All In-store technology articles – Page 41
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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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99p 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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Lies, 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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Alworths 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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Last 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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USC 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.
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Phones 4U to replace legacy store systems
Phones 4U has embarked on a major store systems project that will see it replace virtually all its legacy store applications by the middle of 2010.
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Asda collects store feedback from 250,000 customers
More than 250,000 customers have provided Asda with feedback since it launched its tellASDA initiative at the beginning of the year.Since January it has issued receipts at the tills of its 367 stores that provide information on how customers can make comments about their store visit. Customers have the option ...
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Opinion
Is self-serve a selfish strategy?
The number of UK stores with self-checkouts is expected to double in the next three years. But will this service strategy benefit shoppers or is it all about the retailers’ bottom lines?
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Tesco integrates wine and web arms
Tesco has hailed the introduction of a warehouse management system for its wine business a success.
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Communication before implementation
One well-respected retailer has argued that complex systems are making life more difficult for his industry. But the problem that most businesses with underperforming systems actually face is the lack of communication between their operational and technical staff.
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GIVe to stress multichannel focus with simultaneous online and store launch
Fashion guru George Davies is gearing up for a multichannel launch for his new retail venture GIVe.
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Poundland trials contactless payments
Poundland is trialling contactless payment technology at two of its London stores.
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Voice picking cuts stock gaps at Poundstretcher
Poundstretcher has improved the accuracy of its store replenishment with a voice-directed warehouse system.
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White Stuff overhauls merchandising
Growing multichannel retailer White Stuff is to improve its planning and merchandising activity with the introduction of a system from Island Pacific.
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Digital screens - retail has seen it all before
Asda’s newly opened future store in Keighley, Bradford, is trialling a digital signage system from Amscreen that has been designed to influence purchase decisions at the point of sale.In Amscreen’s promotion of the deal, which includes a video of the system it’s posted on its website, it describes the system ...
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Asda trials signage system from Amscreen
Asda is trialling a digital signage system from Sir Alan Sugar’s Amscreen in its new Keighley store.
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System lets Tesco suppliers meet label standard
Tesco has endorsed a system created by three technology firms that will allow its suppliers to meet its new labelling standard.
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Gamestation to use Game EPoS system
Gamestation is to move to the same EPoS platform as its sister fascia Game as part of the integration of the two businesses’ operating and distribution platforms.