All SAP articles – Page 5
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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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Analysis
Right skills, right place?
Retailers argue that it is difficult to recruit and retain the range of skills they need within their IT departments. But is turning to outsourcers really the answer? Joanna Perry reports.
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Analysis
Two sides to every story
ERP systems tend to only ever make the headlines when they go wrong, but the positive impact they can have on a retail business is still tremendous, as Joanna Perry discovers
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Opinion
Retail Solutions: Day One
Much of the retail news right now is doom and gloom. But not at the first day of Retail Solutions yesterday, where there was a little love in the air.
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OpinionOutsourcing: deal or no deal?
Yesterday Retail Week held its second technology-focused webinar – this time on what place outsourcing has in a retail sector facing weak consumer demand.
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News
D&A links its stores for SAP system roll-out
Dollond & Aitchison has gone live with a wide area network in preparation for the roll-out of SAP systems to its stores.
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AnalysisItalian style: Valentino Fashion Group embraces technology to stay ahead
Valentino Fashion Group has embraced technology to stay ahead in the increasingly competitive world of high fashion. Joanna Perry visits Milan to learn how the business has been transformed
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News
MFI set to go live with IT overhaul
MFI is weeks away from going live with the final phase of its SAP implementation.
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AnalysisTechnology in luxury retail: No imitation
Their customers may have lavish budgets, but are luxury retailers big spenders when it comes to the technology they use in their businesses? Joanna Perry investigates
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News
DSGi to cut costs with standard IT platform
DSGi has kicked off a massive IT transformation programme, in an effort to deliver multimillion-pound cost savings and operating efficiencies.
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Analysis
Customer service top of IT agenda
Software and service were all everyone was talking about at the NRF’s Big Show in New York last week. Joanna Perry was there to find out how retailers are using technology to raise their game
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News
Habitat ditches paper with stock-taking system
Habitat is to introduce a stock-taking system in time for its January stock audit.
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Wal-Mart to roll out SAP finance software
Wal-Mart is to implement SAP software for the first time, after choosing the ERP Financials package to enhance its financial information systems.
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Wal-Mart to roll out SAP finance software
Wal-Mart is to implement SAP software for the first time, after choosing the ERP Financials package to enhance its financial information systems.
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SAP to pounce on Business Objects
SAP is to acquire business intelligence specialist Business Objects.
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Opinion
Two horse race
Looking back at a press release from 2002 it’s clear to see how much the retail software market has consolidated.
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Opinion
Two horse race
Looking back at a press release from 2002 it’s clear to see how much the retail software market has consolidated.
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News
SAP to pounce on Business Objects
SAP is to acquire business intelligence specialist Business Objects.
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Analysis
In the detail
Millions has been invested in CRM systems, but return on investment focuses on marketing. Joanna Perry reports