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Take stock for tough times
Comment Customers quickly learn when to shop the sale periods. With limited investment in fixtures and fittings it is possible to create a much more appealing shop environment. History suggests those retailers that continue to focus on innovation now will... [24 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 18.07.08
Round-Up If you're anything like the Round-Up or indeed any other sane and well-adjusted person, then last Friday you got up at an ungodly hour and queued in the rain outside an O2 shop to buy a new phone. He waved a bit of paper with some porting... [18 Jul 2008]
Soham report IT systems still not in place
News The Impact national intelligence system, intended to be a one stop shop to check on the background of offenders, has been pushed back until 2011 despite initially being due for completion in 2007. Key computer systems demanded to protect the public... [17 Jul 2008]
Red Cross invests in Epos system
News Azzopardi told silicon.com the tills will also act as a communication tool to staff on the shop floor. The British Red Cross has signed a deal with Cybertill to install up to 430 electronic point of sale (Epos) terminals as part of a £12m store... [14 Jul 2008]
London travellers hit by Oyster outage
News People who used their Oyster cards before the 09.30 outage as well as those who topped up their card at an Oyster ticket shop during the day, may find their cards no longer work. Travellers in London were forced to pay full price fares on Saturday... [14 Jul 2008]
Malware threat for iPhone 2.0
News With the ability to easily and affordably surf the web on the new iPhone, more consumers will shop and bank online, encouraging malware writers to develop new ways to capture this information. Expect malware targeted at iPhone 3G users over the... [14 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone launch: Tech trouble for O2
News However one iPhone customer, who was second in the queue to buy from a Carphone Warehouse shop in Canary Wharf this morning, told silicon.com problems with O2's system meant he had to spend an hour in the shop before he could leave with his phone. [11 Jul 2008]
SonicWALL Case Study: The Body Shop
White Paper The Body Shop Canada has long been sold on the business benefits of broadband communications between headquarters and its stores. The Body Shop deployed a comprehensive SonicWALL solution consisting of one SonicWALL SP Internet security appliance... [11 Jul 2008]
German e-Commerce Shop Drives Future Business Success With Comprehensive IT Solution
White Paper Neckermann is the third-largest mail-order company in Germany. It offers more than 140,000 items and provides consumers with interactive advice services, the latest fashion videos, and products demonstrated in 3D. [09 Jul 2008]
Fujitsu Implements One Stop Services for Bolton Metro
White Paper Bolton Metro continuously tries to improve the service it delivers to local people, and had experimented with a small One Stop Shop in the district of Farnworth. Receiving positive feedback from customers, Bolton decided to look at how the One Stop... [03 Jul 2008]
Oddbins Case Study: From Cellar to the Seller
White Paper Customers are encouraged to taste wines in the shop, venture into unknown territory (oenologically speaking) and to become loyal 'Oddbinites'. Oddbins introduced a radically unpretentious way of buying wine by the case. [03 Jul 2008]
A Guide to Virtualising Your Information Infrastructure
White Paper Today, Virtualisation is at the top of every IT shop's "must-have" lists as CIOs and data center managers look to tackle challenges such as system growth, complex servers and storage, power availability, increases in cost and other related issues... [02 Jul 2008]
IBM Case Study: Mitsukoshi
White Paper To raise Internet sales and meet the requests of many older customers or those with visual impairments, Mitsukoshi needed to deploy a more accessible summer gift promotion Web site to help more people shop and buy online. [01 Jul 2008]
Designing Software Architectures, Part 1: On the Importance of Process
White Paper Many businesses do not have software architects at all or they assign the role of software architect to someone in the shop; such as a software designer who might not have the experience to do the job correctly. [01 Jul 2008]
Icann opens a can of worms
News All of a sudden, every brand will be forced to register their name at .shop, .buy and .london to stop anyone else getting it. The decision to allow custom top-level domains will be a "nightmare" for brand managers, analysts and lawyers have warned. [30 Jun 2008]
