OneView Commerce, the retail industry’s leading provider of digital point of sale (POS), enterprise promotions, and inventory management, announced today that Molton Brown Limited has gone live with the digital POS framework at the retailer’s first two London High Street
Toyota Material Handling UK has supplied Lanchester Wines with a new fleet of Toyota Tonero gas-powered forklifts after meeting at the Commercial Vehicle show. Lanchester Wines offers a complete wine service, beginning at vineyards all over the world, to bottling,
Automated warehouse solution provider TGW Logistics has installed a DropBox picking solution for international fashion brand, Esprit. With a presence in more than 40 countries including 1,000 retail stores and 9,000 wholesale points, Esprit distributes 25,000 packages a day to
Food packaging company, LINPAC Packaging, claims it is leading the way with its vacuum skin packaging (VSP) offer to customers looking to extend shelf life and reduce food waste in the supply chain. Europe’s leading multi-material packaging manufacturer says it
ECR Retail Systems, the London-based Mobile Point of Sale (MPoS) specialist, has signed an agreement with the SNLP (Paris newspaper kiosk association), to launch an on-street ticketing solution. The deal will safeguard the future of SNLP’s 200 members and the
Checkpoint Systems, a leading global supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, has launched a RFID-based EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) solution, which it claims delivers improved inventory visibility and loss prevention benefits at the point-of-exit. Checkpoint’s Overhead 2.0 is claimed to
The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) global marketing, IT and supply chain conference kicked off yesterday following Wednesday’s store tour programme. Combining shared plenary sessions and individual streams for marketing, IT and supply chain, the event welcomed close to 300 delegates
Apple is selling WorldPay Zinc mobile pay-as-you-go Chip & PIN keypads at 37 retail stores across the UK. According to WorldPay, the mobile point-of-sale (MPoS) market is set to grow over the next 12 months, as uptake increases amongst the UK’s 4m micro businesses and sole
Fashion and accessories retailer Oliver Bonas has appointed music and video technology specialist, PlayNetwork, to create an audio customer experience for its stores. The chain – which specialises in clothing, jewellery and homewares – selected PlayNetwork to design a bespoke
Dolittles, the pet and aquatic superstore, reports it has transformed the way it produces all in-store signage and significantly improved customer service following the implementation of the Enterprise Communication Suite from Episys, a global information technology services company. The Episys solution now enables
Augmented Pixels has launched an augmented reality solution for toys and games manufacturers, which aims to support an engaging shopper marketing strategy and increase sales in retail stores. The iPad app solution, WarBot, takes the form of a challenging shooter
Revlon South Africa is rolling-out additional in-store digital signage at its outlets in Edgars and Woolworths, in collaboration with Moving Tactics. A world leader in cosmetics, fragrance and personal care, Revlon has effectively been using brand communication and strong in-store
Jumio, a fast-growing online and mobile payments and credentials management company, has launched a secure embedded wallet infrastructure that integrates with mobile OS utilities such as Apple Passbook and the recently-launched Samsung Wallet. With Jumio PORT, consumers can make one-click
Jumio, a credentials management company, is calling for consumers to be wary which Wi-Fi network they are connecting to at their local coffee shop. The danger of fraudsters running bogus networks with the same name as the real Wi-Fi network is
Tesco has awarded a £35m shopping trolley contract to Wanzl to supply and manage shopping trolleys to Tesco stores in six European countries and Turkey. Wanzl has begun shipping the first of its trolleys to more than 4,000 Tesco stores in
John Lewis is rolling out the specialist invoice matching engine from retail solutions specialist Itim following success at its sister company Waitrose. Didos was introduced at both John Lewis and Waitrose as a single goods for resale (GFR) invoice processing
With UK consumers estimated to spend more than £300m on Halloween, POS supplier, UK Point of Sales, is urging retailers to get ready. As Halloween is fast becoming the third most significant spending festival, behind Christmas and Easter, research has shown the
Samsung Electronics has launched a new app to help Samsung Galaxy owners get the most from their smartphones. The new My Galaxy app is reported to be tailored to offer the most personalised customer experience. It has been created in
Zapp, the UK’s leading mobile payment brand, and WorldPay, the global leader in payment processing, risk and alternative payments, have announced a strategic partnership to make Zapp’s mobile payment solution available to WorldPay’s thousands of merchants. Zapp’s digital-first approach to
eReceipts and ICRTouch have teamed up enabling thousands of retailers across the country to send emailed receipts thereby creating a powerful new platform for customer loyalty, retention and analytics, the companies claim. eReceipts is a leading UK digital receipts solution
Kroger, one of the world’s largest retailers, has ordered an automated storage and picking system from RMT Robotics, part of the Cimcorp Group. The equipment will be installed in a new dairy facility in Denver, Colorado, with the initial system going
In a new weekend feature slot, Retail Times discovers how Pricer has translated its expertise in electronic shelf labels to poster-sized promotional displays in the fresh food departments at a Norwegian grocery store Pricer, a leader in providing electronic shelf labelling solutions
B+S Card Service has launched PCI PTS 3.0 compliant VX820 DUET and VX680 payment terminals to the UK market and claims to be offering merchants greater speed and reliability for electronic payments. The VX820 is B+S’s premium class, contactless enabled, countertop
Daikin Europe claims its EWAD-TZ chiller range offers class-leading energy efficiencies (EER up to 3.1; ESEER up to 5.1, tested to EN14511) and can reduce running costs and carbon emissions by up to 20% compared with traditional chillers, thanks to
Tesco has awarded a multi-million pound contract to point-of-sale cash management specialist, Cash Bases, which will see the integration of its SMARTtill technology in over 10,000 of the retailer’s UK tills. The SMARTtill system, which offers automated cash management technology
