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White Paper With retail locations in 23 states, Southern States Cooperative's business leaders saw the opportunity to replace paper-based processes and use mobile technology to make corporate information easily available when and where needed. [27 Jul 2009]
How to Get to the Numbers that Matter in Retail
White Paper Co-op funds and vendor advertising support This white paper reviews various aspects of retail financial management and draws important lessons for small and mid-size retailers. It addresses a wide range... [13 Jul 2009]
Calgary Co-op Expands Human Resource Solutions to Further Drive Efficiency and Transparency
White Paper Calgary Co-op wanted to leverage existing human resources and financial solution investments and to deliver on strategic vision and increased productivity of employees to drive continued profitable... [30 May 2009]
Co-op Group kicks "server sprawl" into touch
Case Study Mutual retailer the Co-operative Group has cut its datacentre maintenance and support costs by deploying HP virtualisation tech and consolidating its "server sprawl". The catalyst for the infrastructure refresh came in... [14 Apr 2009]
First large-scale ID card trials coming to Manchester?
News We need everyone to recognise the cards from workers in the Co-op, to bank staff. Manchester is one of several areas being considered in the UK to act as a test bed for the rollout of ID cards to UK... [29 Jan 2009]
London Olympics gets new CIO
News Before joining Co-op FS as executive director of business transformation and shared services, Gerry was director of technology for the Manchester Commonwealth Games, where he designed and delivered the... [15 Sep 2008]
Co-op Financial Services' mail goes digital in £12m deal
News Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) has signed a £12m deal with Xerox to digitise its mail-sorting processes. The company, which brings together Co-operative Insurance, The... [15 Apr 2008]
Virtual staff speed up bank queues
Case Study Co-operative Financial Services has automated a credit checking process to free up staff and help treat customers consistently. Joanne Master, business systems manager at Co-operative Financial Services,... [31 Aug 2007]
Co-op Group polls customers at the till
News Convenience store retailer Co-op Group is using its electronic point-of-sale (Epos) system to save money on customer satisfaction surveys. Co-op Group is one of the few... [10 Aug 2007]
Web 2.0 generation expect work on their terms
News It's time for a new operating model; an IT care co-op is the solution. The UK's business leaders are being warned they must embrace flexible working and consumer technologies if they are to attract and... [09 Aug 2007]
Co-op to axe 1,000 jobs in £100m efficiency drive
News Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) is to cut 1,000 jobs this year as part of plans to reduce operating costs by £100m by the end of June 2008 but will also boost investment in new technology. The next stage of... [20 Jul 2007]
Retailers fill their baskets with tech
News Midlands Co-op has installed a supply chain management system from Aldata to manage orders, store inventory, replenishment, point of sale and payments. It's been a busy week for the UK's shopping giants... [07 Jun 2007]
Co-op Bank extends mortgage tech deal
News TE has provided Co-op Bank with a managed software support service since it entered the UK mortgage market six years ago - originally with TE acquisition Attentive - and now extends into hardware support... [27 Apr 2007]
How mobile is your corner shop?
Comment It's not before time for Co-op, Costcutter, Londis, Nisa-Today's, Spar and about 9,000 independent corner shops to start mining the CRM benefits of a loyalty card system, with other supermarkets years... [13 Apr 2007]
Co-op inks £100m extension to Xansa deal
News Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) has signed an extension worth up to £100m over the next five years to its outsourcing contract with Xansa that will result in more work being sent overseas to India. [02 Apr 2007]
