All Technology articles – Page 355
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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Analysis
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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