Research by Streamline shows that the average restaurant customer expects to spend up to one hour simply waiting, whether it be for a table, for service, for food or to pay.
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.
Restaurants leave customers playing the hour-long waiting game 60 minute wait 'the norm', say frustrated customers
May 15, 2012
Foundation builds e-commerce business with established retail systems from Eurostop
May 15, 2012
Foundation is an independent retailer in Gloucestershire, with two established stores located in Stow-on-the-Wold and Cheltenham. It sells clothing, homewares and accessories, with an emphasis on style, wearability and excellent customer service.
Sigma Touch announces Opticon partnership
May 15, 2012
EPoS hardware manufacturer and channel vendor Sigma Touch Solutions has agreed a deal to sell Opticon scanners into the UK reseller channel.
Research examines employee onboarding and retail digital marketing
May 15, 2012
Aberdeen Group has announced the publication of new research reports from its Human Capital Management (HCM)/Talent Acquisition Solutions, Supply Chain Management, and Retail and Consumer Markets research practices.
Retailers still falling prey to the Seven Deadly Sins of Multichannel Retailing
May 15, 2012
The majority of retailers are still missing out on many of the benefits of multichannel retailing, one year after a report by K3 Retail was released, which identified the 'Seven Deadly Sins of Multichannel Retailing'.
Alternative payments to rise exponentially by 2015
May 15, 2012
WorldPay has launched Optimising your Alternative Payments, a global whitepaper and interactive heatmap of the alternative payments landscape, and the varying cultural preferences of payment types by geography.
Consumer survey highlights importance of multi-channel and data management strategies for retailers to deliver on m-commerce
May 15, 2012
Stibo Systems, the Strategic Information Management Company, has announced the findings of its 2012 UK consumer retail survey, highlighting a rising increase in consumer expectations towards m-commerce.
Ensuring retailers deliver during the Olympics
May 15, 2012
MetaPack predicts that carriers' deliveries will have to halve in size over the Olympic game period owning to disruptions.
Interactive digital wayfinding in retail
May 15, 2012
Alexandrium Woonmall Rotterdam uses AOpen to power its digital signage network and Interactive Wayfinding touch displays
Elo TouchSystems interactive digital signage solutions at Screenmedia Expo
May 09, 2012
Elo TouchSystems will be present at the Screenmedia Expo exhibition, from 16 to 17 May in London.
