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RSS spending leisureOnline retail takes 20p of the shopper's pound
News Based on the current growth trends online-shopper spend will peak at up to 50 per cent of all consumer spending within five years.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. [18 Jul 2008]
House of Fraser synchronises supplier data
News Department store chain House of Fraser has signed up to the Inovis Data Synchronisation service in the hope of reducing the time to upload information on suppliers' products into its core merchandising system by 50 per cent.silicon.com Retail... [09 Jun 2008]
Whitbread serves up £1m saving on card payments
News Whitbread information systems project manager, Steven Deakin, said in a statement: "Deployment of the integrated payment solution is a groundbreaking step for the leisure industry and means we have the first large restaurant chain with a... [07 May 2008]
Credit crunch prompts the great cash comeback
News In terms of value, cash is used for 34 per cent of retail purchases, up from 32 per cent a year ago.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. The economic downturn is prompting a comeback for cash... [21 Apr 2008]
Beware the insider security threat
News Simon Crawshaw, IT and procurement director, Bourne Leisure But spending vast amounts on the latest security technology isn't the way to tackle this threat, according to Steve Clarke, AOL Broadband. Security from A to Z [17 Apr 2008]
Online shoppers spend billions in Feb
News According to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index, this equates to £69 for every person in the UK and represents an increase of 46 per cent compared to February 2007.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to... [26 Mar 2008]
Laptops are the new mobile phone, says Carphone Warehouse
News He said he had worked out - after rents, staff wages and other costs are taken into account - that his stores do not start going into profit until 4:50 in the afternoon.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to... [12 Mar 2008]
Online shopping up by 75 per cent
News Online shopping jumped in January, with sales reaching a record high of £4.5bn in the UK over the month.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. At the same time, the economic situation has been... [22 Feb 2008]
Leisure company uses web to streamline suppliers
News Bourne Leisure has kicked off an e-procurement pilot in a shake up of its supplier base that will cost around £400,000 in the first year and may see the number of its suppliers reduced by half. It will incorporate e-auctions to help staff get the... [28 Jan 2008]
Record online sales in November
News The researchers believe the growth rate is due to shoppers leaving online spending until later each year, with revenue growth in the preceding months declining, as November's online sales increases.silicon.com Retail & Leisure [20 Dec 2007]
Shoppers to spend £40bn online
News And going online also makes more financial sense as UK consumers could save more than £13bn per year by shopping this way, with each household saving £500 per year on everyday shopping and essential bills, according to figures from the Centre for... [12 Nov 2007]
UK to lead Xmas online shopping spree
News The total European revenue from online shopping is expected to hit €51bn during the period from 1 October to Christmas day.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. [24 Oct 2007]
Dolcis buckles up for £1.5m IT makeover
News Dolcis was divested from parent Alexon and sold to a private equity consortium late last year and this meant the retailer needed to establish many new systems.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. [08 Oct 2007]
Carpetright rips and replaces to keep up with growth
Case Study Woosey said: "We have a sales-lead business and we need technology that won't get in the way of that.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. The most important benefit to the migrated stores is... [25 Jun 2007]
Online shopping tops £10bn
News Year-on-year growth for the sector is 33 per cent, a far cry from the early years of 1999 when Verdict recorded 171 per cent year-on-year growth in online spending.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your... [25 May 2007]
