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 April
2008
PMC
helps UNITE revamp student rooms' service with
web offering
Student
accommodation provider UNITE undertakes the acquisition,
planning, development and management of all its
properties, working closely with universities,
city councils and partners, to deliver a choice
of modern purpose-built accommodation for students
across the UK.
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 March
2008
Nisa-Today's
integrates on Oracle IT backbone
Nisa-Today's
is the UK's largest distribution and services
organisation for retail and wholesale companies.
The company is run solely by and for the benefit
of its 674 Nisa retail members operating over
5,000 stores, including Booths, Costcutter and
Proudfoot, and its 300 Today's wholesale companies
with 320 depots.
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 Jan/Feb
2008
IKEA
optimise staff scheduling systems with Kronos
Home
furnishing retailer IKEA is part way through its
roll out of an employee scheduling system to enable
it to match staffing levels to store trading patterns
across all IKEA store in the UK.
More
 December
2007
Arnotts
invests in award-winning Oracle IT overhaul
Tracing
its roots back to 1843, Dublin-based Arnotts is
Ireland's oldest and largest independent department
store. Today, Arnotts offers fashion to furniture,
footwear to sportswear, kitchenware to electrical
goods and childrenswear to corporate clothing.
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 November
2007
Empire
Cinemas converts to J2 Retail Systems for EPoS
New
electronic point-of-sale (EPoS) technology brings
reduced cost of ownership and increased customer
spend
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 October
2007
C
J Lang leads the way in voice
SPAR
distributor, C J Lang & Son, one of the first
companies to adopt Voice technology, has found
its Accord Voice WMS has "led to dramatic
improvements in warehouse productivity and customer
service…exceeding our expectations in all
areas"
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 September
2007
Achieving
supply chain excellence:
Paperchase lifts sales with Merret
"The
supply chain is the foundation of every retail
business. Retailers can put distance between themselves
and their peers in an increasingly competitive
market by good supply chain management"
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 July/August
2007
Zebra
clears workflow hurdles at JD Sports
The
introduction of wireless printers is offering
real-time benefits to sports retailer, JD Sports.
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 June
2007
Midlands
Co-op selects Aldata
Midlands
Co-operative Society, a successful and growing
regional retailer with over 170 food and non-food
stores, is progressing with projects to improve
support of its retail operations in the UK by
implementing new systems to manage central data,
orders, store inventory, replenishment, point
of sale and payments. More
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 May
2007
Easynet
customer service delivers retailing benefits
Managed
hosting and networks company Easynet has seen
the success of its Customer Service Excellence
Programme pay particular dividends since its launch
late last year.
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 April
2007
Virgin
Vie gets contact centre makeover with Mitel
The
Virgin Group's cosmetic and jewellery business
'Virgin Vie At Home' has implemented a Mitel®
internet protocol (IP) based contact centre solution
to improve communications between its network
of UK consultants and support staff at its West
Sussex head office.
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 March
2007
Hawkins
Bazaar builds flexible sales systems
Hawkin's
Bazaar is a multichannel retailer that prides
itself as a source of inexpensive toys, gadgets
and gizmos for children and adults. The company,
who uses Corby & Fellas' WinRetail system,
is planning to substantially increase the number
of its permanent UK retail outlets, expanding
from 30 to at least 100 stores over the next five
years. More
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 Jan/Feb
2007
Scheduling
to the opportunity
Workbrain
looks at the next wave of workforce optimisation
- using traffic data to refine workforce deployment.
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 December
2006
Blue
Rock brings IP security to convenience store sector
The
loss prevention team for Sainsbury's Convenience
has implemented a new internet protocol (IP) based
security system throughout the retailer's 120
Sainsbury's Locals convenience stores.
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 November
2006
Intelligent
queue management builds sales at Tesco
Sir
Terry Leahy, chief executive of Tesco, the UK's
largest grocery chain, claimed that thermal imaging
cameras, were a key factor in the company's half-year
pre-tax profits rising ten per cent to £1.1
billion when announcing the company's figures
recently. The SMARTLANE cameras, developed by
specialist British manufacturer of infra-red detectors,
IRISYS drives Tesco's popular 'one in front' (OIF)
campaign, designed to minimise queue waiting time
at the store. More
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 October
2006
Pasporte
improves Orient Express ICT Platform
As
a luxury brand, Orient-Express Hotels, Trains
and Cruises demands the highest levels of service
and business processes across the organisation
in order to maintain the quality and value of
its customer proposition.
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 September
2006
DigiPoS
streamlines scanning for Spar Distributor
James
Hall & Co, the Northern distribution centre
for convenience group SPAR, is rolling out DigiPoS
Retail Systems' Retail Blade Server across its
entire scanning estate of 300 stores.
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 July/August
2006
Automated
cash handling from checkout to self payment
The
winner of this year's most innovative in-store
technical solution award at the recent Retail
Solutions exhibition was Gunnebo's SafePay, an
automated cash handling system.
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June 2006
Aldata
extends logistics domination in Europe
Aldata,
a leading provider of software solutions for the
global retail and logistics industries, has consolidated
its position in the European logistics industry
by winning 15 new customers in 2005, and 5 so
far in 2006. In addition, several existing large
customers have extended the G.O.L.D. solution
to manage new sites, and implement new versions
of G.O.L.D.
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May 2006
One
to Watch: Vista Retail Support Easy access to
information
For
eleven years, Vista Retail Support has provided
help desk and IT field service support to some
of the UK's best-known retailers, including Spar,
River Island, Primark and Lloyds Pharmacy. In
purely support terms, there is little of interest
in this, however, it is Vista's approach that
makes it unique.
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April 2006
Haskins
Garden Centres plants seeds of new business
Haskins
Garden Centres have become the latest users of
WinRetail, a fully integrated PoS, Stock Control
and Merchandising system produced by Corby &
Fellas Ltd.
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March 2006
Fat
Face Surf with Vodat International
Active
lifestyle retailer, Fat Face has employed the
services of IT experts Vodat International to
revamp its communication links between stores
and head office, employing the latest WAN technologies
to help cope with the growth of the business.
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January/February
2006
Borders
UK standardises store payroll
Borders
has a long standing relationship with Kronos,
both in the UK and the US and a Kronos solution
has been used in Borders stores since their arrival
in the UK in 1998.
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December 2005
Virgin
group in mega rollout
Virgin
group has rolled out new EPOS systems with the
help of Retail Business Solutions
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November 2005
Premier
cuts misspicks with voice technology
Premier
Decorations is using Vocollect's Talkman T2 terminals
and VoiteQ's middleware, VoiceMan to manage its
new Welsh warehouse.
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October 2005
BCP
Accord in fine voice at SPAR
SPAR
wholesaler, James Hall & co is rolling out
BCP's Accord voice picking technology.
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September 2005
Retail
Blade for Harvey Nichols
Harvey
Nichols has implemented DigiPoS Systems' Retail
Blade to help improve efficiency and shop floor
functionality, and cut maintenance costs.
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July/August 2005
Coin
into gift cards
Coinstar,
the leader in self-service coin counting, have
announced the initial set of gift cards for its
new Coin to Card program currently available in
the US, which allows consumers to convert loose
change into gift cards from national retailers
and supermarkets.
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June 2005
Dorma
rolls out Aldata G.O.L.D. to its retail operations
Dorma
Group, the famous bed linens company, is using
the Aldata G.O.L.D. Supply Chain Management software
to support its retail operations.
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May 2005
Yaeger
dressed for success with Vodat International
Jaeger,
the luxury British clothing brand for men and
women, is using broadband by introducing ADSL
networks and Voice Over IP to around 90 stores,
outlets and concessions around the world.
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April 2005
Retail
Business Solutions on the ball at Spurs
Retail
Business Solutions (RBS) Ltd. have provided Tottenham
Hotspur Football Club with 43 new EPoS tills that
are fully operational with Chip & Pin, at
its six sales outlets including the Park Lane
Megastore and the Spurs store in Harlow, Essex.
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March 2005
WHSmith
get talking in the warehouse
WHSmith's
Travel Group warehouse in Holford, Birmingham
recently implemented voice directed distribution..
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January/February
2005
Paul
Mason Consulting at best ever EPoS project at
Mothercare
Mothercare
is in the process of installing a new EPOS system
across its UK retail estate. To ensure the project
ran smoothly, Mothercare engaged retail IT specialist
Paul Mason Consulting (PMC) Limited, to produce
the Invitation To Tender (ITT), manage the support
system, vendor selection and provide roll out
implementation services.
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December 2004
Festive
cheer at Iceland with Blue Rock Security
Following
Blue Rock's successful installation of Electronic
Article Surveillance (EAS) systems across Iceland's
network of stores last year, Blue Rock Security
was approached to develop a bespoke bottle tagging
solution for the company to promote alcohol security
and combat theft.
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November 2004
Debenhams
gets ahead of theChip & Pin Game
By
planning early, Debenhams wanted to ensure its
Chip and PIN roll-out was completed ahead of January
2005 and employed Trintech's Total Smart Card
Solution to manage Chip and PIN transactions.
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October 2004
Co-op
buys into the whole Manhattan Associates'story
The
Co-operative Group (CWS) Ltd, the retail-focused
co-operative society more familiarly known as
'the Co-op' has selected Manhattan Associates'
Integrated Logistics Solution for Retail to help
automate and improve its supply chain of the future.
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SEPTEMBER 2004
Naafi
recruits Wincor Nixdorf
NAAFI
has rolled out next generation EPoS, peripheral
PC and hand-held instore technologies across its
global retail and leisure business, and selected
Wincor Nixdorf to provide the hardware, implementation
and after sales support.
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JULY/AUGUST
2004
Vocollect
is the perfect pick at Nisa Today's
Nisa-Today’s
has deployed voice-directed systems from Vocollect
which integrate with a functionally-rich and robust
warehouse management system (WMS), to deliver
unmatched productivity and accuracy throughout
the warehousing processes.
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JUNE 2004
IT
Life is sweet for Thorntons
The
famous UK chain of chocolatiers has selected head
office, store and supply chain solutions from
Aldata to support its business growth and business
strategy.
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MAY 2004
RBS
cooks up a storm at Lakeland
Lakeland
has now completed the roll out of Retail Business
Solutions’ (RBS) java-based solution, RBS~InStore
to provide POS and back office software in its
shops.
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APRIL 2004
Verifone
readies SPAR for Chip and Pin
Roy
Ford, IT Controller for SPAR, UK Ltd. discusses
how working with VeriFone helped SPAR to an early
adopter advantage in Chip and PIN deployment
following on from our hard-hitting first report
into Chip & Pin at the end of 2002.
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MARCH 2004
Thyron
brings Chip and Pin to the table
Thyron
Systems, a specialist provider of credit card
payment terminals and applications for secure
mobile transactions, launched its range of Chip
and PIN solutions at Hostec 2004.
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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2004
G-Log
improves the flow at Tesco
When Tesco,
the UK’s leading retailer launched its Factory
Gate Pricing initiative, it turned to G-Log, a
provider of global logistics and transportation
software to come up with a new solution to address
Tesco’s logistics processes for collecting
goods from suppliers and delivering to Tesco’s
23 UK distribution centres. More>>
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