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Anti-fraud firm warns of increase in ID theft
The festive Sales will have seen an unprecedented rise in identity fraud, according to ID fraud specialist GB Group.
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Lack of standard is a barrier to the adoption of RFID tagging
Claims by one of the latest surveys on RFID adoption that a third of European suppliers are now RFID tagged have been greeted with a little scepticism.
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Microsoft teams up with Metro to work on Future Store project
This Year’s NRF conference in New York saw a raft of announcements from technology suppliers. Much of the news centred around providing support for RFID projects; further evidence, if any were needed, that this is the hot technology of 2004.
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Objectstore RFID database
Objectstore has released the first EPC-compliant database solution for RFID strategies. RFID tagging is expected to gather staggering amounts of information about a retailer’s supply chain. Objectstore claims its in-memory database offering can process about 10 times the amount of data databases are processing at present.
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HP’s one-stop EPoS hardware aims to offer ‘class computing’
HP has announced it is launching a dedicated line of EPoS hardware. The move - a collaboration with technology partners Microsoft and Intel - aims to offer retailers a one-stop EPoS system based on established mainstream technology.
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Sainsbury’s chief fleshes out 10-year Accenture IT agenda
In an exclusive interview with Retail Week, Sainsbury’s chief information officer Maggie Miller explained the reasons behind the three-year extension of the retailer’s outsourcing deal with Accenture to 10 years.
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Senate hearing threatens the future of RFID in US, fears NRF
US legislators’ concern over Radio Frequency Identification Tracking (RFID) reached another level with a Senatorial hearing in California, which started last week.
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River Island trains staff for EPoS upgrades
Value clothing retailer River Island has undertaken a massive training programme for its checkout staff, alongside the complete upgrade of the PoS terminals throughout its 200 stores.
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Tier-two retailers turn to banks for Chip&PIN PDQs
Retailers are expected to resort to renting Chip and PIN-enabled PDQ terminals from the banks, because they stand little chance of meeting the deadline for updating their own till systems.
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Banks join fight on online fraud
With Chip and PIN widely predicted to encourage fraud migration to online retailing and other ‘cardholder not present’ operations, banks are investigating new technology options to provide a secure alternative. Favourite is the sort of PIN-enabled technology with which customers will become familiar over the next couple of years. Consult ...