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Flight booking checks into mobiles
News The service is not entirely comprehensive though and not all airlines have signed up.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. Justtheflight.co.uk, a flight booking website based in the Isle of Man... [23 Jul 2008]
Domino's online sales pass 20 per cent
News This outstripped the general growth trend for the company.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. Fast food takeaway chain Domino's Pizza UK has broken the 20 per cent mark in online sales for the... [21 Jul 2008]
Online retail takes 20p of the shopper's pound
News Based on the current growth trends online-shopper spend will peak at up to 50 per cent of all consumer spending within five years.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. [18 Jul 2008]
figleaves.com revamps website
News According to figleaves.com online merchandising director Catherine Hall, investment for the entire project is expected to run into seven figures and is designed to make the site more friendly for customers to use and easier for buyers and... [16 Jul 2008]
Dunelm Mill signs Epos maintenance deal
News The retailer has signed up Vista Retail Support to maintain its estate of around 720 tills across 90 stores and to take responsibility for new till installations as it expands to 150 stores over the next few years.silicon.com Retail & Leisure [16 Jul 2008]
Red Cross invests in Epos system
News The new tills will be able to provide much more sophisticated and timely data about sales and stock.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. The British Red Cross has signed a deal with Cybertill... [14 Jul 2008]
Super scanners at UK airports
News Bags are scanned from four angles to produce detailed double X-ray images.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. High tech security scanners that can slash queues are now in place at the UK's... [09 Jul 2008]
Newsagent Martin McColl signs £4m VPN contract
News The network will connect the retailer's 1,300-store estate and a number of third party suppliers, which provide services such as mobile phone top-ups, gift cards and its merchant acquirer.silicon.com Retail & Leisure [25 Jun 2008]
Experian launches biometric voice ID checks
News The service is charged on a per-usage basis and is intended for any organisation that interacts with its customer base over the phone, such as financial services or retail and leisure. Experian has launched a voice biometric hosted ID verification... [23 Jun 2008]
Sainsbury's to pay out £300k for online outage
News Between 20,000 to 30,000 customers were affected by the outage and the supermarket agreed to hand out £10 e-vouchers in compensation.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. [20 Jun 2008]
Glitch takes Sainsbury's shopping offline
News The site takes about 90,000 orders per week and the number of customers affected is said to be in the "low thousands".silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. [18 Jun 2008]
Casinos bet on Experian ID verification
News Authenticate Pro is being used by Genting Stanley, Grosvenor Casinos and London Clubs Management to make sure punters are of legal age when they enter their establishments.silicon.com Retail & Leisure [11 Jun 2008]
House of Fraser synchronises supplier data
News Department store chain House of Fraser has signed up to the Inovis Data Synchronisation service in the hope of reducing the time to upload information on suppliers' products into its core merchandising system by 50 per cent.silicon.com Retail... [09 Jun 2008]
Suppliers move away from licensing crackdowns
News But Fast recently launched the Software Industry Research Board (Sirb) in collaboration with major vendors such as Microsoft to simplify software licensing for companies.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight... [09 Jun 2008]
Tesco spends £100m on network overhaul
News Most of the savings will come from the VoIP phones which will cut costs by routing calls through Tesco's internal network.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. [28 May 2008]
