All Technology articles – Page 359
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Wickes moves IT to Northampton centre
Travis Perkins has migrated Wickes’ London IT systems to a new data centre in Northampton.
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NewsWhite Stuff connects its shops and HQ via broadband link-up
White Stuff is close to completing the roll-out of a broadband wide area network (WAN) from Vodat.
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Borders unveils interactive store format in US
Borders has unveiled a ground-breaking new concept store in the US that combines traditional bricks-and-mortar retailing with the latest in digital technology.
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AnalysisTechnology in luxury retail: No imitation
Their customers may have lavish budgets, but are luxury retailers big spenders when it comes to the technology they use in their businesses? Joanna Perry investigates
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Union’s online campaign against M&S thwarted
Union Unite’s attempt to launch an online marketing offensive against Marks & Spencer appears to have been thwarted by Google.
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Gieves & Hawkes enlists VoIP to cut call costs
Savile Row tailor Gieves & Hawkes is making significant savings on its telephony costs after switching to an internet protocol-based telephone service.
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Boden to launch ratings and reviews on UK site
Mail order retailer Boden will add product ratings and reviews to its web site this spring.
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NewsAgent Provocateur invests in IT to back growth plans
Luxury lingerie retailer Agent Provocateur is to roll out a system from K3 to support its multichannel operation and improve its product lifecycle management as it expands the business.
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Opinion
RFID: have your say
EU Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding has voiced concerns about the use of RFID chips for several years.
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Wilkinson ditches air-con for eco air-cooling system
Wilkinson Hardware Stores has adopted an air-cooling system that could save energy.
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AnalysisDigital divide: is the IT department an unloved outpost of your organisation?
Is the IT department an unloved outpost of your organisation, or critical to its success? Joanna Perry explains one new measure that has been designed to help retailers find out
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Specsavers seals £4.5m global broadband deal
Specsavers has signed a £4.5 million five-year deal with Vanco to provide a broadband network spanning six countries.
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Sainsbury’s plans to step up its at-source security tagging
Sainsbury’s is hoping to extend its source-tagging programme after completing the roll-out of security technology to all its supermarkets.
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Tesco to expand its use of electronic shelf-edge labels
Tesco is to extend its use of electronic shelf-edge labelling (ESL) using a system from Swedish vendor Pricer.
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Opinion
Retailers must iUp the competition
Apple has signed a deal with BBC Worldwide that will see it sell a selection of the broadcaster’s programmes through iTunes for £1.89 an episode.
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NewsRetail Solutions relocates
This year’s Retail Solutions show is to relocate to ExCel in London from its former home at Birmingham’s NEC.
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Morrisons unveils its £110m IT makeover
Morrisons has signed a deal with Oracle for what is set to be the biggest retail IT transformation project agreed this year.
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Analysis
Touch and go
Some estimates claim that there will be 5 million contactless payment cards that can be accepted at 100,000 locations by the end of the year. Joanna Perry asks just how realistic this is
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The Pier buys into system to update EPoS
The Pier has rolled out an EPoS system that is used by many retailers in South Africa after it was brought to the UK by new retail software supplier Argility.
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Online reward site rolls out store scheme
Online shopping reward scheme Mutualpoints has launched an offline reward programme for its members.