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.
Retail property specialist, Hammerson, has partnered with marketing firm, NexusEngage, to deliver digital pop-up windows across Hammerson’s portfolio of UK shopping centres. The agreement allows NexusEngage to offer consumer brands cutting edge, digital pop-up windows within Hammerson’s 11 UK centres including Brent Cross
Nuxe, a French company specialising in natural skincare products, has adopted eCommera’s DynamicAction marketing analysis to boost its online profitability. DynamicAction, which enables retailers and brands to grow more profitably online, will analyse Nuxe’s marketing, product, site and operations data
Tesco is partnering with Verizon, a leading global technology company, to migrate to a single global network, designed to underpin the retailer’s ongoing application and infrastructure centralisation programme. Verizon said it is providing secure connectivity to link Tesco’s suppliers, partners, customers
Victoria Supermarkets, which operates 83 supermarkets in Russia and is owned by the DIXY Group; one of Russia’s largest national retail operators in the food retail market, has entered into a multi-year agreement with Revionics for price optimisation. Revionics’ solution will enable
SAP AG has launched SAP Shopper Experience, a personalised, retail mobile app, which it claims transforms the consumer shopping experience with social media sharing, loyalty programmes and a self-payment system for shoppers. SAP has also released the latest version of the SAP
Small businesses are being offered the chance to work with some of the country’s biggest brands, including Argos and Procter & Gamble, through a new digital innovation competition run by IC tomorrow, part of the UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy
Publix Super Markets, the employee-owned supermarket chain headquartered in Lakeland, Florida, has rolled out Applied Data Corporation’s InterScale Scales Management Software system into all of stores to optimise its fresh foods business. Applied Data Corporation (ADC) is a leading provider
Fujitsu has launched an omni-channel Point of Service (PoS) application, which it claims allows retailers to significantly increase revenue while reducing IT costs. FUJITSU Retail Solution Market Place achieves this by supporting enterprise-wide transaction and order fulfilment to deliver a consistent
ShopperTrak, a leading global provider of insights into shopper behaviour and retail analytics, today announced it has added four capabilities to ShopperTrak Insights, an intelligent analytics reporting service for retailers around the world. The enhanced functionality includes single sign-on, multi-language, multi-currency, and marketing
Pricer, the retail industry’s leading provider of Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) solutions, for intelligently communicating, managing, and optimising price and product information, will be introducing two new products at the National Retail Federation’s Annual EXPO on 13- 14 January 2014. The
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions (TGCS) a world leading provider of integrated in-store solutions, today announced it has partnered with Eagle Eye Solutions (Eagle Eye), a leading UK supplier of digital customer engagement solutions, to provide a seamless system for retailers to deliver
Thai cash and cash operator, Siam Makro, is investing in a new retail business platform to deliver actionable insight and optimised operations and support its Pan-Asian growth objectives. The multi-format retail company has selected Oracle Retail solutions to offer the
Consumers are asking for a shopping experience that allows them to purchase where and when they want, using a mix of devices, web sites and stores. Retailers are responding by erasing lines between channels, targeting offers and making inventory readily
TP-LINK, the global provider of home networking technologies, has partnered with the UK’s largest electrical retailer, Currys & PC World, to bring wireless connectivity to homes as the popularity of tablets, smart TVs and internet-enabled gaming consoles continues to grow.
Leading IT and Cloud provider, InTechnology has announced a further boost to its retail client base by winning a colocation hosting, Wide Area Network (WAN) and managed backup service agreement with leading fruit supplier, Poupart. Poupart, who supplies fruit to
Godiva, the luxury Belgian chocolatier, has chosen eCommera, the leader in decision-intelligent commerce, to underpin its online expansion plans. Godiva will launch online in the UK using eCommera’s cloud based end-to-end commerce platform, DynamicCommerce – powered by Demandware. With a
Marks & Spencer is rolling out new self-service terminals in its high street stores, which allow customers to browse for products held either in-store or online as well as pay for goods with Chip and PIN. The Polytouch screens have
SAP claims it is helping businesses get to grips with predictive analytics – nearly 95% of organisations report an increase in the volume of data they have been dealing with over the last 12 months and 75% of organisations say
Honeywell has released the Dolphin 6110 upgraded mobile handheld computer to help retail departments or clothing stores accurately track inventory, increase profits and customer satisfaction and order fulfilment. The device also helps retail workers conduct merchandise audits and price look ups, and
Infosys today announced the launch of TradeEdge, an insights-driven sales platform, which it claims provides visibility to global brands across the demand chain – from distributors to consumers. The new platform delivers insights that help brands accurately sense and fulfill consumer
La Redoute, France’s leading online channel for fashion and home products, is using ChannelAdvisor’s Marketplaces solution to sell its products internationally through Amazon and eBay. By using ChannelAdvisor’s Marketplaces solution to sell its products internationally, La Redoute said it can
The Channel Islands’ Co-operative Society is to rollout an online learning platform from Upskill People across its food, travel, funeral, garage forecourt and wholesale brands. The platform has already been piloted across head office and three Locale stores and the
Online clothing retailer Boden is using HP Optimost, HP Autonomy’s multivariate testing (MVT) technology, to boost sales through its web store. Based in London, and operating in Austria, France, Germany, the UK and the United States, Boden has been using
Blue Yonder, a leading SaaS provider for predictive analytics, has been named as an emerging leader in predictive analytics software following independent big data research from international technology investment banking group, GP Bullhound. The company has also announced the first European
A ‘Sandwich Maker’ app on Facebook, which resulted in almost 8,000 people creating a new sandwich for high-street retailer Greggs, has won a gold award for Best Use of Digital in Retail at the Digital Impact Awards. The campaign, created
