All Technology articles – Page 366
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Wal-Mart to air cartoons in Canada stores
Wal-Mart Canada is to broadcast a specially created cartoon series in its stores to help customers identify with its brand.
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US retailers check out guided selling
US trials of computerised trolleys and touch-screen tables were revealed at the NRF show in New York.
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Here to serve
Convenience retailers are turning to payment processing services to bolster their revenues. Joanna Perry goes behind the scenes to see how the PayPoint network operates
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Fraudsters going for the jackpot
The logic that large retailers can afford better anti-fraud security is not something that criminals appear to be taking for granted.
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Moss Bros ups HQ-to-store communication
Moss Bros has installed a system from Retail Answers to its tills, to improve the flow of information between head office and stores.
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Borders to run software service
Borders is to test a service offering 1,500 software titles, while holding no stock, using a system that creates the appropriate disc at the point of sale.
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Tesco to create sourcing standard across business
Tesco is investing in systems to monitor product safety and ethical sourcing practices as well as support its sourcing operation.
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WHSmith adopts document manager for accounts
WHSmith has implemented a document management system to increase productivity in its accounts department.
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AnalysisA fitting solution
N Brown subsidiary JD Williams has taken on a product lifecycle management system that allows it to keep its product offer apace with today’s fast fashion and still improve quality. By Joanna Perry
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IT Directors’ Club
The Key to Gaining a Competitive Edge will be the subject of the next Retail Week IT Directors’ Club Dinner, which is being held in London on January 24.
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Tommy Hilfiger gives windows interactive touch
Tommy Hilfiger has introduced touchscreens to the windows of several of its international stores, including its site on London’s Carnaby Street.
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Alliance Pharmacy controls cost of labour with scheduling system
Alliance Pharmacy has implemented a labour-scheduling system designed in partnership with Retail Answers.
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Woolworths stock checker proves a hit with shoppers
Woolworths’ recently launched stock-checking system has won support from both customers and staff.
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Consumers will rule by 2013
It’s very much been a week for future-gazing in the IT industry.
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Storing up trouble
Inefficient storage of data damages both the environment and retailers’ profits. Joanna Perry finds out how John Lewis is making its IT systems eco friendly
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iShop therefore I am
Apple hit the headlines in the US over the Christmas period, with the news that it has thought up an application to assist shoppers in stores.
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Moss Bros buys software to aid IT best practice
Moss Bros has invested in EasyVista software to manage its IT hardware across 170 sites.
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Goldsmiths is latest to add rating and review service to web site
Goldsmiths will introduce ratings and reviews to its web site in the new year.
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Dreams automates estate management to cut costs
Dreams has automated its property management process with a system from K3.
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3 and T-mobile deny merger talks
Mobile phone operators and retailers T-Mobile and 3 deny they were in talks to merge their UK operations as they formed a joint venture to combine their 3G mobile access networks.