The positive cascading effects on SMEs' supply chain management as a result of the Modern Slavery Act are already being called into question by new research compiled by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS).
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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.
UK SMEs overwhelmingly unaware of the Modern Slavery Act’s impact on them, CIPS research finds
Mar 29, 2016
No love lost in February 2016 retail sales
Mar 29, 2016
Despite the £1.6bn spend during the Valentine's Day season; the ONS February 2016 Retail Sales revealed this wasn't enough to give the retail sector the lift it needed.
Parcel Monkey's end-to-end e-commerce platform ‘takes the hard work out of selling and shipping’
Mar 29, 2016
A new end-to-end e-commerce service by Parcel Monkey is reportedly taking all of the hard work out of selling and shipping for thousands of eBay users, individuals and small retailers across the country.
docSTAR to showcase eclipse Smart AP Automation at Microsoft Envision Conference
Mar 29, 2016
docSTAR, developer of Enterprise Content Management and automated accounts payable software, will showcase its eclipse Smart AP Automation Solution in booth #804 at Microsoft Envision 2016. This year's event will be held from 4 to 6 April in New Orleans, LA.
Buton and Voxware announce VAR agreement
Mar 29, 2016
Voxware has announced a value added reseller (VAR) agreement with Buton eBusiness Solutions, an international partner for supply chain markets in Turkey and the EMEA region.
GoodData to participate at Restaurant Franchising and Innovation Summit 2016
Mar 29, 2016
What: GoodData Vice President of Product, Bill Creekbaum will moderate a panel entitled How to Create a Franchise-Friendly Supply Chain with restaurant industry thought leaders.
Mexican burrito chain Poncho8 boosts sales with Box kiosk technology
Mar 29, 2016
Poncho8 has chosen self-service kiosks designed and built by Box Technologies to improve customer service during the busy lunchtime rush and increase sales by reducing the amount of time customers spend queuing for their orders.
Retailers head for RBTE 2016 in their thousands
Mar 29, 2016
RBTE, the European retail solutions show, continues to impress all who attended, with 15,452 visitors descending on London's Olympia to visit RBTE, and the co-located Retail Design Expo and Retail Digital Signage Expo, with 2,156 visitors making the journey from overseas.
Building loyalty from marketplaces to become a super seller
Mar 29, 2016
When Jeff Bezos set up Amazon in 1994 no one could have predicted how it would not only usher in the era of e-commerce, but also how it would create the whole marketplace economy that in many ways drives retail today.
Manufacturing & Logistics IT March 2016 Edition is now available.
Mar 29, 2016
The March edition of Manufacturing & Logistics IT features an exclusive interview with Vittorio Boero, chief information officer at Ferrari, about how the sports and luxury car manufacture's intensive five-year IT re-structuring roadmap, first put in place in 2012, is progressing and the benefits it is bringing to the company.
