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RSS retailersRetailers waste cash on communications
News Investment in SMS text messaging and digital TV has been the biggest waste of money for retailers in the last 18 months, according to research. It is of little surprise that RFID and chip and PIN take priority for next year's investment... [14 Jun 2005]
Retailers reject ecommerce according to E&Y report
News He said that although the ecommerce market is in its infancy, retailers should have "a strategy and should not ignore the Internet. For some retailers where it's a very service-orientated environment, ecommerce has less of an impact, but I believe... [03 Nov 1999]
Microsoft: Retailers want RFID, biometrics, wireless
News The retail-and-hospitality OS, revealed today at the Retail Systems conference in Chicago, is a combination of elements from other Windows operating systems tailored to work with retailers' point of service systems. [25 May 2005]
Retailers Embrace Intelligent Networking
White Paper This not only improved customer satisfaction, it also naturally increased the time that sales reps could spend on the sales floor - a key issue for retailers who equate more time on the floor to more time with customers and, therefore, greater sales. [09 Jun 2007]
Retailers Tout RFID for Timely Transactions
White Paper For retailers and consumers alike, cash handling is risky business. It can be stolen, lost, and miscounted. People are mugged for it and cashiers can pocket it. Credit cards reduce the risk to a degree, but credit fraud is an ever-increasing problem. [09 Nov 2006]
Retailers fear contactless payments
News Retailers are increasingly worried that the forthcoming launch of contactless payment cards in the UK could leave them significantly out of pocket as the cost of accepting payments this way could be potentially much more expensive than cash. [24 Apr 2007]
Retailers ignoring their online shoppers
News UK high street stores are climbing up the list of top online retail sites but many retailers are still letting the online opportunity pass them by. Only half of the retailers on the list, which was compiled by Hitwise and IMRG, are high street... [30 May 2007]
Retailers count the online Xmas coffers
News Retailers participating in the index found sales growth actually dipped in the run up to the festive holiday, but picked up from Christmas day. With 50 per cent of households in the UK still without broadband, many retailers still without an online... [17 Jan 2008]
Leader: Retailers can't afford to ignore IT
Leader But we have to ask why major high-street retailers are still messing up on basics like this. With the threat of a high-street recession hanging over retailers' heads, the ability to exploit technology to get ahead of rivals is going to be key - and... [26 Jul 2005]
Retailers accuse UK government of Euro slackness
News The survey says uncertainty over whether the UK will join EMU is preventing small and medium-sized retailers from getting their IT systems ready. According to the report 64 per cent of large retailers have started planning for the UK's possible... [22 Nov 1998]
Retailers fail to grasp tech potential
News Retailers still see technology as a means of cutting operating costs and lowering overheads rather than using it to drive revenues and innovate, gaining a competitive edge over rivals. According to research carried out for Fujitsu Services, almost... [06 Jun 2006]
Retailers to Customers: Oops, Never Mind
White Paper Public concern about RFID technology's potential for compromising consumer privacy recently caused some retailers to scale back their plans. In March 2003 Royal Philips Electronics announced that it would provide Benetton, the retailer that has... [09 Nov 2006]
Retailers to scan discount vouchers by mobile phone
News The standalone Instant Voucher System (IVS), which was developed by mobile operator O2 in conjunction with barcode software company 2nDimension, makes use of a Nokia E50 cameraphone to scan the customer's voucher (see picture below) - meaning... [10 Dec 2007]
Retailers splash out on technology
News Yankee is predicting retailers on both sides of the Atlantic will increasingly invest in IT over the next three years to give them the competitive edge. According to Yankee, retailers are looking to the latest technologies to help strengthen... [13 Apr 1999]
Retailers warned over £1.1bn fraud-busting scheme
News The largest ever trial of fraud-busting card technology by banks, retailers and customers in the UK has been declared a success but firms are being warned to allow plenty of time ahead of the 2005 deadline to implement it nationwide. [11 Sep 2003]
