Rebecca Thomson

• John Lewis plans IT investment drive and 50 new recruits

  Technology Blog | 31-Jan-2012 11:12 am

  John Lewis is embarking on a programme of technology investment that will see the department store chain overhaul several of its core IT platforms.

• Why Tesco is spending millions on its architecture

  Technology Blog | 27-Jan-2012 4:04 pm

  Tesco chief information officer Mike McNamara announced at last week’s National Retail Federation in New York that Tesco is spending around $100m on its store architecture.

• Dune rolls out product videos

  Technology Blog | 1-Dec-2011 3:17 pm

  Footwear retailer Dune is planning to roll out videos of its entire range online after seeing an increase in conversion rates on products with video. It’s the first time a footwear retailer has decided to do so but an indication of the growing importance of video in helping customers make decisions.

• Aurora expands mobile point-of-sale trial

  Technology Blog | 16-Nov-2011 3:18 pm

  Aurora Fashions is expanding its trial of its mobile point of sale system, with 23 stores expected to have iPads by the time the Christmas peak hits. The company is running one of the retail industry’s first mobile point-of-sale trials in relatively high traffic stores, and it says it’s going well so far.

• eBay signs up to use Facebook data

  Technology Blog | 14-Oct-2011 11:05 am

  Facebook is keen for retailers to link up their customer data with its own social data on users, and eBay has become one of the first to step up.

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