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Beat the competition with in store technology

With the rise of technology in store and the increased adoption by consumers, retailers now have to seriously consider the installation of electronic-point-of-sale (EPoS) tools.

Such innovative technologies and solutions promise to deliver a mass of benefits to both the retailer and customer in the form of improving customer services and experiences, while optimising business processes and cutting costs from the store to head office.

Self-service and automation play a key part in the technology

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Are till receipts back on the retailer’s radar

In the wake of new high tech technologies, the humble sale receipt appears to have gone unnoticed recently.

The essential, yet often unwanted item has been described as one of the most powerful tools a retailer has to directly interact with customers. Whether it is provided in store at an EPoS till or sent virtually, it provides retailers with the opportunity to “build a communication channel between the merchant and the buyer”, Dorsey said at the recent NRF conference in New York. Yet retailers

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Technology in the age of 24x7x365 retailing

You’d be hard pushed not to have noticed the speed in which the retail sector is changing lately. As peoples’ lifestyles and technology become in sync with one another retail businesses are forced to connect with the consumer on the same level.

The180 degree spin in shopping practices has seen the world of retail turn from window shopping and bricks and mortar purchases, to website browsing and online sales as standard. According to app services provider Flurry, between 2012 vs 2011 there was

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New year, new ecommerce platform Majestic

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 in shopping via the internet and the influence of social media and mobile technology, as one of the UK’s leading

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Ten technology trends for 2014

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 and impact on how consumers use mobile technology, as well as interactive apps, particularly with the fashion retailers.

Here are the main ten trends predicted for 2014:

1) 4G

Mobile

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