General Retail Technology News

On the 12th of April, retailers in England and Wales will breathe a collective sigh of relief as all non-essential shops hope to open up once again. After a turbulent year, the government’s plan to ease lockdown restrictions promises much-needed stability for retailers. However, the pandemic has led to marked changes in consumer behaviour, which retailers will need to adapt to.

SnapFulfil WMS is helping to power forward an automotive salvage specialist’s ambitious five-year growth plan, which is predicted to boost turnover to a £1/4 billion.

Neteller, powered by specialised payments platform Paysafe, has launched Neteller Knect. Neteller Knect is a loyalty programme that rewards customers for choosing to pay with their Neteller digital wallet.  It has launched in over 100 countries.

The healthy high street eatery, Chop’d confirmed its commitment to a bumper opening with a major tech investment to help diners beat the queue and safely order when it reopens stores on the 12th of April.

Soldo, the European pay and spend automation platform, has unveiled a new Coleman Parkes study it commissioned which found that the UK economy loses around £37 billion a year through poor business spending controls. 

JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., has seen impressive growth in virtual spending with European retailers from its Asian cardmember base, with online sales growing by more than 300% across the continent between 2016 and 2019.

By Will Carder, Automation Sales Engineer at Quadient.

Automation offers a route forward for hard-pressed e-fulfilment operations – particularly, when it comes to packaging processes. But how do you build in operational resilience? What are the secrets to maximising uptime?

TRG, the global managed solutions provider focused on enterprise mobility, point of sale and payments, has welcomed payments industry veteran Liz Everett as a Director of Payment Solutions.

Dakota Integrated Solutions Ltd, a real-time technology, printing, mobility and digital data capture solution specialist, has achieved Platinum Partnership Status with Honeywell. This latest accolade for Dakota means that they are now able to offer Honeywell’s entire product range, including Voice-directed technology and solutions.

Carousel Digital Signage and mobile device management company Moki have entered into a new partnership that will simplify the deployment and management of media player software across multiple operating systems.