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Photos: The high-tech future of retail

Photo This digital pen from O2 is designed to automate the transfer of data from paper stock forms to a central server, without any keyed-in data entry stage in the paper trail. The latest innovations in tech for retailers were showcased at the Retail...

Tags: retail, contactless payments, tablet, payment

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[15 Feb 2008]

Photos: Retailers take stock with video tech

Photo But goods being out of stock on shelves could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new high-tech camera. Accenture's Visual Shelf Monitoring system, shown here, uses a camera connected to an object recognition system to rapidly spot missing...

Tags: goods, credit, stock, retailers

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[31 Jan 2008]

Photos: Future tech at Microsoft Innovation day

Photo You can then keep track of the items you have in stock. This version is aimed at the kitchen and includes a stock checking application. Microsoft hosted its fourth Innovation Day in Brussels this week with partner organisations showing off the tech...

Tags: events, car, credit, house

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[06 Dec 2007]

Photos: Inside the shop of the future

Photo Kiosks like this 'virtual concierge' allow customers to check if an item is in stock or buy items such as gift cards or mobile top-ups. BT has built this mock-up of the shop of the future in its London headquarters, with the aim of showing off some...

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[08 Aug 2006]

Photos: The top 10 gadgets for business travellers

Photo Photo credit: Stock photography Photo credit: Stock photography Photo credit: Stock photography Photo credit: Stock photography Photo credit: Stock photography Photo credit: Stock photography The first is a smart phone - like the ones shown in the...

Tags: business travellers, gadgets

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[26 May 2006]

Photos: Inside Amazon.co.uk

Photo The balancing act Amazon must manage is ensuring no customer's order goes unfulfilled but it is not left with an unsold stock of thousands which take up valuable warehouse space and threaten to derail an otherwise smooth just-in-time supply chain.

Tags: potter, harry, amazon

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[31 Aug 2005]

Photos: A day in the life of an Amazon.co.uk order

Photo The website says Amazon.co.uk has copies in stock right now, so I place the order. 07:20am It's early in the morning and I'm surfing Amazon.co.uk looking for something to buy before heading off to Milton Keynes to see that order processed.

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[26 Aug 2005]