Retail technology news on innovation, integration, rollout and the people behind developing retail technology systems. Be it payments, supply chain or chiller cabinets we cover the bits & bytes of retail tech.
Tesco is encouraging customers to trade up on spend over Easter by doubling the value of their Clubcard vouchers and allowing them to be exchanged for tokens to spend on big ticket lines like bikes, barbecues and garden furniture. For
Value retailer Wilkinson is trialing Barclaycard contactless payment in 25 stores, ahead of a potential roll out of the technology across its estate. With over 4m customers a week, Wilkinsons is the first in its sector to trial the contactless
BT is pooling super-fast broadband access, IT services and retail apps to improve the customer shopping experience on the UK high street. Billed as ‘Lighting up the High Street,’ and a world-first; the ‘end to end’ offer is designed to
Barclaycard reports cardholders with its loyalty scheme, Barclaycard Freedom, have spent on average 14% more in the launch partner stores than other credit card customers. Reporting a year since the card’s launch, Barclaycard said there are now more than
LG Electronics (LG) is to showcase its latest business solutions – including digital signage, hotel TV solution, and video conference system – at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2011 show in Amsterdam from 1-3 February 2011. LG will be demonstrating
Uptake of digital signage among UK retailers has nearly quadrupled to 46,000 stores from 12,500 since 2007, according to new research commissioned by LG Electronics, a leading producer of digital signage products. And it is expected to rise to 58,000
Leading brewer Carlsberg has agreed a five-year contract with management consultancy Accenture to provide application services for its European operations. Under the agreement, Accenture will support a range of application services in a co-sourcing agreement managed by Carlsberg. It will
Two thirds of European consumers expect to use their mobile for their Christmas shopping and organising celebrations this year, exclusive of making phone calls, according to a study by The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) and research partner, Lightspeed Research. The
LG Electronics has opened up the distribution of its new digital signage solution to its complete range of business-to-business re-sellers across the UK. The product was initially available exclusively through Middlesex-based AV trade distributor, Medium. According to LG Electronics, the
Matt Brittin, managing director of Google UK and Ireland, emphasised the importance of keeping up with the consumer via social media and mobile connections at the 2010 IGD Convention. Brittin highlighted the growth of Facebook (500m people are on Facebook
BT put forward its vision for cloud computing services for large companies at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Florida, today. It called for a balanced approach to internet-based computing – helping customers implement valuable, reliable and cost-effective solutions. According to
Many organisations are at a competitive disadvantage because they do not have immediate access to accurate, business-focused information to support their corporate objectives, according to customer feedback generated by specialist SAP consultancy De Villiers Walton. The corporate CFOs and board
Debenhams has awarded a five-year IT contract to BT, which is designed to transform the high street retailer’s data network and upgrade it onto BT’s high-speed 21CN software-driven network. BT Global Services will upgrade Debenhams’ computer networks, which connect 159
BT has launched an offer, which it claims will deliver average savings of up to 25% to new and existing virtual private network (VPN) customers who switch their voice communications to its converged communications platform, BT Onevoice. The offer, available
Specialist SAP consultant De Villiers Walton has launched a programme for enhancing SAP Business Intelligence (BI) solutions following customer feedback, which revealed CFOs and senior managers are suffering from a lack of data quality. De Villiers Walton found many businesses
British wallpapers and paint manufacturer, Farrow & Ball, has launched a new e-commerce web site in conjunction with BT’s retail specialist e-commerce division, BT Fresca. Farrow & Ball is renowned for its traditionally-made range of premium paint and wallpaper. The
Starbucks is providing wireless internet access – Wi-Fi – across some 140 Starbucks coffee houses in Germany in a contract with BT. The service has been installed in most of the locations over the last months and can be used
Toy and gift company Jellycat has implemented a SAP application to keep track of stock and improve customer service. The company, which supplies soft toys to retailers all over the world, including some of the top high street names, has
Paints supplier Crown is launching an iPhone application called Crown Colour Match, which enables all iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users to create their own personal colour scheme and then match it to colours available in the Crown retail range of emulsions and
The technological opportunities available to retailers, brands and consumers appear to be endless but businesses must make sure they don’t get left behind when major new trends develop. That was the key message from Mike Bosman, CEO at One Digital
Leading premium lifestyle brand Tommy Hilfiger, one of the largest designer apparel brands globally, has signed a five-year contract with BT to provide a video conferencing solution which includes the industry’s first virtual fitting rooms. Jointly developed with TANDBERG, now
Several new national partners have been confirmed in the line-up of retailers participating in the Barclaycard Freedom reward scheme when it goes live today, 17 March. Claimed to be the broadest retail rewards scheme in the UK, brands including Shell,
Barclaycard Freedom, claimed to one of the broadest rewards schemes in the UK, launches today with over eight million Barclaycard cardholders able to earn reward money for using their Barclaycard to buy goods and services in participating outlets. Barclaycard has
Barclaycard is launching a loyalty card scheme in March, which it claims will be the broadest retail rewards programme in the UK. Barclaycard Freedom will be available to over eight million cardholders who will be able to earn rewards in
Retailers are poised to benefit from faster customer service and better stock control with the introduction of a new bar code in 2014. The new GS1 DataBar bar code will be used throughout the retail sector. GS1 UK, a not-for-profit
