Tag Archives: Retail IT

Amazon trys ‘ship before you buy’ shopping method

Big data has opened the doors to predictive shopping and anticipatory shipping for Amazon that will see the company shipping customers’ packages before they even order them.

Following the growing trend of using user data to lead shopping actions, the e-commerce giant was quick to take advantage of this new technology and in doing so has filed a patent last December that uses big data to predict what customers will buy.

Amazon’s ambitious plan to send a customers packages before they have

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Technology drives supermarket improvements

Both Morrisons and Asda have made steps to further enhance their stores with technology.

Morrisons will be trialling next generation self-checkout kiosks in Preston where the retailer is trying a range of innovative ideas; while Asda is focussing on RFID (radio frequency identification) based stock management.

Morrisons self-checkout kiosks are to be multi-functional with the capability to take payment for shopping, allow café customers to pre-order food, as well as being able to read QR codes

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5 tips for investing in retail solutions

Deciding on the right solutions for your retail business can be tricky, particularly as the adoption of retail technology is unpredictable at the moment. What you invest in today may not be the favoured tool of the future.

With a host of electronic-point-of-sale shopping devices on the market, from self-service tills and kiosks to smart phone and tablet mobile payments, retailers are struggling to keep up. For example, while retailers have put their efforts into contactless payments and mobile

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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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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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