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Tesco cuts IT spend

After successfully introducing a number of digital technologies to the retail space, supermarket giant Tesco is reportedly cutting costs from its IT budget.

Until now Tesco hasn’t been shy in backing digital technology investments. Online grocery shopping for home delivery, augmented reality mirrors in-store, its own 7in tablet, a data-driven loyalty card scheme – the Clubcard, a digital wallet, a magazine app, click and collect and scan as you shop, to name a few.

However, earlier this

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GAME focuses on omni-channel

GAME is adapting to the digital revolution by teaming up with Microsoft and introducing several digital selling methods. Referring to itself as the UK’s leading omni-channel videogames retailer, GAME sells online, in-store, on mobile and through its app.

Part of its strategy is to sell its computer games, like Xbox and PlayStation, through digital codes which are then downloaded onto consoles. Its GAME Wallet is also a major focus. The virtual wallet lets customers see how much they have to spend

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Carphone Warehouse goes digital in store

Carphone Warehouse, the phone retailer, is going digital with its new look stores. The digital format will be seen across 200 of its 771 stores within the next few months. The digital design is said to create a simplified and slick customer experience through technology.

Speaking at one of the revamped stores in London’s Brent Cross, Carphone Warehouse marketing director Julian Diment told Retail Week: “This has allowed us to bring the excitement and energy of smartphones to life through a

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One Stop introduces mobile vouchers

Convenience store One Stop, a subsidiary of Tesco since 2003, is introducing mobile vouchers to its in store offering. Customers can use their mobile phone to redeem coupon offers in store that were sent to them by sms or email.

The voucher technology is from Eagle Eye Solution’s, a company that provides a transaction software platform, supporting real-time, multi-channel digital offers, payments and rewards. Eagle Eye Solution’s says it is using new, AIR technology that issues coupons via

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Is Argos driving the digital age?

Argos, the household goods retailer, is replacing the traditional with a digital alternative as it focuses on its place in the digital age.

Over all it is investing £300 million to reinvent itself from an old-style catalogue-led to a modern digitally-led business. Part of its plan are small format digital stores, with the first recently opening in London, setting a trend for local, convenience stores that cater for online orders over large format hub stores.

Argos sees convenience of a pickup point

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