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FCommerce’s growth revealed

November 25, 2011 15:44

According to the latest eCustomerServiceIndex (eCSI) results from eDigitalResearch and IMRG 12 per cent of social media users have been encouraged to make a purchase from a Facebook store after seeing something on the site. The results mark an incredible [...]

Torex launches browser-based POS

November 23, 2011 16:35

Torex has announced the launch of kachng!, a cloud-based HTML5 POS which works via a browser on tablet devices, smartphone and traditional POS systems. The combination of the HTML5 POS with the portability and low cost of tablet computing means [...]

Isaay relaunch on new platform

November 21, 2011 09:09

Demandware®, a leader in on-demand ecommerce, has announced that Isaay.com, a curator of brand name and designer merchandise for the fashion forward woman, has re-launched its online store, www.isaay.com, on the Demandware Commerce platform. Upon replacing its open source platform [...]

Survey highlights security concerns - Retail Design and Technology Magazine

Survey highlights security concerns

November 18, 2011 09:03

A recent UK survey of over 2,000 mobile phone users, commissioned by Opinion Matters on behalf of Gemalto, found that only 32 per cent of consumers know what NFC stands for and a large number expressed security concerns about using a [...]

Itim boosts retail team with senior Harvey Nichols appointment - Retail Design and Technology Magazine

Itim boosts retail team with senior Harvey Nichols appointment

November 17, 2011 15:59

Itim, a retail solutions innovator, has boosted its retail team with the appointment of Martin Schofield, former group retail operations director of luxury department store retailer, Harvey Nichols. Schofield joins Itim as operations director and takes on a role aimed [...]

More bad news expected - Retail Design and Technology Magazine

More bad news expected

November 16, 2011 16:13

Figures due out on tomorrow, 17 November, from the Office of National Statistics are expected to show retail figures are down on the high street. The Confederation of British Industry anticipates November sales figures to be considerably lower than last [...]

Talking turkey

November 14, 2011 09:58

Men will purchased more than half of the nation’s Christmas turkeys this year, says a new report from Verdict Research and business analytics company – SAS.  According to the report – How Britain will Shop for Christmas 2011 – retailers who want [...]

EMEA growth continues

November 10, 2011 11:01

Demandware, a leader in on-demand ecommerce, has announced the appointment of Andrew Gilboy to the position of vice president, EMEA.  Gilboy will be responsible for driving growth and the success of Demandware across the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. [...]

Online vs highstreet this Xmas - Retail Design and Technology Magazine

Online vs highstreet this Xmas

November 8, 2011 09:17

Oxford Street is now immersed in the glow of festive cheer, two days earlier than last year. In inaugural switching on of the lights has occurred, heralding the beginning of the holiday shopping season. In September, the British Retail Consortium [...]

Patrick Bell joins Sector Design - Retail Design and Technology Magazine

Patrick Bell joins Sector Design

November 3, 2011 16:17

Sector Design has  recruited Patrick Bell, former CEO of Coutts Retail and co-founder of Writtle Holdings, to the company’s Board. Bell, who has enjoyed success in the POP and the wider marketing services sector, has worked with Sector in an [...]