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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.
Record numbers of online shoppers point to vulnerabilities of Internet shopping
Dec 13, 2016
For the first time in history, online shopping has outweighed shopping in stores this year: consumers are now making 51% of their shopping online, compared to 48% in 2015. When online shoppers kick off the Christmas shopping season, online hackers start their busy season, too.
Route Genie teams up with Asda’s Toyou service to boost convenience for online shoppers
Dec 13, 2016
Route Genie, the advanced carrier management software, has secured a partnership with toyou, Asda's new parcel service, to help retailers provide more choice and convenience to online shoppers.
Think forward: Streamline the supply chain to accelerate success
Dec 07, 2016
Join Oracle and its partners at the Modern Business Experience – 1-2 February 2017, ExCeL London.
Do you have visibility across your entire supply chain? Does it adapt dynamically to market volatility? Today's supply chain organisations are feeling the pressure to modernise and transform their business processes to meet the challenges of our digital landscape.
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.
