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Changes to retail bricks to match online clicks

News Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. According to a report from Visa Europe, more than a quarter of 300 retailers in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK expect a drop in store numbers over...

Tags: kiosks, self checkout, visa

[09 Apr 2008]

Musical retailer improves stock visibility

Case Study This system had to be polled every night and was little use to sales staff in the stores that wanted to check availability and condition of stock in other stores.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your...

Tags: great plains, sql, k3

[08 Apr 2008]

Jaeger invests in data mining to cut stock loss

News Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. Loss prevention was unknown as a concept until the stores came into Tillman's hands, according to Jaeger's head of safety Steve Hearn.silicon.com Retail & Leisure

Tags: jaeger, data mining, cctv, retailer

[06 Feb 2008]

Toy retailer entertains web upgrade

News Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. The implementation cost just over £400,000, including overall hosting, development and license costs, in the first year but since the system went live in October 2007, one of the...

Tags: web, gadgetshop, retail, ecommerce

[30 Jan 2008]

Betfair betting engine goes supersonic

Case Study The technology the company came up with is so impressive, it was the clear winner of the CNET Networks UK Business and Technology Retail & Leisure Technology Project of the Year Award for 2007. The concept is similar to a stock exchange.

Tags: betting, betfair, transaction processing, volume

[15 Nov 2007]

IKEA bolts on delivery tracking

News Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. He told silicon.com sales volumes have doubled in the last five months and are likely to double again next year, because of the growth in IKEA's online business.silicon.com Retail...

Tags: ikea, track and trace, distribution, retail

[15 Nov 2007]

RFID platform boosts Debenhams' profits

RFID platform boosts Debenhams' profits

News Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. Our new autumn/winter ranges are being well received and this, together with the refitting of stores and previous investment in a new IT platform and distribution centre, is improving...

Tags: ecommerce, rfid, debenhams

[23 Oct 2007]

American Golf drives expansion with store system

Case Study Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. The retailer has grown steadily over the last 20 years and is set for further expansion at the rate of three to five stores a year, and is also considering a move into mainland Europe...

Tags: distribution, europe, microsoft, golf

[14 Sep 2007]

Retailer takes stock with business intelligence

Case Study Christopher Moseley, head of IT at Pearsons, told silicon.com: "The biggest single benefit [of the software] is that we know what stock we have at any one time.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox.

Tags: microsoft, software, business intelligence

[10 Sep 2007]

Wilkinson shouts about £1.4m distribution system

News Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. Value retailer Wilkinson has invested £1.4m in voice-activated picking systems at its two main distribution centres in Magor, South Wales, and Manton Wood in Worksop.silicon.com Retail...

Tags: retail, logistics, voice recognition

[21 Aug 2007]

Marks sparks IT revamp with multimillion deal

News The revamp will include an integrated stock and sales application, and will focus around the implementation of an IBM Epos platform running retail software company PCMS's Beanstore point of sale application.silicon.com Retail & Leisure

Tags: epos, m&s, ibm

[14 Aug 2007]

Rohan wraps up tech overhaul

News Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. Rohan, which operates 32 stores, mail order, online and wholesale businesses, has a high dependency on customer loyalty, due to the specialist nature and premium pricing of its products...

Tags: data mining, crm, integration, progress software

[25 Jul 2007]

Mothercare tears up paper-based store comms

Case Study What was required was a system that could relay instructions, offers and stock data to stores in an up-to-date manner without removing staff from the shop floor for any longer than was necessary.silicon.com Retail & Leisure

Tags: new look, bt, epos, retail

[03 Jul 2007]

Virgin Media receives private equity offer

News However, the company said it is not in negotiations regarding the offer to buy 100 per cent of its common stock.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox.

Tags: takeover, bid, private equity, carlyle

[02 Jul 2007]

Harrods integrates back office with SAP

News These businesses have very different requirements in terms of purchasing and replenishing stock - and have up to now relied on separate legacy systems, which demand a high back-office overhead.silicon.com Retail & Leisure

Tags: accounting, stock, sap, harrods

[27 Jun 2007]

Fashionista gives supply chain a BT makeover

News Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. The brand was bought out of family ownership in May last year and an overhaul of the company's IT is part of that change in management.silicon.com Retail & Leisure

Tags: china, house of fraser, bt, retail

[25 Jun 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. Information about availability of stock and delivery...

Tags: erp, microsoft, sap, epos

[25 Jun 2007]

It's good to talk, says supermarket chain

Case Study Sales information flowed down to the store and stock management issues flowed up to HQ.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. Heyes said: "I couldn't quantify the benefits we get from using...

Tags: retail

[13 Jun 2007]

Tesco.com takes stock with Windows Vista

Case Study Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. A major consideration was security, of both customer information - such as payment details and addresses - and source code for the website.silicon.com Retail & Leisure

Tags: security, migration, tesco.com, microsoft

[31 May 2007]

Fighting against the data deluge

News Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. We've been using the SAS software to bridge the last mile," he said.silicon.com Retail & Leisure If you take that into account you won't have to put as much [stock] in the sale at the...

Tags: business intelligence, retail

[24 May 2007]

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