customers with a faster and more personalised experience.
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Online retail spend growth slows as financial uncertainty hits consumers
Online retail growth dramatically slowed last month as consumers reined in their spending.
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Analysis
Shopper behaviour: Read the signals
As retailers pull out all the stops to maximise sales in the present climate, technology that uses mobile phone signals to track how people shop can be put to good use.
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Analysis
Renewable energy: Fuel for thought
To be reliant on costly fossil fuels is the last thing struggling retailers want, but is renewable energy a feasible solution to soaring bills?
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Opinion
Retailers should expect technology supplier consolidation
Possible retail consolidation following on from the financial meltdown in Iceland is all the sector can talk about this week. But another knock-on effect of the current economic climate is that it could spell a whole new wave of consolidation in the technology sector.
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Carphone Warehouse invests in system to control European purchase ordering
Carphone Warehouse is rolling out a system to deal with non-stock purchase order management across Europe.
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QVC mulls further channel developments
QVC has revealed that it is already considering a new version of its online video platform, less than a month after it launched the latest incarnation, QVC On Demand.
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Scotmid consolidates its servers to bolster growth
Independent Scottish co-operative Scotmid is poised to complete a project to virtualise its server infrastructure to support its growth plans.
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HMV acquires gaming company Gamerbase
Entertainment retailer HMV has acquired Gamerbase, the company which runs multiplayer video game centres in some of its stores.
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Analysis
Multichannel: Channel hopping
As consumers increasingly shop across more than one channel, retailers need to ensure they provide a multichannel service that meets their changing demands. Joanna Perry reports.
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NewsBody Shop opts for global security system
Body Shop has selected a system to help it achieve PCIDSS compliance across its global organisation.
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DSGi to add customer videos to its sites to broaden appeal
DSGi is planning to allow its customers to post videos on its e-commerce sites to give them more user appeal.
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Ministry of Sound pushes brands with e-tail assault
Lifestyle brand Ministry of Sound is to embark on a retail initiative with the relaunch of its web site.
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Opinion
Online conversion key as web sales slow
Neither nose-diving share prices, nor the ongoing debate about whether the UK is yet in recession could deter the great and the good of e-commerce from coming together for a conference in West London yesterday.