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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.
Think forward: Streamline the supply chain to accelerate success
Dec 07, 2016
Retailer gets its skates on with Peoplevox WMS
Dec 07, 2016
With two stores in the West Midlands and Northamptonshire and three warehouses, SkateHut offers over 20,000 products including skates, boards and roller shoes, bikes, scooters, clothing, accessories and much more.
Touchpath launches third party logistics solution
Dec 07, 2016
International supply chain solutions provider TouchPath is launching a fully multilingual, user-defined 3PL (third party logistics) solution.‘Touch3PL’ is to be marketed in on-premise, hosted cloud and pay-as-you-go versions, with global 24/7 user support and integration with the leading carriers and e-commerce platforms.
Datalogic’s Joya Touch – enhancing the customer’s shopping experience
Dec 07, 2016
At Datalogic's Retail Festival held in Venice, Italy last month, Ed Holden, editor of Retail Technology Review, spoke with Francesco Montanari, the company's vice president and general manager mobile computing, about the recently launched Joya Touch multi-purpose device and Datalogic's close relationship with retail customers and channel partners.
Expect more retail technology M&A as the sector arms race accelerates
Dec 07, 2016
By Paul Vanstone, Director, Catalyst Corporate Finance.
Retailers face a daunting technology challenge as digital innovation transforms their business models. Whilst 90% of sales are still made in physical stores, half of all sales are influenced in some way by customers' use of the internet and shoppers who buy across multiple channels also spend more.
Drax enlists the support of Crimson & Co to help improve its planning processes
Dec 07, 2016
Energy firm Drax, which supplies up to approximately eight per cent of the UK's electricity needs, is enhancing its business processes following the successful implementation of a new Advanced Planning Scheduling (APS) system.
New Blue Yonder solution helps grocers optimise replenishment for fresh assortments
Dec 07, 2016
Set against a backdrop of declining profitability and significant changes in consumer lifestyles, retailers are under pressure to deliver the best freshness and optimal availability to their customers without the ability manage cost-to-serve.
It’s now or never: time is running out to adapt to the digital economy
Dec 07, 2016
By Perry Krug, principal architect, Couchbase.
Today's retail landscape is defined by the weight of expectation. Ever since Amazon made its mark by offering previously unheard of conveniences such as next-day delivery and unquestioned returns, modern shoppers have taken them for granted.
Grocery retailers do not make the right pricing decisions to deliver a good customer experience and maintain margins
Dec 07, 2016
New research by Blue Yonder, provider of predictive applications for retail, has revealed that grocery retailers feel they are failing to make the right pricing decisions for customers.
Canterbury Wholefoods gains Momentum thanks to BCP/Health Store partnership on EPoS
Dec 07, 2016
Health store retailer Canterbury Wholefoods is realising significant cost and efficiency benefits across its business following the implementation of an Accord Momentum retail system from specialist software solutions provider BCP (Business Computer Projects Ltd)
