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Cath Kidston renews IT core of 28 stores in Japan with NTT Com

Cath Kidston renews IT core of 28 stores in Japan with NTT Com

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.

03/12/2015 | Retail News, Retail Technology, Retailer News | Read More
Barron McCann wins IT contract with Pepkor UK Retail for 50 store roll-out of new fashion brand Pep & Co

Barron McCann wins IT contract with Pepkor UK Retail for 50 store roll-out of new fashion brand Pep & Co

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

03/06/2015 | Retail News, Retail Technology, Retailer News | Read More
One Stop Franchise rolls out remote access to its arsenal of IT systems

One Stop Franchise rolls out remote access to its arsenal of IT systems

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

14/05/2015 | Convenience and independent retailers, Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
SuperGroup selects Wincor Nixdorf to provide a managed service and enhance store IT in seven countries

SuperGroup selects Wincor Nixdorf to provide a managed service and enhance store IT in seven countries

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

14/05/2015 | Retail News, Retail Technology, Retailer News | Read More
Maginus appoints ex-Fortnum & Mason head of IT as professional services director

Maginus appoints ex-Fortnum & Mason head of IT as professional services director

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

15/01/2015 | People | Read More
Esprit selects Mindtree as a strategic IT partner

Esprit selects Mindtree as a strategic IT partner

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

05/11/2014 | Retail News, Retail Technology | Read More
Electrolux deploys ServiceNow to centralise global IT services

Electrolux deploys ServiceNow to centralise global IT services

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

04/11/2014 | Manufacturer news, Retail Technology | Read More
London coffee chain, Coffee Republic, moves to IT cloud solution to help growth

London coffee chain, Coffee Republic, moves to IT cloud solution to help growth

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

02/08/2013 | Food-to-go retailers, Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

Retail chains look to mobile technology to improve customer service, survey finds

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

02/07/2013 | Data Time, Research | Read More

Cloud provider launches online guide to help retailers survive business disasters

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

17/05/2013 | Retail News, Retail Technology, Retailer News, Services Time | Read More

John Lewis to recruit 100 apprentices and launches Technology Apprenticeship

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

17/05/2013 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

IT and web design hiring rates outstrip retail hires, technology recruiter finds

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

15/03/2013 | Data Time, People, Research, Retail News | Read More
Why it works: Concrete Platform on the solutions to legacy retail IT systems

Why it works: Concrete Platform on the solutions to legacy retail IT systems

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

05/02/2013 | Comment, Opinion Time | Read More

E-commerce will be UK retailers’ biggest IT investment priority, finds Martec report

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

30/01/2013 | Data Time, Reports | Read More
SAP retail principal, Chris Osborne, maps out retail revolution at 2012 Forum

SAP retail principal, Chris Osborne, maps out retail revolution at 2012 Forum

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

13/06/2012 | Comment, Opinion Time | Read More

Economy is biggest CEO concern and social media top opportunity, finds IBM

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

12/06/2012 | Data Time, Research | Read More

Ireland’s top delivery company invests in IT to support internet-based sales

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

21/03/2012 | Logistics, Online retailers, Retail News, Retailer News, Services Time | Read More
Fruit distribution company invests in IT to support growth

Fruit distribution company invests in IT to support growth

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. 

21/11/2011 | Manufacturer news, Retail News | Read More

Global IT budgets reduced but retailers getting closer to customers

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;

06/10/2011 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Mahindra Satyam: the business challenges of going global

Mahindra Satyam: the business challenges of going global

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,

20/07/2011 | Comment, Opinion Time | Read More
BT Expedite: UK retailers prioritise mobile and e-commerce

BT Expedite: UK retailers prioritise mobile and e-commerce

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

14/07/2011 | Data Time, Reports | Read More
Morrisons streamlines IT with new automation software

Morrisons streamlines IT with new automation software

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

28/06/2011 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

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