General Retail Technology News

Retail IT and technology news articles comprising case studies, product information, opinion articles, reports, new contract wins and product launches. The site hosts information from trade associations, government departments, research analysts and the vendor community. These articles are about specific industry IT solutions and topics relating to how improvements and efficiency gains can be made by the use of information technology in-store and in the retail supply chain. All topics are covered in these articles which include Mobile Computing, RFID, Automatic Identification/Datacapture (AIDC), Printing & Labelling, EPoS systems, Kiosk TechnologySurveillance & Security, Internet Retailing, Retail Supply Chain Management, Digital Signage, through to current news,informed opinion articles and key events on the retail calendar.

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K3 Retail in touch with Mobile Clienteling POS

1 K3 Retail in touch with Mobile Clienteling POS

K3 Retail has announced the launch of the new tablet enabled point of sale (POS).

Retailers urged to begin the online race for Christmas sales

2 Retailers urged to begin the online race for Christmas sales

Retailers are being urged to focus their attention on ensuring their webstore is up to scratch before the clocks start ticking in the race for Christmas Sales.

eCommerce: building British business overseas

3 eCommerce: building British business overseas

UK eCommerce is enjoying huge success overseas. It's a bright spot within the UK economy but what's driving this success and how has delivery come to play a central part? In many respects the UK is the world's leader in eCommerce.

Notcutts garden centre signage is good enough to eat

4 Notcutts garden centre signage is good enough to eat

Notcutts is introducing the Immediate Impact signage solution from Episys at its restaurants to provide restaurant managers with control of all signage and greater flexibility.

The Health Store invests in Accord with wall-to-wall Voice

5 The Health Store invests in Accord with wall-to-wall Voice

Supply chain software specialist BCP continues to grow its client portfolio with the addition of new customer, The Health Store, which is making a 300,000 investment in BCP's Accord software suite, including wall-to-wall Voice Directed WMS, for its head office in Nottingham.

Citizen printer provides success for expanding meat trader

6 Citizen printer provides success for expanding meat trader

The MangaTrade Ltd, a specialist meat shop based in the Hungarian capital Budapest, is using the latest printing technology from Citizen Systems Europe to provide sales information and stock control, enhancing profitability margins in the process.

Extra discount available on Psion I-SERV service contracts

7 Extra discount available on Psion I-SERV service contracts

EPoS Distributor has announced that for a limited time it is offering an extra 10% discount on Psion I-SERV service contracts based on the "full abuse with collection I-SERV 3 year day 1" to help support resellers in challenging retail environments.

Social virtual goods revenues generated via mobile devices 'to reach US$3 billion in 2011'

8 Social virtual goods revenues generated via mobile devices 'to reach US$3 billion in 2011'

A recent report from Juniper Research finds that soaring usage of social gaming will push the global market for virtual goods bought from mobile social media services from $3 billion this year to $4.6 billion by 2016.

How CCTV can help retailers prevent theft

9 How CCTV can help retailers prevent theft

With recent figures showing a rise in the already high price of theft to retailers, despite continued investment in security, it is more important than ever to adopt smarter loss prevention techniques, according to Axis Communications.

POS printer market was hit first by crisis, but is on its way to recovery?

10 POS printer market was hit first by crisis, but is on its way to recovery?

From 2010 to 2011, the overall market value of POS Printers in Western Europe rose by 15.9% from 146.6 million in 2010 to 169.9 million in 2011.

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