All Microsoft articles – Page 22
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Tesco tests PC tool to increase shopper interaction
Tesco has created a computer application in an attempt to further embed itself into customers’ daily lives.
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AnalysisTechnology spending: A time to make do and mend?
The credit crunch is forcing consumers to keep their wallets in their pockets, but does it mean that the purse strings are also tightening for IT departments? Joanna Perry finds out.
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Currys opens doors at debut megastore
DSGi unveiled its highly anticipated Currys megastore format at Wednesbury, near Birmingham, last week.
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Asos: The big picture
With sales flying, Asos is coasting the downturn. IT chief Gary Mudie tells Joanna Perry how his technology plan will keep it in fashion.
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Opinion
Just browsing
The technology world is buzzing after Google launched an internet browser yesterday. Some suspect that the application, called Chrome, is just the beginning of Google’s ambitions to develop its own web-based operating system.
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Family affair
With his technology nous, Scott Weavers-Wright makes the ongoing development of niche multichannel retailer Kiddicare look like child’s play. Joanna Perry visits his new superstore.
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Responsible retailing
BT used Retail Solutions to showcase the many ways that retailers can use IT to make their operation more sustainable
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Sainsbury’s bolsters its videoconferencing
Sainsbury’s logistics division is using a managed videoconferencing service in 10 UK locations to improve collaboration, cut travel costs and support corporate social responsibility.
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Fruits of our labour
Thanks to BlackBerries, retail executives are never off duty anymore, while e-mail into stores has often proved more of a hindrance than a help on the shopfloor. So how can retailers communicate in a way that is effective and doesn’t confuse staff, asks Alison Clements.
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Carpetright to up staff communication
Carpetright will roll out a store communications system to its 550 shops and concessions in the UK and Ireland.
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Tesco to deploy staff scheduling to stores
Tesco is to roll out a workforce scheduling system to its stores.
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Analysis
Fast retailing
Aggressive international expansion was causing headaches for Comptoir des Cotonniers IT director Marc Bernhard. The solution? An EPoS system that could integrate easily and be delivered and managed remotely. Joanna Perry reports
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Clare returns to retail
Marks & Spencer on board as former DSGi chief gears up for online launch.
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NewsBill Gates buys stake in Carpetright
Carpetright has been given an unexpected boost after Microsoft billionnaire Bill Gates bought a 3 per cent stake in the flooring and carpet specialist.
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Opinion
Sharing the wealth
Affiliate marketing – loved by many retailers for the high return on investment that it provides – is starting to be superseded by the power of the people.
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Direct Wines picks international IT
Direct Wines is preparing to go live with a Microsoft-based IT platform for its US business.
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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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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.