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.
SecureTrading, a leading UK independent payment group, claims it is boosting retailers’ collections with the launch of STPayMe, allowing merchants to request payment using a simple and secure link. STPayMe allows retail merchants to send e-invoices containing a secure link
Dansk Supermarked Gruppen (DSG), Denmark’s largest retail group, has selected software from Applied Data Corporation (ADC), to help improve the gross margins in its fresh food departments. Dansk Supermarked is the first European customer for ADC, a leading provider of fresh item management
Cycling specialists Evans Cycles and electrical store Maplin have joined the local shopping app Udozi, a free service for shoppers which helps them to search for and find items in shops nearby. Udozi reports it now has over 160 retailers
Crocs, the casual footwear brand for children, men and women, has selected ShopperTrak to provide retail traffic counting and analytics in locations worldwide. ShopperTrak, the world’s largest counter of retail foot traffic, implemented its Managed Service for Crocs in November
Predictive analytics company, Blue Yonder, has been ranked as the fastest-growing business intelligence company in Germany by the Business Application Research Center. The software provider won the top spot over 250 competitors in the area of BI and data management.
Mobile payment company, Zapp, and Oracle, have announced a strategic alliance which they claim will deliver faster, more secure, more reliable payments for millions of UK consumers on their mobile phones. Zapp – the easiest and most secure way to
Checkpoint Systems has launched underfloor Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) antenna for luxury and high-end retailers who require a discreet but high-performance security system. Hundreds of EVOLVE Exclusive F10 are reported to be in retail stores around the world reducing shrink, improving
Morrisons has selected automation capabilities from Automic to run and build its vertically-integrated operation, including manufacturing and retail businesses. Morrisons operates a different business model to other supermarkets, by manufacturing, sorting, grading and packing its own produce. Morrisons’ approach to its operations
River Island, a leading UK-based fashion retailer, has selected Oracle Retail Planning and Optimisation solutions to support its strategy for commerce anywhere growth and international expansion. With a global portfolio of over 300 stores across the UK, Ireland and internationally throughout Asia,
HP has launched the ElitePad Mobile Point of Sale (POS) Solution, a device designed to help retail and hospitality businesses enhance the customer experience and maximise staff productivity. According to HP, today’s tech-savvy consumers expect instant, customised access to a
Staples has tied an exclusive agreement with accounting software supplier, Intuit, to retail its latest payment solution, which allows small businesses to get paid on-the-go via their mobile device, in a three-month trial. Available from Staples online (staples.co.uk) Intuit Pay,
Marketing events specialist, Interactions Marketing, has tied up with Google to use the search engine’s cloud solution for big data analysis plus visual analytics software to predict the impact of weather on retail sales. Using Google BigQuery and Tableau’s visual
Retail traffic counter and analyser, ShopperTrak, has formed a global business unit to address the needs of shopping mall developers and centre owners. Todd Starcevich, ShopperTrak’s chief executive officer of Europe and the Middle East, will return to the company’s
A new online business guide to help businesses in the retail sector survive a potential disaster has been launched by a leading UK cloud and IT service provider. Managing costly power outages, IT failure, flooding and even terrorism are some of the
RichRelevance, a company which provides over one billion product recommendations daily to consumers shopping some of the world’s largest retail brands including Wal-Mart, Sears, Target, Marks & Spencer and John Lewis, has acquired Avail, Europe’s largest provider of online merchandising platforms.
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[24]7, the intuitive customer experience company, has acquired Shopalize, a comprehensive social commerce platform specialising in social sharing and social referral solutions. With its predictive experience platform, [24]7 leverages big data and predictive analytics to better understand customers and improve customer service
FICO, a leading predictive analytics and decision management software company, reports it is seeing growing momentum across industries in Europe for the FICOXpress Optimization Suite software. New European clients for FICO Xpress include retailer myToys.de, energy company GDF Suez, and the IT subsidiary company
Clarabridge, a leading provider of Customer Experience Management (CEM) solutions for top brands, has launched its Clarabridge 6.0 solution at its C3 user conference in San Diego. The new release is designed to bring intelligence to every aspect of the customer experience
Profitero, a leader in competitive pricing intelligence, has announced its platform now monitors the prices and promotions of 50m products across 4,000 global retail websites every day, exceeding any other supplier in the industry and providing the largest product reach
Newspaper publisher, Trinity Mirror, is launching a voucher app that allows users to purchase newspapers using a smartphone. The launch by Trinity Mirror’s new business division is the first in a series of Apps, as the publisher moves towards innovative new
Mobile marketing agency Sponge has launched a service, which will allow retailers to target customers with relevant offers and information via their mobile phones as they shop in-store. Sponge said its Shopper Marketing solution has been created to enable retailers
Payzone, one of the UK’s largest independent network of in-store payment processing terminals, and Ecebs, the UK’s leading smart transport technology company, have teamed up to offer smart transport tickets in local outlets. The project will see the installation
UK retailer Shop Direct Group has been presented with the Best Enterprise Solution award for retail technology in Europe for its implementation of Teradata analytic data solutions by the EHI Retail Institute in Germany. The recognition was made at EuroCIS 2013, Europe’s leading retail
Global supplier of shrink management solutions, Checkpoint Systems, has launched a enhanced performance (EP) anti-theft EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) food label for supermarkets that is certified to be microwave safe. According to Checkpoint, the 4010 EP Food Label was designed specifically to protect fresh and frozen
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is looking to gain a better understanding of its members, visitors and supporters with the implementation of a new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution by software and services firm Blackbaud. The RHS is dedicated to advancing horticulture and
