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12th
May 2008
IBM
launches new self-checkout system
Pavers
implements intelligent register
MFI
partners with CIBER Novasoft
New
'Delivery Promise tool' for e-tailers from Royal Mail
2nd
May 2008
WHSmith
consolidates its B2B e-commerce network
Morrisons
enhances time and attendance
Cineworld
signs up for nationwide EPoS replacement programme
ABM
launches Intellicase to tackle retail crime
23rd
April 2008
Credit
crunch not curbing UK online shoppers
ID
Technology goes Republic
Ann
Summers improves planning
Metro
Group expands collaboration with Teradata
18th
April 2008
Waitrose
refreshes EPoS
Wyevale
Garden Centres takes control of its conference calls
Greggs
the bakers purchases CODA software
Ocado
trials prototype electric delivery van
11th
April 2008
German
fashion house selects Oracle
Wincor
Nixdorf launches outsourced transaction service for
retail
Firebox.com
goes stateside
Store
of the future report
7th
April 2008
Tommy
Hilfiger upgrades European network
Survey
reveals inability to track and trace data access among
UK retailers
YO!Sushi
predicts 2 year pay back for network
zavvi
increases online sales
TRI-NET
go global with Kewill
28th
March 2008
Habitat
to launch online recruitment portal
JD
Sports outsources datacenter and disaster recovery services
Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew gets the Midas touch
Mothercare
selects group-wide accounting system
20th
March 2008
ASDA
consolidates affiliate marketing activity
Thresher
Group renews Help-Desk contract
Otto
UK accelerate marketing analytics
Research
reveals increasing acceptance of m-commerce
14th
March 2008
Tesco
orders electronic point of purchase displays
METRO
Group expands RFID portals
Card
fraud losses up by 25 per cent
Halfords.com
launches 'reserve online, collect in store' service
7th
March 2008
John Lewis Partnership secures remote access for
staff
Boots trials loss prevention solution
Paperchase selects Dream accounts software
New report predicts mobile ticketing to go mainstream
29th
February 2008
Boden to add customer ratings and reviews to website
Thomas
Pink launches gift card
Airport
retail group reduces shrinkage
Crush
Clothing chooses WinRMIS retail management system
22nd
February 2008
La
Senza goes live with Workforce Management solution
Survey
reveals poor customer service driving UK shoppers to
the Internet
Multi-channel
retailer chooses 'searchandising' solution
Fortnum
& Mason outsource logistics
Specsavers
focuses on virtual benefits
5th
February 2008
Sainsbury's
completes EAS installation
IKEA
France invests in IP-CCTV for new store
One
Stop shops for efficient voice
UK
has highest payment card ownership in Europe
8th
February 2008
BT
acquires Fresca
IP-based
cameras used in shopper counting solutions
Perfumery
opens new London store with Eurostop system
Thorntons
conducts reverse auction for suppliers
1st
February 2008
Co-op
launches energy saving EpoS programme
Littlewoods
enhance online shopping experience
Morrisons
deploys EAS solutions to protect merchandise
Crocs
footwear optimises supply chain
25th
January 2008
Coop
expands data warehouse
BT
tailors network Valentino fashion group
Mobile
phone ordering applet for food delivery
Bourne
Leisure streamlines procurement
18th January 2008
15%
of all retail spend was online in 2007
New
Look optimises inventory fulfilment
Borders
UK to trial CD and DVD ROM on demand in store
Sainsbury's
selects Eqos to scale sourcing operations
11th
January 2008
Marks
& Spencer signs IT managed services deal
Bulgari
shines with new e-commerce site
WH
Smith solves its paper problems
Metrologic
releases new self-contained area imager
7th
January 2008
Christmas
day e-sales up 269% to £84m
Disabled
accessibility for websites still an issue for UK online
retailers
Swisslog
awarded major order by dm-drogerie markt
Counting
on a successful appeal
7th
December 2007
£48,833
stolen per minute from stores at Christmas
Auchan
chooses NCR FastLane Deli
Bakery
chain commits to a further 500 tills
Dixons
Tax-Free stores to trial MAX BOX
Coinstar
selected to power Somerfield's gift card programme
23rd
November 2007
Jaeger
tackles internal loss
Thorntons
upgrades instore music
Scotts
of Stow selects "searchandising" solution
DigiPoS
launch environmentally friendly PoS solution
9th
November 2007
Habitat
implements new stock control system
MAX
BOX kiosks expand offer
Institute
of Physics deploys EPoS technology
Online
customer review warning
26th
October 2007
Manchester
City Football Club trials mobile phone ticketing
Wicked
Uncle automates consumer product ratings
Retailers
fail to provide returns instructions
Threshers
Group provides bill payment service
19th
October 2007
BT
Expedite drafts in grocery high flyers
Mole
Valley Farmers consolidates storage
Galeria
Kaufhof trials magicmirror
Online
customer experience research
12th
October 2007
Big
opportunity in smaller bar codes
McDonald's
to put free wi-fi on the menu
Putting
the shop into the pocket of consumers
French
catalogue and online retailer to deploy supply chain
solution
Retail
IT events coming this Autumn
5th
October 2007
Healthy
injection of technology for Holland & Barrett
New
rugged hand-held area imager
Haven Holidays deploys revenue management system
Paul
& Joe London invest in IT for expansion
21st
September 2007
Window
of opportunity at Virgin Megastores
Dolcis
rolls out Chameleon EPoS
New
vertical mini-slot scanner
Power-free
electronic shelf-edge displays
14th
September 2007
World
Duty Free to install giant video wall in Terminal 5
Hardy
Amies invests in retail management system
EmpireDirect.co.uk
offers offline payment
Dixons
Store Group streamlines print strategy
7th
September 2007
London
retailers sign up to accept cashless payments
Wembley
gig for MCR Systems
Clarks
gets in step with Storefinder service
Natural
Café adopts EPoS technology for expansion
30th
August 2007
Aldata
scores two leading French retail wins
Karen
Millen opens first online store
The
Works boosts warehouse staff productivity
Wilkinson
invests £1.4m voice-directed distribution
17th
August 2007
IBM
to refresh Marks & Spencer's in-store systems
Flooded
Meadowhall tempts back shoppers via email
More
Argos kiosks to be rolled out across existing stores
Shoe
specialist gets new company-wide network
Russian
book retailer selects Oracle Retail
10th
August 2007
ASDA
outsources expense management
Tesco
relaunches Tesco TV
Stride
Rite takes giant leap in Europe
Paypoint
selects Cipherlab CCD scanner
3rd
August 2007
Rugby
club go live with ticketing and CRM system
Retailers
to become 'solution partners'
Product
images standard launched
Brewery
invests in Fleet Controller
27th
July 2007
Contactless
payment initiative in Spain
New
online product rating system launched
Rohan
achieves real-time integration of systems
Rugged
wearable barcode reader launched
20th
July 2007
BHS
takes key categories online
First
two stores go live with 'ready to go' e-Commerce solution
go&pay builds support with online merchants
figleaves.com
sets sights on further growth
13th
July 2007
British
Museum exhibits new eCommerce platform
Otto
creates 'online wardrobe'
Principles
launch shop locator
Fraud
prevention added to Cash Passport
6th
July 2007
Harrods
shops for SAP
Digital
signage makeover for UK motorway service station
PayOffline
launches offline payment solution
Adnams's
intelligent web store
29th
June 2007
Somerfield
orders voice software
C&A
launches self-payment checkouts in Europe
Netto
Foodstore to provide mobile phone top-up facility
Signet
implements Retail Manager line
22nd
June 2007
Timberland
rolls out Interactive Product Guide for staff
Vue
Cinema launch gift card programme
Virgin
Media chooses Cybertill for EPoS
The
Jewellery Channel sparkles online
15th
June 2007
SPAR
signs agreement for electronic payment terminal network
BT
tackles retail shrinkage
RFID
keeps food moving at Blue C Sushi
Multilingual
EPoS system
8th
June 2007
Top
awards for UK IT vendors at Retail Solutions 2007
Damart
standardises European accounting practices
90
second warning to retailers
Chop'd
signs up for contactless payments
1st
June 2007
Shop
at the Store of the Future at Retail Solutions 2007
Lord
& Taylor speed merchandise to its stores
Food-To-Go
sector to get digital vouchers
Faith
puts its best 'shoe' forward with IP communications
24th
May 2007
Farrow
& Ball expands international infrastructure
Retail
Solutions less than 2 weeks away
e-learning
for in-store tills
Cyber
fraud hitting online retailers hard
18th
May 2007
Abercrombie
& Fitch selects Oracle Retail
Dansk
Supermarked shops SAP
Toshiba
TEC launch new POS printer range
Poundstretcher
outsource their store help desk
11th
May 2007
Contactless
cards to rollout UK wide
Tesco
extends IT contract
GAME
selects Business Intelligence solution
Borders
selects order management supplier for new site
Independent
pub chain installs NCR Point of Sale
4th
May 2007
Tesco
Direct partners with MyThings
Hawkshead
invests in e-commerce platform
Overstock.com
Deploys search and merchandising solution
Visa
Europe names their contactless technology
27th
April 2007
French
drinks retailer implements new supply chain systems
Virgin
mobile rings in next-generation marketing
K3
makes a material difference at Fabric Warehouse
Mosaic Fashions to install high speed network
NET-A-PORTER
invests in e-commerce testing
20th
April 2007
JD
Sports selects Oracle retail applications
GameStop
rolls out retail management system
Shopping
cart integration eases bottleneck
Online
fraudster reveals all at Retail Fraud
Booths
streamlines shelf edge tickets and markdowns
13th
April 2007
Matalan
looks to boost IT efficiency in offshore contract
New
Windows based mobile terminal launched
Research
highlights fear of fraud for online shoppers
Microsoft
RAD award winner announced
Beauty
Base chooses new PoS system
5th
April 2007
Woolworths
to publish customer reviews online
Shoe
retailer overhauls store technology
Karate-kid
takes a slice of the action
New
partnership to deliver mobile vouchers to retailers
2nd
April 2007
France
Telecom gets animated
Superquinn
talks improved pick rates
HMV
automates its e-fulfilment
New
rules for reporting card, cheque and online banking
fraud
23rd
March 2007
QVC
opts for IPTV system
Online
shoppers look for the 'S' in secure
Through-glass
touch controller for digital signage
B&Q
selects voice-driven logistics solution
PayPal
announce nearly 35 million accounts in Europe
16th
March 2007
UK
Card fraud losses continue to fall
Pret
A Manger manages in-store marketing
Lakeland
adds video product demonstrations to website
New
Shoe Zone POS system
Virgin
Retail constructs new e-commerce platform
9th
March 2007
White
Stuff sews up spam problem
New
Balance gets its compliance up and running
Argos
installs card payment system
Stylo
rolls out Blade EPoS
Kiabi
completes warehouse management system
23rd
February 2007
John
Lewis Direct chooses fast search technology
Converting
ASDA surfers to shoppers
Diageo
selects invoice processing solution
New
ratings and reviews service for online retailers in
Europe
EUROMAX
Hypermarkets in Albania select G.O.L.D
16th
February 2007
Harrods
rocks with rear projection film
Phillips-Van
Heusen boosts inventory position
New
membership scheme for the Co-operative Group
Isle
of Man Creameries places major order for ERP
Aldata
to supply Fozzy for its retail operations in the Ukraine
9th
February 2007
IP
telephony for online ticketing company
Boots
improves collaboration
New
unattended delivery service
Distributor
take back scheme open for retailers
New
global couponing solution for large-scale POS
2nd
February 2007
Record
transactions on plastic cards over Christmas
Grattans
RF network keeps shipments on time
New,
palm-size mobile receipt printer
Less
is more for NET-A-PORTER
ASDA
selects search engine marketing
26th
January 2007
Virgin
implements IP-based contact centre solution
Storetrader
drives EPoS at new golfing centre
British
Airways implements Chip and PIN
Russian
Post selects payment system
UK
shoppers fill most online baskets in Europe
19th
January 2007
House
of Fraser improves instore comms
Argos
Direct powers supply chain
UK
Plastic card payment figures up
Ann
Taylor optimises workforce
RadioShack
selects data warehouse solution
12th
January 2007
Leroy
Merlin Group implements data warehouse
DAKS
manages daily sales across Europe
Co-operative
Society automates account reconciliation
Waitrose
rolls out new EPoS system
Somerfield's
new virtual network now in store
5th
January 2007
BPTV
goes live
Shoe
Zone strides ahead with broadband network
Superquinn
rolls out NCR self-checkout
Virgin
Vie At Home unlocks supply chain value
15th
December 2006
Barclaycard
announces contactless terminals for 2007
The
Carphone Warehouse decreases stock audit time
Paul
Smith automates financial reporting
figleaves.com
manages global service desk
New
POS workstation for small and mid-sized retailers
8th
December 2006
Survey
reveals risk of Christmas e-commerce meltdown
Sendit.com
invests in customer loyalty
Woolworths
expands multi-channel offering
Polish
Post Offices install value-added payment services
Arnotts
chooses Intelligent Register
1st
December 2006
Ann
Summers counts customers
lastminute.com
rolls out behavioural targeting
Ladbrokes
optimises workforce management
Bricomarché
Portugal plans space
New
digital currency targets e-retailers
24th
November 2006
E-retail
at all time high
SPAR
trials self-service concept
IBM
licenses Clipped Tag RFID technology
Paul
Smith secures corporate network
HMV
chooses anti-shoplifting partner
17th
November 2006
UK
Card not present fraud up by 5%
Morrisons
Supermarkets deploys EAS solution
Early
Learning Centre expands warehouse operation
ALDO
Group optimizes seasonal inventory
10th
November 2006
European
IT rollout at Billabong
Shopping.com
forms alliance with MSN
Community
stores in Co-op eration
Star
Micronics develops Queue Management system
3rd
November 2006
Mango
doubles Enterprise data warehouse capacity
Waitrose
updates EPOS system
EPCglobal
announces successful data exchange testing
METRO
Group installs Item-level RFID at Innovation Centre
Woolworths
complete security tagging rollout
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