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RSS online retailFlight booking checks into mobiles
News The company, owned and operated by Online Retail Travel Group (ORTG), offers consumers the ability to search, book and pay for flights through their mobile phone. The service is not entirely comprehensive though and not all airlines have signed up... [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]
Photos: Waging war on the web's bad guys
Photo Businesses in retail and other sectors however tend to have more holes in their systems. And the centre faces a growing threat, with a 140 per cent increase in the amount of malware being deployed online over the past six months. [21 Jul 2008]
Online retail takes 20p of the shopper's pound
News According to the IMRG Capgemini E-Retail Sales Index, UK shoppers spent more than £26.5bn online in the first six months of 2008, up 38 per cent from the same period last year. Based on the current growth trends online-shopper spend will peak at up... [18 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming cuts 'could stifle competition'
News The Commission's proposals to single out yet another aspect of the mobile industry and apply retail price regulation, threatens to choke growth and stifle competition. The GSMA points to tailored roaming packages as evidence of a competitive market... [16 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]
Global Crossing Case Study: Major North American Automobile Company
White Paper As the automobile dealers found their networking needs expanding, challenges included connecting disparate retail sites, improved data transfer, and accuracy, overall network performance, simplified operations, and of course, reduced costs. [11 Jul 2008]
Intel's Atom cracks into PC World
News The UK computer-store chain PC World is claiming to be the first retail outlet in the country to offer a netbook using Intel's Atom processor. The accessibility to the internet and portability of netbooks has seen extremely strong pre-sales through... [08 Jul 2008]
BSM Approach Delivers Cost Savings and Higher Efficiency at Coldwater Creek
White Paper Coldwater Creek operates nearly 250 retail stores, as well as online and catalog retail operations. The company wanted to architect the delivery of IT service to the point where it is highly automated and unobtrusive, and facilitates work processes... [08 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone up for grabs online - or is it?
News The spokeswoman said O2 had "roughly split its stock in half" - between its online stores and retail stores. The 3G iPhone has today been made available to pre-order online from the O2 and Carphone Warehouse websites. [07 Jul 2008]
silicon.com old school
Comment Others have carried on in business titles, such as Building, Regeneration and Renewal, and Retail Week. The business processes around producing and selling an online publication were at the time non-existent, so we had the luxury of establishing... [07 Jul 2008]
Barclays gives online users free security software
News The bank has signed up for two years with the antivirus company, giving the deal a retail value of more than £200m. Barclays Bank is to offer its two million online customers free security software. Barclays already offers its online banking... [01 Jul 2008]
Cisco Systems Case Study: Procter & Gamble
White Paper With an eye toward expanding retail coverage and providing better service at lower cost, P&G implemented an online system called "Web Order Management" that enables retail customers to connect directly to P&G anytime, from anywhere. [01 Jul 2008]
IBM Case Study: Mitsukoshi
White Paper Founded in 1673, Mitsukoshi is the oldest and one of the most prestigious retail stores in Japan. To raise Internet sales and meet the requests of many older customers or those with visual impairments, Mitsukoshi needed to deploy a more accessible... [01 Jul 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]
