All articles by Joanna Perry – Page 17
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NewsBoots to offer health tips with online portal
Boots is to launch a health and wellness portal online in the second half of this year in partnership with US health services provider WebMD.
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NewsLloydspharmacy to save on outsourced IT
Lloydspharmacy parent Celesio is to save up to €200m (£186.2m) by outsourcing the group’s IT infrastructure.The UK pharmacy chain’s IT infrastructure will be outsourced to HP as part of a seven-year deal. German parent Celesio wants to standardise and centralise its IT infrastructure across Europe.Celesio has begun the transition phase, ...
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Opinion
NRF accuses card companies over PCIDSS
While President Obama is in London for the G20 summit today, retailers’ eyes should also be on a little-publicised congressional panel back in the US that could impact the way credit card data is used in the future.
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Asos gears up for launch of community site
Fashion e-tailer Asos is to invite a selection of customers to test its online community site Asos Life in the next two weeks as it gears up for the full launch later this month.
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Thorntons switches EPoS to cut queues
Confectioner Thorntons has improved customer service with a new EPoS system installed in its 380 stores before Christmas.
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Asos creates browser tool to track products
Asos has developed an application to allow customers to track particular products on its site through their web browser, whatever website they are looking at.
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Clinton Cards cuts store printing costs
Clinton Cards has slashed printing costs across its stores by 35 per cent.
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Opinion
Internet Explorer adds retail-friendly features
In the past few years, web technology developments have occurred that meant consumers no longer needed a web browser – such as the ubiquitous Internet Explorer – in order to access content from the internet.Instead, RSS feed readers, widgets, and other desktop applications have sprung up to deliver fresh content ...
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AnalysisAdrian Thompson: At the heart of change at New Look
As New Look plans its HQ move, a cultural shift is already afoot. Group business change director Adrian Thompson tells Joanna Perry why IT underpins this and of the changes involved.
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News
Tesco finds small consumer changes adding up
Customers are becoming much more disciplined in the way they shop, and it’s a trend that’s here to stay, Tesco UK marketing director Carolyn Bradley asserted today at the Retail Week Conference.
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Value retailers confident despite mid-market discounting
Value retailers believe that they are still able to differentiate themselves from mid-market retailers who are discounting heavily and increasing their promotional activity.
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NewsJustin King: Sainsbury's keen to debunk recession 'myths'
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King has opened the Retail Week Conference by debunking what he says are three of the biggest myths of the current recession.
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Dobbies to relaunch website for online sales push
Garden centre chain Dobbies will relaunch its website this summer in a major push to increase online sales and drive shoppers to its stores.
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Boden invests in warehouse system to support growth
Boden is planning to replace the warehouse management system within its UK warehouse, following the successful adoption of technology used in its US operation.
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NewsCarphone Warehouse to roll out system for loss prevention
Carphone Warehouse is poised to introduce a system to minimise shrinkage and business risk in the UK following its adoption in the eight other European countries it operates in.
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Opinion
RFID in UK retail: still no answers
UK retailers have been much slower than their counterparts in other countries to adopt RFID. Retail Week attended a roundtable hosted by RFID solutions provider PeopleVox on Tuesday to hear both retailers and technology suppliers’ views on why the adoption curve appears to have flatlined.
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Boden invests in systems to support growth
Boden is planning to replace the systems within its UK warehouse, following the successful adoption of the technology in its US operation. This project is currently at the planning stage, and the system should go live at Boden’s warehouse in the next six to nine months. It is the latest ...
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Tesco makes progress with server virtualisation
Tesco is making progress with its plans to virtualise its entire server estate.
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Republic relaunches website
Young fashion chain Republic has relaunched its website with a stronger editorial feel, a cleaner design and a simpler check out process.
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Hendersons halves supply chain shrinkage with ePOD
The wholesale division of northern Irish Spar franchisee Hendersons Group has implemented an electronic proof of delivery (ePOD) system to complement its voice picking deployment.