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Retailers fight high shrinkage with record security spending
Retailers are investing 23 per cent of the total cost of shrinkage in technology to combat theft, according to research. And the insight is paying off.
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Pay-as-you-go ID checker
Callcredit has launched a pay-as-you-go online identity checking service. CallID will help retailers check details before large online transactions or when hiring staff.The data will include records of County Court Judgments and bankruptcy.
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Microsoft targets big thinking small stores
Bath-based fashion and luxury goods boutique Prey has installed Microsoft’s Retail Management System (RMS), launched only yesterday, with a view to expansion.
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Bhs buys Del Sol printers
Bhs has bought 250 Del Sol thermal printers from Maxa Technologies for 160 stores.The printers are linked to in-house systems, and uses include labelling returned goods and barcoding.
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Argos calls on BeCogent
Argos has hired BeCogent to pick up excess calls to its 2,000 call centre staff during Christmas. Argos expects to require 100 seats by October.
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Dorma beds in with Aldata
Bedlinen retailer Dorma has selected Aldata Gold for its supply chain.Dorma has 170 concessions in, among others, Debenhams and House of Fraser.
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Fraud-busting solution unveiled at River Island
River Island has beefed up its loss-protection processes with a fraud alerter from Innovetra.
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Matalan picks Wincanton
Matalan has handed a contract to Wincanton to automate a warehouse in Corby, Northamptonshire, to service its stores in the south of England. The four-and-a-half-year contract will see Wincanton installing new sortation and picking equipment.
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Isabella clicks Screen
Isabella Oliver has chosen Screen Pages to drive its transactional Web site, offering maternity clothing.The site will feature the supplier’s Internet mail order solution Screen Commerce.
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Pennys goes for Cisco
Primark will roll out a Cisco communications infrastructure to its Irish subsidiary Pennys.The system runs voice and data communication between 117 locations in Ireland and the UK over the same lines.
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M&S’s retail technology gets champion in Stuart Rose
Marks & Spencer’s IT strategy may get a reprieve now that Stuart Rose has taken the helm at the company.
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WWRE chief believes GDS and collaboration are key for future
Worldwide Retail Exchange (WWRE) chief executive officer Colin Dyer has identified global data synchronisation and collaboration as important factors for the future of the company.
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Broadband hits 4 million
According to a report from Internet regulator Ofcom, the uptake of broadband services has hit the 4 million mark.According to the BBC, the UK is still sixth in terms of take-up, neck and neck with Italy.