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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Carpisa adopts TXT Retail for collection design, production and sourcing: everywhere, anytime, ‘end-to-end’

1 Carpisa adopts TXT Retail for collection design, production and sourcing: everywhere, anytime, ‘end-to-end’

TXT Retail has announced that Carpisa has successfully deployed the TXT PLM solution to integrate and streamline all phases in the collection lifecycle: from the early design and collection planning stage, to prototyping and costing, up to sourcing, supplier collaboration and final development.

Black Friday - fanning the flames on poor retail execution

2 Black Friday - fanning the flames on poor retail execution

By Tristan Rogers, CEO, Concrete.

"To completely misquote the late Douglas Adams, "retail is big, really, really big." And what that translates to in monetary terms is an expensive disaster waiting to happen.

Retail Recharged shakes up the retail innovation landscape with interactive day & some intriguing insight

3 Retail Recharged shakes up the retail innovation landscape with interactive day & some intriguing insight

Retail Recharged is Rich Insight's inaugural innovation event for the retail and retail technology communities and took place on Tuesday afternoon 20th October.

Wirecard acquires payments business of Great Indian (GI) Retail Group

4 Wirecard acquires payments business of Great Indian (GI) Retail Group

Wirecard AG has acquired the payments business of Great Indian (GI) Retail Group. Founded in 2006, GI Retail Group is one of India's and South East Asia's leading electronic payment and retail-assisted e-commerce groups.

Kusmi Tea is modernising its EPOS equipment with AURES’ Sango point-of-sale terminals

5 Kusmi Tea is modernising its EPOS equipment with AURES’ Sango point-of-sale terminals

Kusmi Tea, a fashionable premium tea chain in France and throughout the world, is continuing to grow robustly. The brand is currently distributed in over 30 countries and is affirming its international expansion by opening new stores every year.

Returns: Top tips for retailers at Christmas

6 Returns: Top tips for retailers at Christmas

While for many Christmas conjures up images of stacks of presents, lovingly decorated Christmas trees and perfectly roasted turkeys, for many retailers that very same word can bring forth visions of stacks of returns at the warehouse door, winding queues of customers and floods of queries to the call centre.

Learning the delivery management lessons from Black Friday

7 Learning the delivery management lessons from Black Friday

By Niklas Hedin, CEO, Centiro.

Last year's Black Friday was a story of mixed success. While most retailers gained a much welcomed boost in sales, delivery networks and carriers were left struggling to cope with the increased delivery volumes and higher than normal rates of returns.

The October 2015 edition of Manufacturing & Logistics IT is now available.

8 The October 2015 edition of Manufacturing & Logistics IT is now available.

The latest edition of Manufacturing & Logistics IT features a detailed Special Report on Voice/Warehouse Management Systems. In compiling this detailed report, we spoke exclusively with a number of leading spokespeople from the vendor and analyst community to determine current trends and on-going developments in these fast-changing technology sectors.

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