From its origins in the early 1980s, Office has grown steadily and is a staple of the British high street and now has more than 150 global sites, including concessions in Selfridges, Topshop and House of Fraser.
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 Technology, Surveillance & Security, Internet Retailing, Retail Supply Chain Management, Digital Signage, through to current news,informed opinion articles and key events on the retail calendar.
Smartphone addiction driving January sales as UK declared the nation ‘most likely to shop on a smartphone’
Jan 19, 2016
The UK is becoming a nation of smartphone shoppers, with more consumers from the UK opting to hit the January sales on mobile devices than those from other regions around the world.
Infor invests $25 million in retail Cloud provider Predictix
Jan 19, 2016
Infor has announced a strategic partnership with Predictix, the provider of Cloud-native, predictive, and machine-learning solutions for retailers.
Digital disruption? New Cisco research reveals nearly half of all retailers are at risk
Jan 19, 2016
US$506 billion. That's the digital value the retail industry has the potential to generate over the next three years. Looking out over the next 10 years, that number grows to $2.8 trillion in Digital Value at Stake.
Tyco Retail Solutions showcases new fitting room analytics at NRF Big Show
Jan 19, 2016
Tyco Retail Solutions has unveiled its new TrueVUE fitting room analytics at NRF Big Show 2016.
SATO Global Solutions launches retail IoT solutions based on the Intel IoT platform
Jan 19, 2016
SATO Global Solutions (SGS) has collaborated with Intel to develop a data-driven, end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT) platform that enables retailers to accelerate the commercial benefit of data and IoT with a new level of actionable insight.
More than half of SMEs are failing on security
Jan 19, 2016
59% of UK SMEs are not taking their security seriously enough and are at huge risk of a security breach, according to new research.
Digital ID, the access control and smart card specialists, conducted research which found 23% of businesses have very little visitor security and 36% have no visitor security processes at all.
Leading hospital-based fashion retailer targets healthy growth, thanks to technology-led distribution transformation
Jan 19, 2016
A leading ladies fashion retailer that began life as a single table-top trader in a hospital in Cambridgeshire has revealed plans to grow its 26 hospital-based outlets at a rate of two a year, thanks to a technology-driven transformation of the business.
Muddy Boots identifies a 140% increase in fresh produce quality management since the horsemeat scandal.
Jan 19, 2016
More than three million items of fresh produce were quality checked by Muddy Boots' QC system in 2015, an increase of 140% since the horsemeat scandal surfaced in 2013.
acardo introduces big data couponing engine based on the prudsys RDE
Jan 19, 2016
The increasing digitisation of coupon media makes it possible to record and process transaction data at every touchpoint on the customer journey - in real time.
