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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LC Waikiki chooses HighJump Supply Chain Advantage Suite

1 LC Waikiki chooses HighJump Supply Chain Advantage Suite

HighJump Software has announced that LC Waikiki has selected the HighJump warehouse management system (WMS) and performance management system to optimise the accuracy and performance of its supply chain.

Spring is here and brighter than ever with Socket Mobile's line of colourful Apple certified Bluetooth barcode scanners

2 Spring is here and brighter than ever with Socket Mobile's line of colourful Apple certified Bluetooth barcode scanners

Make your mPOS application stand out in the crowd and enhance your corporate branding by including one of Socket Mobile's colourful Bluetooth barcode scanners in your next retail deployment.

Retailers look to boost technology spend

3 Retailers look to boost technology spend

The vast majority of the UK's top 60 retailers look set to spend more on technology in the coming year, with websites & mobile and new IT systems two of their top three investment priorities.

Varlink supports local Primary School at PA Raspberry Pi Competition Grand Final

4 Varlink supports local Primary School at PA Raspberry Pi Competition Grand Final

Varlink is proud to have sponsored Norton Community Primary School's attendance at the environmental themed PA Raspberry Pi Competition Grand Final, which took place on Wednesday 2nd April 2014 at the Science Museum, London.

Barcoding introduces two-way radios

5 Barcoding introduces two-way radios

Barcoding, Inc., the enterprise-wide mobility solutions provider, has introduced Two-Way Radios by Barcoding, a division dedicated to delivering the latest in two-way business radios to support clients' communication needs.

Retail footfall on the way back up

6 Retail footfall on the way back up

The latest figures from Ipsos Retail Performance show an improvement to average weekly shopper numbers in March. The Retail Traffic Index, which measures the number of shoppers entering over 4000 non-food retail stores across the UK, rose by 4.5% on February, better than the monthly lift of 3.8% in 2013, despite Easter falling into March last year.

Shoppers ‘undewhelmed with retail technology’

7 Shoppers ‘undewhelmed with retail technology’

Savvy British families may well be in the midst of a mobile tech revolution, but the same cannot be said for many of UK's retailers, according to new research from global retail technology company Omnico Group.

Motorola Solutions offers customers more options for WLAN

8 Motorola Solutions offers customers more options for WLAN

Motorola Solutions Inc. is giving customers more options for wireless local area networks (WLAN) that are cost effective and easy to deploy.

UK retailers lag behind US in adopting Omni

9 UK retailers lag behind US in adopting Omni

Almost half of US retailers (43 per cent) have a fully integrated Omni-channel approach against just over a quarter (27 per cent) of UK retailers. Although the US is further advanced, both UK and US retailers agree that the greatest overall benefits of going Omni are an enhanced business operating model and increased sales.

Much ado about showrooming

10 Much ado about showrooming

By Andrew Dark, CEO, Displaydata.

Showrooming – the act of visiting a store to view merchandise before buying online elsewhere – is often seen as the enemy of the bricks and mortar retailer. One can sympathise with the retailer, as shoppers browse their goods, handling and trying on items that they have no intention of buying.

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