online retail
If you can't wait for Windows 7, pre-orders start today
News The Home Premium edition has a recommended retail price of £150, but is currently available from Amazon UK for £45 and from PC World for £50. On Monday, Microsoft said business customers will be able to get Windows 7... [15 Jul 2009]
On a new Voyager, tackling fraud and the intellectual challenge
Comment Stafford has had a varied career which has included roles in IT as well as general management in both retail and financial services. This flexibility allows the IT team to make systems changes that have helped Nationwide... [06 Jul 2009]
Microsoft Money gets the heave-ho
News Last year, Microsoft stopped selling Money at retail stores, offering it only by internet download. A director in Microsoft's Online Business Services unit, Adam Sohn, said the company now plans to halt... [11 Jun 2009]
Knickers dropping as recession hits web retail
News While electricals and beer, wine and spirits sales have shown strong growth in recent years, clothing has outperformed the retail market to become the fastest growing online sector last year - with sales... [09 Jun 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Business intelligence
News One area where this is proving useful is in retail. Surely retail isn't the only area where BI can help though… Well global bank HSBC is using analytics technology to spot fraudulent activity in... [08 Jun 2009]
Cash-strapped Brits rein in web shopping
News Overall, online shopping continues to outperform the high street - the analyst predicts web sales will grow by 13.3 per cent in 2009, to £20.9bn, while total retail sales will fall by 0.6 per cent.... [03 Jun 2009]
Company Leads Netherlands Online Insurance Industry With Intuitive Web Site
White Paper Established in 2007, Ditzo is a direct insurance company targeting retail customers in the Netherlands. Ditzo wanted a Web site to convert visitors into customers by helping them simply obtain and modify an insurance... [30 May 2009]
Vermont Teddy Bear Delivers on Promise for High-Quality Service
White Paper Like most in the retail sector, Vermont Teddy Bear wanted to continue deliver a high-quality customer experience during its busiest periods, despite the corresponding stresses on management and staff. [30 May 2009]
Windows Vista Clicks With Better Customer Service for Camera Retailer
White Paper Because the retail operation has focused so much on its role as a photography resource for its customers, it has created a library of information on more than six 500GB hard drives. The many articles, reports,... [30 May 2009]
Online Data Collection & Management - Part 1: Techniques for Building Intelligent Web Forms
White Paper According to a study by the Direct Marketing Association, the share of Internet sales will increase to 43% of all catalog, retail and e-commerce sales by 2007 and 46% by 2009. Good web response management techniques are... [23 May 2009]
TEAM International Helps ESL Music Get Efficient and Effective E-Commerce Solution
White Paper The company planned to capitalize on the product by improving web sites development, hosting and support and launching a music retail portal. Understanding that modern music and entertainment industries face lots of... [21 May 2009]
Recession-hit retailers fight back with online charm offensive
News According to a survey carried out by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and software vendor SAP, around half (51 per cent) of respondents are looking at new channels to market - such as transactional websites - as a way... [20 May 2009]
BT to expand 2010 fibre rollout
News BT Retail and its local loop unbundling division, Openreach, reported operating profits of £324m and £296m respectively. BT is planning to double the pace of its forthcoming next generation broadband fibre rollout,... [15 May 2009]
Businesses hunting for gold with data mining
News Meanwhile, UK-based DIY retail chain B&Q is using the SPSS technology to cut down stock loss which has been created by internal and external theft and process errors. The technology from SPSS allows the company to... [15 May 2009]
Amazon spreading its wings in the cloud
News The online retail arm of the company might be better known to the general public, but the web services business already consumes more bandwidth than the more famous ecommerce side. Meanwhile, Amazon... [05 May 2009]