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Cheques go up in smoke but plastic is fantastic

News Apacs director of communications, Sandra Quinn, said as retailers stop accepting cheques it is expected that a large proportion of those payments will migrate to debit card payments. She said in a statement: "We are becoming increasingly reliant on...

Tags: debit cards, cheques, apacs

[12 May 2008]

Burns e-Commerce, IBM Assure Supply Chain Has No Missing Links

whitepaper Banks' systems and ERP systems developed by manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers have grown up independent of each other. As a result, even the most advanced ERP operations can't move merchandise at peak efficiency if they're not in sync with...

Tags: customer support services

[11 May 2008]

Family Dollar Enables Strategic Business Initiatives With New Store Systems

whitepaper One of the nation's largest discount retailers, Family Dollar Stores has strategic business initiatives in place to support its growth objectives. To get those strategies implemented at the store level, Family Dollar needed to revamp its 16,000...

Tags: monitoring systems

[11 May 2008]

IBM and MarCole Use 21st Century Technology to Speed Sales of Products Handmade in 19th Century Farmhouse

whitepaper For more than 20 years, MacKenzie-Childs has enjoyed an increasing business of creating handmade enamelware, ceramics, glassware, furniture and home accessories sold through its own retail stores and catalogue and at selected upscale retailers...

Tags: infrastructure management

[11 May 2008]

Is Your WLAN Putting Your PCI Compliance at Risk?

whitepaper Retailers that are not in compliance are subject to fines or suspension of credit card processing privileges. The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard was created in 2004 by major credit card companies - American Express, Discover...

Tags: security standards

[11 May 2008]

Encrypting Recordings Is Not Enough: Steps to Protect Your Most Sensitive Data

whitepaper The PCI Data Security Standards were created to protect the personal and financial data customers entrust to retailers, banks, service providers, and credit card companies. As fraud and identity theft becomes more prevalent, businesses that record...

Tags: security standards

[09 May 2008]

IT spend in retail slowing down?

News IT spending growth in the retail sector appears to have faltered, with many retailers trying to do more with the same money, according to the latest IT in Retail report. It reflects the views of 100 top UK retailers with the combined annual sales...

Tags: online retail, torex

[07 May 2008]

What Every Retail CIO Needs to Know About PCI Compliance and Secure Seamless Mobility

whitepaper Concerns about security have prevented retailers from realizing the full return on their investments in wireless technology. Fortunately, retailers are not forced into a trade-off between the efficiency of wireless technology and the enhanced...

Tags: network security

[06 May 2008]

Danish Supermarket Group Manages 10 Terabytes of Business Intelligence With SQL Server 2005

whitepaper With more than 1,000 stores, Danish Supermarket group is one of Denmark's largest retailers. To help keep up with customer needs, the company manages more than 10 terabytes of business intelligence data on the Microsoft Application Platform.

Tags: application servers

[06 May 2008]

PCI and Visa CISP Compliance: What These Standards Mean to the Independent Grocer and Regional Chain - And How Storenext Helps You Meet Them

whitepaper The PCI Data Security Standards ("DSS") describe how retailers must keep card data and networks (with payments data) secure, how they must maintain a clear security policy, protect cardholder data, implement anti-virus and other security systems...

Tags: security standards

[06 May 2008]

Floral Goods Manufacturer Gains Time-Saving Insight With Business Software

whitepaper Syndicate Sales provides a range of floral hard goods products to wholesalers, supermarkets, and mass merchant retailers worldwide. To manage business-critical information, the company relied on JD Edwards from Oracle running on the AS/400 platform.

Tags: customer support services

[05 May 2008]

The Responsive Retailer: Boosting Sales by Providing Store Customers with the Information and Experience They Expect

whitepaper Brilliant retailers understand societal changes in the way people interact and transact and they are embedding communications into the fabric of their business. For hundreds of years, retail success has been built on one basic concept: merchandise...

Tags: call center - contact

[05 May 2008]

Ignore social networks at your peril, retailers told

News Retailers need to wake up to the potential of social networks in order to tap into the huge numbers of consumers using the sites. Hung LeHong, research vice president at Gartner, said retailers have previously seen social networks as relevant only...

Tags: gartner, marketing, traffic, retailers

[02 May 2008]

RFID Basics for Retailers

whitepaper Despite the promise that the technology holds, limitations with the initial RFID implementations have made the experiences to-date mixed. The recently ratified EPCglobal UHF Generation 2 standard and the RFID standards work being done by ISO are...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, standards, rfid, date

[01 May 2008]

Single-sign-on system makes sense for logistics firm

News The supply chain specialist manages more than one billion square feet of warehousing space supported by 1,600 vehicles across Europe and has retailers such as Argos and Early Learning Centre on its books.

Tags: password, argos, security, sign

[21 Apr 2008]

Credit crunch prompts the great cash comeback

News According to the BRC, the resurgence of cash will delight retailers, who feel they are being unfairly charged for processing card payments. The consortium puts the cost to retailers of processing a credit card transaction at up to 17 times higher...

Tags: cash, brc, credit card, leisure

[21 Apr 2008]

Nokia to release NFC phone this year

News In the near future the technology could also be used as an alternative to standard ticketing systems on public transport, or as a 'smart-card' style payment option at the point-of-sale in retailers. Nokia has announced its upcoming handset, the...

Tags: bluetooth, nfc, nokia

[16 Apr 2008]

Charting a new course: The retail merchandising-supply network

whitepaper A new model for merchandising and supply chain management is emerging; it is about to transform the way in which retailers do business and deliver the customer experience. Many retailers see the supply chain simply as a means of moving goods from...

Tags: supply, chain, supply chain, merchandising

[11 Apr 2008]

Better Performance at a Lower Cost: Optimize Retail Operations by Enhancing Your Use of IT

whitepaper According to a recent study, nearly one-third of retailers want to upgrade their POS systems in the next two years. This white paper explains how the IBM Retail Environment for SUSE LINUX can help retailers respond to market conditions, improve...

Tags: retailers, stores, retail, paper explains

[11 Apr 2008]

The Consumer Driven Supply Chain

whitepaper Download this white paper from IBM to read about three trends that are having a profound impact on the consumer product and retail supply chains: consumer diversification, consumer polarization, and the advent of powerful mega-retailers.

Tags: demands, consumer, retail, retailers

[11 Apr 2008]

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