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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New functionality the order fulfilment of the day for high growth 3PLs

1 New functionality the order fulfilment of the day for high growth 3PLs

WMS technology provider, Synergy Logistics, has further enhanced its multiple billing software that already offers high levels of detail, accuracy and clarity via its SnapFulfil WMS cloud based solution.

Understanding retail through the Gen Z filter

2 Understanding retail through the Gen Z filter

For the past decade or so, many brands have been faced with the challenge of managing their own digital transformation, while simultaneously scrambling to serve the needs of an increasingly digital savvy, growing millennial audience – generally accepted as the first internet-fixated generation.

One year on from enforcement, has PSD2 reduced fraud?

3 One year on from enforcement, has PSD2 reduced fraud?

By Galit Shani-Michel, VP of Payments at Forter.

It’s been a year since every merchant across France, Germany, Italy and Spain — the EEA’s largest digital commerce markets — started complying with PSD2. Here at Forter, we analysed our data to determine what merchants are doing to comply with PSD2, asking, “has it reduced fraud rates?”

Astley Clarke set to sparkle after upgrading to Brightpearl in just 150 days

4 Astley Clarke set to sparkle after upgrading to Brightpearl in just 150 days

The UK digital jeweller Astley Clarke has the jewel in its tech stack crown after signing up with Brightpearl.

Research reveals the shift to multicloud environments has broken retailers’ traditional approaches to infrastructure monitoring

5 Research reveals the shift to multicloud environments has broken retailers’ traditional approaches to infrastructure monitoring

Dynatrace has announced the findings of an independent global survey of 130 CIOs and senior IT practitioners responsible for driving innovation in the retail sector

A new low cost kiosk solution at the National Convenience Show

6 A new low cost kiosk solution at the National Convenience Show

Smart Volution is launching a new addition to its Register family of POS solutions at the National Convenience Show at the NEC Birmingham on the 25th to the 27th of April 2022.

Employing humans and machines for effective advanced threat protection

7 Employing humans and machines for effective advanced threat protection

The cybersecurity market is continuing to increase year-on-year, with cybercrime rising by 600% during the peak of COVID-19, totalling $6 trillion in damages worldwide over 2021.

Leroy Merlin running lean in-store operations and improving cross-company collaboration

8 Leroy Merlin running lean in-store operations and improving cross-company collaboration

Leroy Merlin is one of the leading home improvement chains in Europe and each day all of their 137 French stores receive up to 10 deliveries from four different warehouses. The company was looking for a customer visibility portal solution to allow in-store teams to know the exact location and predicted ETA of their more than 200,000 annual deliveries, performed by nearly 200 carriers.

The sustainability squeeze: Almost half of Brits can’t afford to be more sustainable

9 The sustainability squeeze: Almost half of Brits can’t afford to be more sustainable

New research from Bazaarvoice’s Influenster community reveals the current struggle UK consumers have with balancing the rising cost of living with their desire to shop sustainably. Given the choice, 44% would ditch fast fashion and switch to more sustainable clothing options, but they simply can’t afford the difference in cost.

Sophos Firewall advancements boost network performance and flexibility

10 Sophos Firewall advancements boost network performance and flexibility

Sophos has iintroduced a new version of Sophos Firewall with Xstream software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) capabilities and virtual private network (VPN) enhancements that significantly boost network performance and flexibility.

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