Majestic has upgraded its ecommerce platform. Working with Carrenza the wine retailer has launched an Intershop to replace its existing model. Carrenza, a leading provider of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing, has helped Majestic to boost the functionality and scalability of its Intershop and boost online presence as a result. In light of increased consumer interest…
Following the biggest trend of 2013 – multi-channel, aka omni-channel retailing, Retail week has asked the experts what technology they think will be likely to trend in the retail industry this year in 2014. A couple to watch out for are: wearable technology, as in Google Glass which is set to fully launch this year…
Marks & Spencer is to roll out next generation polytouch, self-service terminals across its high street stores in the UK. The interactive, self-service solution was delivered by Wincor Nixdorf and Pyramid Computer GmbH and is to be deployed in order to unite online and in-store shopping for Marks and Spencer’s multi-channel consumers. Almost seven hundred…
F. Hinds, Britain’s largest independent family jewellers has recently upgraded its in store electronic point of sale (EPoS) system with a Cybertill cloud based solution. The jeweller will deploy the new EPoS system across its entire estate of 112 stores located in England and Wales. A key advantage from installing the EPoS system will be…
The UK’s online retailers have just seen the fastest growth in sales figures for 13 years, as reported by Retail Sales Index, IMRG/Capgemini. The apparent relationship between positive customer experience and increased loyalty, sales and recommendations is highly recognised within retail. Therefore this increase in sales also suggests an equivalent rise in the customer satisfaction…