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Retailers are not using EPoS to its full potential
Some 90 per cent of retailers are only using 5 per cent of their EPoS system’s facilities because they have a poor idea of the systems on offer, according to Scottish retail consultancy, The Retailer.
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IP ignorance could be costing retailers £5 million every year
Retailers are potentially missing out on millions of pounds in savings because they don’t have a strategic roadmap for voice and data convergence, according to a report.
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Brantano is first retailer to pass Chip & PIN test
Belgian shoe retailer Brantano has announced the completion of its Chip and PIN accreditation process for 300 tills in its 140 stores across the UK.
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IBM hopes Trigo buy-out will raise its RFID profile
IBM has announced the completion of its acquisition of Trigo Technologies, four weeks after signing the agreement in March.
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Shoppers hunt for Nectar
Nectar users can now locate participating retailers’ stores on the scheme’s Web site.
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UK companies ahead of US in RFID development
RFID development in the UK has outstripped similar initiatives in the US, according to the organisation in charge of developing an RFID standard for the UK.
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Californian Senate set to hold debate over RFID tagging Bill
The Californian State Senate will hold a hearing next Tuesday to discuss Senate Bill 1834, which seeks to regulate the use of RFID tagging in the state.
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B&Q to use Web pricing portal to predict profits
DIY market leader B&Q has invested in a Web-based pricing strategy portal supplied by IBM and DemandTec.
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Sainsbury’s counts the cost of IT strategy in poor sales report
Sainsbury’s fourth-quarter trading statement gives an inkling of how its business transformation programme has taken hold so far.
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IBM enters in-store TV market and signs 790-shop Douglas
IBM has launched a digital media solution for retailers.
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Item-level RFID tagging is almost a decade away
RFID compliance will not be complete until well into the next decade, according to AMR Research European research director Nigel Montgomery.
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Bhs rewards CSC with £80m contract renewal
Bhs has extended its outsourcing agreement with Computer Sciences (CSC) for seven years, in a deal worth £80 million.
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Retailers Switch to Maestro
Some 380,000 retailers have signed up to the Maestro debit card, according to Maestro scheme management company S2 Card Services. Some 370,000 Switch-accepting outlets still have to convert before the service disappears in 18 months.
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Lack of standard is a barrier to the adoption of RFID tagging
Claims by one of the latest surveys on RFID adoption that a third of European suppliers are now RFID tagged have been greeted with a little scepticism.
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Anti-fraud firm warns of increase in ID theft
The festive Sales will have seen an unprecedented rise in identity fraud, according to ID fraud specialist GB Group.
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New Look to sell database
New Look has chosen direct marketing specialist Lloyd James Group to sell its database of about 500,000 store card-holders to third-party companies.
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Objectstore RFID database
Objectstore has released the first EPC-compliant database solution for RFID strategies. RFID tagging is expected to gather staggering amounts of information about a retailer’s supply chain. Objectstore claims its in-memory database offering can process about 10 times the amount of data databases are processing at present.
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Microsoft teams up with Metro to work on Future Store project
This Year’s NRF conference in New York saw a raft of announcements from technology suppliers. Much of the news centred around providing support for RFID projects; further evidence, if any were needed, that this is the hot technology of 2004.
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HP’s one-stop EPoS hardware aims to offer ‘class computing’
HP has announced it is launching a dedicated line of EPoS hardware. The move - a collaboration with technology partners Microsoft and Intel - aims to offer retailers a one-stop EPoS system based on established mainstream technology.
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Sainsbury’s chief fleshes out 10-year Accenture IT agenda
In an exclusive interview with Retail Week, Sainsbury’s chief information officer Maggie Miller explained the reasons behind the three-year extension of the retailer’s outsourcing deal with Accenture to 10 years.