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White Paper U.K.retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) is taking its ongoing pilot with Fadio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology to the next level. Currently, the retail chain is testing the benefits of using RFIDs to track inventory of men's suits at nine... [10 Nov 2006]
UK retailers fail disability web access test
News The retail websites tested included Amazon, Apple, Argos, Carphone Warehouse, Dell, Expedia, lastminute.com, Marks & Spencer, Next, O2, Tesco and Thomas Cook. The only retailers on the list credited for making a genuine effort to improve the... [21 Sep 2006]
Finance company finds way though Basel II maze
Case Study Marks & Spencer Money has completed a data quality project that has helped it comply with Basel II regulations well ahead of the January 2007 deadline. The company - part of HSBC - offers financial products including the credit cards and insurance... [09 Aug 2006]
CIOs still excluded from the boardroom
News Yet that remains a very low number and in Europe the figure is only seven per cent with examples in the UK including HSBC, Marks & Spencer and Vodafone. A seat in the boardroom remains elusive for most CIOs as businesses continue to exclude IT... [19 Oct 2005]
The McCue Interview: Unilever CIO Neil Cameron
Comment It was a temporary IT job at RHM management services that started it all and Cameron has climbed the ladder steadily ever since at the likes of Diageo, Dixons, Guinness, Marks & Spencer and now Unilever. [01 Sep 2005]
Leader: BlackBerry love
Leader Yesterday we wrote about Marks and Spencer going for an all-Microsoft mobile messaging environment, connecting Exchange servers to smart phones (from Qtek) running a Microsoft operating system. At a recent conference organised by a silicon.com... [27 Jul 2005]
M&S signs Microsoft for smart phone trial
News Marks and Spencer has chosen Microsoft as its partner in a pilot of wireless email to its executives. The trial will initially see some 20 execs from across business functions at the retailer using devices running Microsoft's Windows Smartphone OS... [26 Jul 2005]
Marks & Spencer plumps for VoIP
News Marks and Spencer (M&S) is planning to shift to a VoIP telephone service across its UK operations. In a statement Alastair Tipple, chief information officer at Marks & Spencer, said he expected to see significant cost savings as a result of the new... [19 May 2005]
VoIP in demand at M&S
Marks and Spencer is planning to shift to a VoIP telephone service across its UK operations. In a statement Alastair Tipple, chief information officer at Marks & Spencer, said he expected to see significant cost savings as a result of the new deal. [19 May 2005]
Will's Web Watch: easy, easy, easy...
Comment For example, I'm already aware that Amazon.co.uk will be selling Marks & Spencer's underwear and have moved into the DVD rental space, but I had no idea easyGroup sold pizza, watches or men's cosmetics (though I'm really not sure about the wisdom... [20 Apr 2005]
Amazon to underpin M&S online
Amazon.com has signed a deal to provide e-commerce technology and hosting services to Marks & Spencer, the American e-tailer said on Tuesday. Under the terms of the deal, Amazon Services Europe - a new subsidiary - will host and provide the... [19 Apr 2005]
Amazon to provide Marks & Spencer's ecommerce
News Amazon.com has signed a deal to provide ecommerce technology and hosting services to Marks & Spencer, the US e-tailer said Tuesday. Under the terms of the deal, Amazon Services Europe - a new subsidiary - will host and provide the technology behind... [19 Apr 2005]
Littlewoods wins Energis IT head
News He has previously been in senior IT management positions at Debenhams, Burton Group and Marks and Spencer. The IT director at telecoms supplier Energis has left the company to join one of its largest customers as CIO. [23 Mar 2005]
Leader: RFID - not if, but when
Leader It was announced this week that adopting RFID could slash airlines' $1bn lost luggage bill and Marks and Spencer is planning to extend its RFID trials. Marks and Spencer's behaviour would gladden the hearts of the EU working party. [25 Feb 2005]
Storm in a D-cup: Marks & Sparks expands RFID trials
News Marks and Spencer has decided to take RFID technology into even more stores. To try to allay customers' privacy fears, the tags can be easily removed and thrown away and Marks and Spencer will be putting leaflets explaining the new technology into... [22 Feb 2005]
