Tag Archives: E-retail

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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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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2013’s best and worst online retailers

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 levels of online shoppers.

In an analysis of customer satisfaction levels and trends for the UK’s 40 leading online

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The rise of the mobile-wallet

PayPal recently revealed the findings of a study that paints a dim future for the traditional, man-made wallet due to the rise of the mobile wallet.

83% of respondents across five countries preferred the option of not carrying a wallet, according to the study conducted by Wakefield Research among 1,000 credit and debit card holders, ages 18 and older.

Uses of a mobile wallet include financial transactions that can be made both faster by cutting down queue time and easier by not burdening customers

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John Lewis trials trend-setting shopping technology

John Lewis has announced that it is trialling three new retail technologies in its department stores over the festive period.

“We intend to keep investing and innovating in our shops so that they remain compelling and hassle-free places for customers, offering multiple reasons to visit them,” said Simon Russell, director of retail operations development at John Lewis.

“Partly, this will see us use an increasing amount of technology to make shopping easier and offer more in-shop help,”

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