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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Posiflex named a winner in the Red Dot Product Design Award 2014

1 Posiflex named a winner in the Red Dot Product Design Award 2014

Posiflex Technology, Inc., the one-stop POS (point of service) hardware solution provider, impressed and convinced the 40-member expert panel on the 'Red Dot Award.

72% of businesses in Europe face tech deficit

2 72% of businesses in Europe face tech deficit

A research report commissioned by Colt Technology Services has identified a tech deficit, which affects almost three quarters (72%) of European businesses.

NFC Forum and Bluetooth SIG expand developer's guide to include Bluetooth Smart Technology

3 NFC Forum and Bluetooth SIG expand developer's guide to include Bluetooth Smart Technology

The NFC Forum and the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) the trade association responsible for the development, promotion and protection of Bluetooth technology, has announced the publication of a new, updated version of the Bluetooth Secure Simple Pairing Using NFC Application Document.

Paym – paving the way for unified mobile payments

4 Paym – paving the way for unified mobile payments

By Dan Hartveld, Technical Director at Red Ant.

Set up by the Payments Council and backed by most of the major banks, Paym, which launched at the end of April, represents a significant milestone in the future of person-to-person payment. Around 400,000 people have already registered to use the system, which allows them to pay others up to £250 a day just by using their mobile phone number.

Shopatron debuts free Inventory Lookup at IRCE 2014

5 Shopatron debuts free Inventory Lookup at IRCE 2014

Shopatron has announced the release of a free inventory visibility API, available to retailers for the first time at the 2014 Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition (IRCE) in Chicago.

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