retail in case studies
Woolworths slashes costs with supply chain tech
Case Study Woolworths was SAP's first UK customer back in 1989 and has used SAP for Retail enterprise resource planning software since 2000. High street retailer Woolworths has streamlined its distribution with supply chain management (SCM) software from long... [02 Jun 2008]
Childnet helps parents get web savvy
Case Study The best solution was to distribute a CD-ROM through schools.copies have been distributed through schools and another 200,000 have been pre-loaded onto PCs sold through the PC World retail chain. Internet awareness charity Childnet International... [08 May 2008]
VoIP a perfect fit for Gieves and Hawkes
Case Study It employs around 160 people and has a turnover of £20m.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. Bespoke tailor Gieves and Hawkes has moved over to a VoIP link between its two back offices to... [15 Apr 2008]
Musical retailer improves stock visibility
Case Study Pro audio music retailer Digital Village implemented a retail software management system to improve productivity and sales in 2003. This system had to be polled every night and was little use to sales staff in the stores that wanted to check... [08 Apr 2008]
Publisher purges thousands of unlicensed fonts
Case Study Publishing giant Faber & Faber is wiping away the chance of costly law suits by using software to purge unlicensed fonts.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. [22 Feb 2008]
Rugby club scores with automated backup
Case Study It allows the club to protect its vast amount of sensitive and critical data, including video analysis of matches for researching the opposition's tactics and training the players, retail data from the two stadium shops, emails, all files of... [21 Jan 2008]
Specsavers boosts customer vision with CRM system
Case Study Specsavers was in danger of damaging that brand through outdated customer data management, prompting it to install a dedicated CRM system last year.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. [04 Jan 2008]
Betfair betting engine goes supersonic
Case Study The technology the company came up with is so impressive, it was the clear winner of the CNET Networks UK Business and Technology Retail & Leisure Technology Project of the Year Award for 2007. Betfair has developed a new core betting engine that... [15 Nov 2007]
Somerfield gets serious about wireless security
Case Study Wireless communications is pervasive within the retail sector and a key part of sales-floor infrastructure in many stores as much of the workforce is mobile - stacking shelves and taking inventory, for example. [05 Nov 2007]
TalkTalk Direct gets faster on its feet
Case Study Since installing the new servers, the company has seen an 88 per cent reduction in the time needed to generate information on customer billing.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. [11 Oct 2007]
American Golf drives expansion with store system
Case Study The retailer has grown steadily over the last 20 years and is set for further expansion at the rate of three to five stores a year, and is also considering a move into mainland Europe, having estblished a presence in the next two years.silicon.com... [14 Sep 2007]
Retailer takes stock with business intelligence
Case Study Christopher Moseley, head of IT at Pearsons, told silicon.com: "The biggest single benefit [of the software] is that we know what stock we have at any one time.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. [10 Sep 2007]
Holiday company steps up data security
Case Study Attraction World sells holiday packages and travel tickets on behalf of numerous travel agents - as well as directly to the public - and its database is central to the business.silicon.com Retail & Leisure [17 Aug 2007]
National Lottery bets on web reporting
Case Study So we needed to be more proactive.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. Camelot is using web monitoring technology to improve the online experience of players using its National Lottery website. [09 Jul 2007]
Tate makes e-bulletins an artform
Case Study John Stack, editor of Tate Online, told silicon.com the email bulletins are much cheaper to run because a bounce back on email costs a very small amount of money compared to the price of a second-class stamp.silicon.com Retail & Leisure [06 Jul 2007]
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