The Support for Independent Retail campaign is egging on small businesses and towns across the UK to organise and run Easter Egg Hunts in their areas, as the annual 'Enjoy an Independent Easter' event marks its third year.
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Independent Retail campaign calling on shops to join egg-citing Easter activity and boost footfall to UK towns
Feb 04, 2015
Handheld Group strengthens product management
Feb 04, 2015
The Handheld Group has strengthened its product management department with two new appointments: Johan Hed is the company's new Director Product Management and joins Handheld's management team, while Johan Sätterman is appointed Handheld's new Product Manager.
Delivering the full circle customer experience through product returns
Feb 04, 2015
By Niklas Hedin, CEO of Centiro.
Online returns continue to be a major pain point for many retailers; in fact in some geographies they are as high as 60%. To date many have simply managed the return of goods as a cost recovery exercise, rather than adapting their processes to take into account customers' ever-changing buying habits.
When fast wasn’t fast enough, The Trade Desk turned to Peer 1 Hosting
Feb 04, 2015
The Trade Desk, the demand-side platform, offers agencies, aggregators and their advertisers technology to manage display, social and video advertising campaigns.
Eason and Son reports 73% of online revenue attributed to site search users after deploying SLI systems technology
Feb 04, 2015
Easons.com, the largest online book and e-book store in Ireland, now attributes 73% of its total online revenue to search users, with approximately 40% of all site visitors using its online search box.
Futura and Peoplevox support business expansion at This is It
Feb 04, 2015
Specialised discount retailer 'This is it' which operates stores in the South West of England and a fast growing online business, is the first to benefit from a new relationship between Futura Retail Systems and the Peoplevox warehouse management solution.
OnePiece chooses IO’s True Prospecting solution to help acquire new customers
Feb 04, 2015
OnePiece has chosen Intelligent Optimisations (IO) and its True Prospecting solution to help acquire new customers.
Logility announces Logility Voyager Retail Optimization V5.4
Jan 30, 2015
Logility Inc., supplier of advanced retail planning and supply chain optimisation solutions, has announced the availability of Logility Voyager Retail Optimization V5.4.
Mapping the data universe
Jan 29, 2015
Adopting a continual, pro-active approach to information governance is essential if retailers are to meet the challenges presented by big data. Martin Bonney, Director International Consulting Services, Epiq Systems, suggests the sector has room for improvement.
Xplore Technologies introduces xCapture Pro for Bobcat and XC6 rugged tablets
Jan 29, 2015
Xplore Technologies Corp., manufacturer of rugged tablets, has announced Xplore xCapture Pro camera software for its Bobcat and XC6 Windows-based tablet PCs.
