All In-store technology articles – Page 40
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NewsQD brings in SAP business system to up efficiency
QD Stores Group is implementing a new IT system that will help it stay ahead of rising competition in the value sector as it grows its portfolio.
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NewsBarclaycard Freedom reward scheme launches
Barclaycard’s reward scheme, Barclaycard Freedom, has launched this morning with cardholders able to earn reward money when using their credit card to buy goods and services in participating outlets.
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OpinionNo red card for CNP fraud
After years of rising card-not-present fraud, which retailers have had to shoulder, is technology finally winning the battle?
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Retailer screening leads to decrease in card-not-present fraud
Phone, internet and mail order fraud has fallen by 19% to £266.4m from 2008 to 2009, according to new figures from the UK Cards Association.
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NewsJohn Lewis boosts promotional materials with new printers
Department store chain John Lewis has introduced Xerox DocuColor printers to all of its stores allowing it to produce promotional materials more easily on site.
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Chip and PIN flaw can lead to fraud
Cambridge University researchers have found a flaw in the Chip and PIN system that could open the door to fraud.
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Mercadona to test Wincor Nixdorf automated checkout
Mercadona will be the first retailer to test Wincor Nixdorf’s new prototype of a fully automated checkout in the retailer’s laboratory later this month.According to Wincor Nixdorf, the new prototype for an automated checkout will for the first time make it possible to accurately read more than 95% of the ...
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NewsCarpetright upgrades broadband bandwidth
Carpetright has upgraded its broadband network as part of the resigning of a deal with its existing supplier.
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NewsDSGi to improve IT helpdesk service quality
DSGi expects to reduce the number of incidents its IT helpdesk deals with by between 10% and 15% this year.
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OpinionDoes every second really count?
Shaving seconds off the time each customer spends at the tills is an obsession for some retailers. But why, when the plastic bag police ruin the efficiency savings retailers’ IT departments have worked so hard to achieve?
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NewsNew Look to widen multichannel services with stores EPoS upgrade
New Look is to replace the EPoS software across its entire store estate this year to introduce multichannel services.
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OpinionRetail IT’s New Year spending spree?
Retailers have been making do and mending when it comes to IT systems for the past couple of years. 2010 is likely to be the year when the necessary projects they have been putting off start to see some traction.
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NewsThorntons stock control system eases wastage
Thorntons has cut discounts and wastage in its stores significantly after introducing a store replenishment system from Aldata.
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Torex to hand over hardware maintenance to partner
Retail software supplier Torex is to transfer its hardware maintenance business to partner Phoenix IT Services from February next year.
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News99p Stores rolls out EPoS in two months
99p Stores has rolled out an EPoS system to 116 stores in just two months.
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OpinionLies, damned lies and shoplifting statistics
Loss prevention and retail security staff do not despair – the figures all over the press yesterday about shoplifting being up by 20% are not quite as cut and dried as they seem.
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Liverpool contactless payment push begins
Boots, Timpsons and Max Spielmann are all taking part in MasterCard’s initiative to drive adoption of its contactless payment technology in Liverpool.
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NewsAlworths to use Woolworths supplier for store system
Alworths is working with Episys to help push its value message with promotional signage across its stores. The retailer – set up by former Woolworths director Andy Latham – has set up an Immediate Impact system to allow it to produce appropriate signage in each of its shops.
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OpinionLast night a kiosk changed my life
Just a couple of years back most retailers had written off in-store kiosks. But I had a moment in an Argos store yesterday; and it has made me think again about whether consumer perceptions of the technology have changed.
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NewsUSC gears up for loyalty launch after EPoS update
USC plans to launch a loyalty card following the roll-out of a replacement EPoS system to all stores.