All Technology articles – Page 353
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Ann Summers launches new-look web site
Ann Summers has relaunched its web site following the completion of a development project that has been running since late 2006.
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D&A links its stores for SAP system roll-out
Dollond & Aitchison has gone live with a wide area network in preparation for the roll-out of SAP systems to its stores.
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Play.com reveals first phase of site revamp
Play.com has revealed that the redesign of its web site is only the beginning of a phase of planned development work.
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She’s the one
Women represent less than a fifth of the IT workforce, and correcting the gender imbalance could pave the way for a whole new culture, writes Alison Clements
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Change is a good thing
Play.com and Ann Summers both unveiled new-look web sites at the end of last week.
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Try our interactive Retail Solutions Preview
For the first time, Retail Week offers you an interactive supplement. Using cutting-edge technology, you can experience a new way of reading online Click here to begin
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Through the looking glass
Shop windows that have been turned into interactive displays are the latest way of grabbing passing shoppers’ attention. Joanna Perry goes to sample a couple in London’s West End
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Tesco supplier management simplified by RollStream
Tesco has halved the time taken to set up new suppliers of not-for-resale goods and services.
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Mobile technology hits mainstream
The majority of UK retailers are now using mobile technology to improve store and supply chain productivity, according to retail business process consultancy Martec’s UK IT in Retail Report 2008/9, produced in partnership with Torex.
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Vodafone launches staff mobile intranet
Vodafone Retail is revolutionising store communications with an intranet service that is accessible via its employees’ mobile phones.
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Opinion
Can I see some ID?
For as long as shops have sold cigarettes and alcohol, underage customers have been trying to buy them.
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Shoppers expect to pay by fingerprint by 2015
60 per cent of the world’s shoppers believe that by 2015 they will be able to pay for shop purchases simply by scanning their fingerprints, according to research conducted by TNS.
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Prevention is the best cure
They’re surrounded by hype, but what’s the truth about card-not-present fraud figures and, whatever the measure, have they peaked? Joanna Perry goes in search of the answers
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Granada launches online store at ITV.com
Granada Ventures launched an online store with ITV.com on Wednesday, in a move it described as long overdue.
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Retailers are on top of basics of IT security
Retail IT departments are getting the basics right when it comes to IT security, despite less board-level support than their peers in other industries.
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Superdrug software to improve ranging
Superdrug is to implement space and category management software in the next six months to increase sales and support its expansion.
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Opinion
Talk is not so cheap
Whole Foods Market must have breathed a sigh of relief last week when it was revealed that no further action was to be taken by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its chief executive’s way with words on public internet forums.
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AnalysisItalian style: Valentino Fashion Group embraces technology to stay ahead
Valentino Fashion Group has embraced technology to stay ahead in the increasingly competitive world of high fashion. Joanna Perry visits Milan to learn how the business has been transformed
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European Retail Solutions Awards line-up revealed
The largest European Retail Solutions Awards shortlist to date has been unveiled after a judging day in late April.
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Majestic extends EPoS to France
Majestic Wine has extended its use of Itim’s EPoS system to its French stores.