NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group, has announced a new agreement with global retailer Cath Kidston to provide private network, data centre, cloud and support services in Asia.
Pepkor UK Retail, which owns new fashion & homewares brand Pep & Co, has announced that nationwide retail IT support specialists Barron McCann will lead their entire store roll out and IT support requirements for their exciting 50 store roll-out
One Stop Franchise is rolling out remote access to its arsenal of systems, aimed at making retail simpler for franchisees. This new facility will allow retailers to access their store’s back office PC and even place orders from anywhere in
Wincor Nixdorf, a leading retail and banking IT solutions provider, has been selected by SuperGroup, the UK fashion retailer, to provide an IT managed service to support its existing stores in the UK and six other European countries, as well
Maginus, a leading provider of business and technology solutions for multi-channel retail and distribution companies, has announced the appointment of Mahshid Rafizadeh as professional services director. Rafizadeh, has over 20 years’ experience of leading business application projects, and has previously
Mindtree, a global technology services company, has announced it is working with international fashion brand Esprit to deliver IT solutions it claims will make Esprit more competitive. In the first phase of this relationship, Mindtree will monitor and support Esprit’s SAP
ServiceNow, the enterprise IT cloud company, today announced that Electrolux, a global leader in home appliances, is deploying ServiceNow to support a worldwide service delivery transformation, standardising services through a central portal. As part of a corporate shift toward the
London-based coffee chain, Coffee Republic, reports it is gearing up for growth by consolidating its ICT infrastructure to reduce costs and improve availability, security and business continuity with a cloud backup and physical estate. The move sees IT solutions provider, Icomm
Retail chains are turning to mobile technologies to help them deliver better customer service, a new survey by Vista Retail Support has revealed. An overwhelming 91% of the large chain operators questioned by the retail IT support specialist felt onnected
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
John Lewis has announced plans to recruit more than 100 apprentices for its 2013/2014 Retail Apprenticeship programme, and launch a Technology Apprenticeship aimed at training the next generation of IT and systems leaders in the business. Now in its second
IT and web design hiring rates rose 12% last year compared to a 3% rise in retail hiring, according to analysis by specialist technology recruiter Greythorn. At the same time, growth in online retail sales is dwarfing that of traditional
In his second column on Retail Times, Tristan Rogers, CEO of cloud-based technology provider, ConcretePlatform, explores the shortcomings of legacy retail IT systems and why Software-as-a-Service can be the ideal solution IT as an industry is Victorian. It is governed
E-commerce will be UK retailers’ biggest IT investment priority over the next three years as they look to capitalise on the rapid growth in online commerce, according to new figures from Martec’s IT in Retail 2013 Report. The report, sponsored
Chris Osborne, retail industry principal SAP UK and Ireland, explored the changing retail scene at the SAP Forum in London last month (22 May 2012). Osborne painted a background of disrupting influences including intense rivalry in retail. “There’s a huge
Chief executives are most concerned about pressures on the economy, according to IBM’s 16th annual CEO Study, which questioned 1,700 business leaders. Presenting the findings at SAP’s Forum in London, Todd Kirtley IBM general manager, said concerns about the economy
Ireland’s leading delivery company, Nightline, has invested in new IT to support its ability to handle rising parcel volumes from internet-based sales. Nightline is spending €900,000 on equipment from identification technology supplier Zetes, which will see the firm’s drivers and
Worldwide Fruit – one of the UK’s largest fruit marketing and distributing companies – has signed a new contract with incumbent IT outsourcer, Quiss Technology, which includes technology to reduce the number of servers required for the company’s global business.
Global IT budgets have been cut but retailers are looking to get closer to customers across all sales channels. Those are the key findings of the Martec Global Retail CIO Survey, sponsored by retail and distribution optimisation software supplier, Aldata;
Saurabh Toteja, business manager retail and consumer sector at ICT company Mahindra Satyam, on the retail challenges of global expansion “The economic downturn is forcing a string of high street retailers to take radical restructuring steps or face possible administration,
Leading UK retailers are prioritising their IT investment in e-commerce and mobile commerce, according to the latest IT in Retail research by Martec International and sponsored by BT Expedite. The annual IT in Retail report researches 100 retailers with annual sales totalling more than
Morrisons has implemented an IT automation solution from UC4 Software to streamline its operations and accelerate the company’s implementation of Oracle Retail. Morrisons deployed Oracle Retail to support its trading operations and is using the UC4 Automation Engine to optimise the
