With a wide collection of creative kitchenware and home products, Lakeland has chosen PCMS' Vison Commerce Suite, including Vision BeanStore as its point of sale (PoS) solution and Vision Channel Manager to orchestrate data between the retailer's other selling systems and the rest of its IT infrastructure.
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.
Major retailers lacking the technology to prevent online sales of e-cigarettes to under-18s
Jun 08, 2016
Mystery shoppers have revealed three of the biggest supermarkets do not have adequate age-verification software in place to prevent under-18s obtaining e-cigarettes online, seven months after these became age-restricted items.
BEC secures first US site with Horseware
Jun 08, 2016
BEC (Systems Integration) Ltd., the UK-based supplier of data capture solutions for supply chain logistics and manufacturing, it has won a Voice-enabled Warehouse Management Solution (WMS) contract with Horseware in the US.
mPOS to process over 40% of retail Point-of-Sale transactions by 2021
Jun 08, 2016
A new study from Juniper Research has found that smartphone and tablet-based mobile point-of sale terminals will take on a significant role in businesses, handling 40% of all retail transaction value by 2021, up from an expected 12% in 2016.
62% of Euro 2016 shoppers will be tempted inside by digital signage
Jun 08, 2016
62% of shoppers will be tempted to step inside a store by digital signage during major football tournaments such as Euro 2016, a survey by Vista Retail Support has found.
Global websites 7% slower than last year, as fashion over function design choices lead to lost retail revenues
Jun 08, 2016
Digital performance software company, Dynatrace, tracked the homepage response times of over 300 leading retail sites in the UK, US, France, Germany, China, Australia, Spain and the Nordics, testing every 10 minutes for the last 12 months.
Wirecard and Curve team up to bring next generation payment cards
Jun 08, 2016
Wirecard has announced a partnership with the London-based start-up Curve to introduce a new payment solution. Curve allows people to connect up an unlimited number of bank cards into one physical payment card, accepted everywhere.
Zapper's smart payment solution 'enables stores to instantly understand and reward shoppers'
Jun 08, 2016
Zapper the global data insights and mobile payment platform, has adapted its Pay-at-Counter solution, currently successful in pre-pay hospitality environments, for convenience retail outlets in the UK.
Manhattan Associates connects the call centre to modern shopper expectations
Jun 08, 2016
Manhattan Associates, Inc. has announced key enhancements to its Omni-Channel Customer Service Solution.
Handheld adds eTicketing capabilities to its Algiz RT7 Android rugged tablet
Jun 08, 2016
Handheld Group has announced the Algiz RT7 eTicket, a new version of its popular Algiz RT7 Android tablet that adds a specialized RFID reader so transit workers can use it for mobile ticketing tasks.
