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Nationwide upgrades ATM platform

The building society will roll out the new software across more than 2,500 cash machines   More...

Next speaks up for faster warehouse processes

The retailer is using a voice-based system to improve operations at its new distribution centre   More...

Budgens starts biometrics trial

The retailer is using a fingerprinting system to avoid staff entering hours for each other   More...

Shortening the supply chain

Retailers need to look closely at their IT manufacturer supply chain, writes Stuart Thorn   More...

Sainsbury's checks out secure payments systems

Retail giant is investing heavily in IT to tackle crime in different areas of the business   More...

P&O Ferries embraces Web 2.0 trend

Analysis tools will help the ferry operator in monitoring behaviour on its web site   More...

Whitbread unifies card payment system

Owner of Costa Coffee and Premier Inn hopes to generate £1m savings from project   More...

Unilever makes green progress

Datacentres set to go green amid calls for carbon-friendly IT   More...

Sainsbury's speaks for better warehouse performance

The supermarket chain expects to increase productivity with voice-based picking system   More...

WHSmith gets a clearer voice

Voice-based technology helps the retailer improve processes at the warehouse   More...

Boots improves recruitment with online system

The chemist chain hopes to improve quality of workforce and save time with new platform   More...

Technology boosts Tesco results

Supermarket reports further growth for its web operations and reaps savings from new IT   More...

Coffee Republic offers free web access

The coffee chain hopes to attract more customers and increase advertising revenue with the new service   More...

Greggs in need of £600k finance software upgrade

High street bakery chain hopes to improve data accuracy and speed up reporting processes   More...

LightSpeed 2.5.2

Run your retail business from your Mac   More...

IT frozen out in Birds Eye deal

Food manufacturer was left with “effectively no IT” after acquisition   More...

High street woes balanced by the web at Woolworths

Multichannel sales grow while retail like-for-like revenue drops   More...

Yo! Sushi updates network to support growth

Sushi bar chain replaces ageing infrastructure and hopes to get a payback in two years   More...

Game plays with customer-generated content

The retailer is using real-time peer recommendation to boost sales   More...

Retailers fail to monitor credit card data access

Many businesses carrying out card payments are unable to track who has been accessing data   More...

Book distributor improves warehouse with voice technology

Littlehampton Book Services has improved picking accuracy to almost 100 per cent   More...

Bernard Matthews plans to consolidate processes

New system aims to improve visibility of food lifecycle processes   More...

Procter & Gamble adopts online workspace system

Manufacturer is using service-oriented architecture to provide workers with flexible data access   More...

Buying at EAT goes contactless

Food chain hopes to provide faster service to its customers with the "touch and go" technology   More...

White Stuff upgrades communications network

Retailer expects to improve connectivity between shops and offer faster customer service   More...

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