All Technology articles – Page 352
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Analysis
Business briefing
Five retail business trends have implications for technology investment and projects, hears Joanna Perry
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Analysis
Welcome to Retail Solutions 2008
Retail Solutions allows retail technology professionals to meet and hear the UK’s leading retailers. The focus this year is on staying ahead with sustainable retailing
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News
RedPrairie tool lifts distribution for John Lewis
John Lewis is expecting a surge in productivity in its distribution centres in time for this year’s Christmas sales peak.
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News
New Rip Curl system shifts focus to stores
Surfwear brand Rip Curl Europe has claimed that the retail system it has rolled out is helping it put stores at the heart of its operation.
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Asda to cut fuel bill by tracking its vans
Asda is to reduce costs and improve customer service with a satellite tracking system for its home delivery vans.
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OpinionOutsourcing: deal or no deal?
Yesterday Retail Week held its second technology-focused webinar – this time on what place outsourcing has in a retail sector facing weak consumer demand.
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Analysis
In the loop
Tesco is to push the barriers yet again with a telecoms deal that could revolutionise staff communications and shopper services. IT boss Nick Folkes gives Joanna Perry a glimpse of things to come
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News
Borders launches beta version of new site
Bookseller Borders is allowing customers access to the beta version of its soon-to-be-launched replacement web site.
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Wine merchant adopts system to lift Irish sales
Wine merchant Berry Bros & Rudd is in the process of implementing a combined back office and point-of-sale system to support its Irish multichannel business.
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News
Metro relocates test site for Future Store
Metro has unveiled the latest testing ground for its Future Store Initiative at a Real hypermarket in Toenisvorst, Germany.
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News
Screwfix adds feedback tool to site
Screwfix has rolled out customer ratings and reviews to all 18,000 products in its online store.
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Opinion
Keeping up with the kids
Staying in touch with the youth market is more about taking their pulse than trying to wow them with gadgets. Or so says Rip Curl Europe chief executive Olivier Cantet, who Retail Week caught up with yesterday at an event on the beach outside Barcelona appropriately.
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Analysis
First port of call
The gloomy market conditions mean that store systems have never been more critical. Joanna Perry finds out how retailers are keeping them up and running
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News
Tesco to save £10 million with private mobile network
Tesco expects to save 8 million to 10 million a year with the creation of an innovative telecommunications network for the group’s UK and international operations.
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News
Luxury online sales to soar
The sale of luxury items online is set to rocket in the next five years.
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Opinion
Sharing the wealth
Affiliate marketing – loved by many retailers for the high return on investment that it provides – is starting to be superseded by the power of the people.
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News
Sony adds an interactive touch to its windows
Sony is the latest technology retailer to add an interactive display to its store windows.
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News
Direct Wines picks international IT
Direct Wines is preparing to go live with a Microsoft-based IT platform for its US business.
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Macy’s rolls out iPod vending machines
US department store chain Macy’s has rolled out vending machines for consumer electronics to 400 stores.