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E-tailers: Be choosy overseas
Comment There are certainly many implementation challenges in running online operations overseas including different languages, different currencies and local fulfilment. When choosing which foreign markets to enter, it's best... [24 Mar 2009]
Debenhams buys project management app
News The application, Clarity, is used to monitor IT projects across the business and has been used to update HR systems and create an order fulfilment system for the retailer's website. Department store chain Debenhams has... [09 Feb 2009]
Should your tech chief be a jack-of-all-trades?
News Rob Neil, IT director, Ashford Borough Council said: "I've moved from financial IT to engineering organisations, academia, product ordering and fulfilment then to the public sector. Industry experience is considered low... [27 Oct 2008]
Inbox: Hasta la Vista, cloud debate, Apple future gazing
Comment XP fulfilment The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought-provoking of the reader comments silicon.com receives each week. This week open source guru Richard Stallman puts a spanner in the works of the... [10 Oct 2008]
Tesco online sales continue to grow
News Tesco's fulfilment model is based on store staff picking orders from the nearest store. Grocery giant Tesco has reported strong sales for its food and non-food online arms in its latest half-year report.silicon.com... [30 Sep 2008]
Adams rips and replaces supply chain tech
News Pound added the warehouse and merchandising systems will also provide a springboard for further growth in the retailer's online arm, supporting fulfilment for the Adams site and for the Boots ecommerce site the company... [16 Sep 2008]
OSS/BSS Reference Architecture and Its Implementation Scenario for Fulfilment
White Paper Mobile operators face challenges arising both from the changing business environment and from today's rapid diversification of systems. The advances made in understanding operator processes and systems interfaces should be embraced in... [02 Sep 2008]
Online retail takes 20p of the shopper's pound
News The company's director of online merchandising said: "The advantage [we] have is our experience in fulfilment and providing the best customer experience online. Online shopping is poised to take 20p out of every UK... [18 Jul 2008]
Oracle takes on SAP with retail apps
News He said: "The real difference with this suite is the integration of planning against fulfilment capability. Oracle has released the latest version of its Retail application suite, a move the company says is the most... [18 Jun 2008]
Online sales help N Brown buck retail decline
News Gross margin for the company was 0.5 per cent below the previous year's rate, but operational cost savings - achieved through the disposal of its fulfilment arm Zendor - and the growth in online sales offset marginal... [14 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Apple vs Vista, jail for mobile users and the broadband swindle…
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Peter Cochrane's Blog: Resolutions for 2008 ¦ The best of 2007 ¦ Leader: Missing Xmas parcels highlight online fulfilment... [03 Jan 2008]
Leader: Missing Xmas parcels highlight online fulfilment dangers
Leader Along with the rise in sales comes a rise in fulfilment problems. Retailers face a real danger of becoming the victims of their own success, with growth in sales actually damaging brand loyalty if they don't pay more... [02 Jan 2008]
Online cash payments on the cards?
News Retailers have been focusing on the daily challenge of delivering the basics of customer service and fulfilment for the customers they already have. Knowing your customers is a mantra of retail. But when HMV ran an... [22 Oct 2007]
"Spoilt" online shoppers want more from high street
News Once an order has been placed, more than three-quarters of respondents want retailers to notify them of shipping and order fulfilment. Shoppers have been "spoilt" by their experiences online and are now expecting the... [29 Aug 2007]
Google sticks ads on YouTube
News The new commercials, which will begin appearing today, are the fulfilment of a promise, analysts say. Google is finally rolling out an advertising format for YouTube it hopes could succeed where others have failed: by... [22 Aug 2007]
