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Dixons Carphone Group Adopts Cloud Technology for Seamless Integration, Scalability

London-based telecommunications retail and services company, Dixons Carphone Group is migrating to an IBM hybrid cloud to integrate two distinct infrastructures, post-merger, and enable easy scaling to better manage the peaks…

News July 13

Travis Perkins Selects Infor To Improve Customer and Employee Experience

Travis Perkins, a UK-based retailer of building materials and home improvement tools, has partnered with cloud-based enterprise solutions platform provider Infor. The retailer selected Infor CloudSuite to deliver a variety…

News July 12

Online Apparel Retailer Asos Defies Brexit Woes

At least one UK-based retailer is bucking the trend of retail gloom from the country’s Brexit: online apparel seller Asos. For the four months that ended June 30, 2016, Asos’…

News July 12

Starbucks To Raise Wages 5% To 15% For All U.S. Workers In October

Starbucks is giving all of its U.S. employees something to cheer about. Effective Oct. 3, U.S.-based employees and store managers will receive an increase in base pay of 5% or…

News July 12

Twitter And Instagram Execs Share Social Media Best Practices

By Klaudia Tirico, Associate Editor I’ve been an advocate of social media since the early days of Myspace, but I didn’t realize how important platforms such as Twitter and Instagram…

Executive Viewpoints July 12

How To Capitalize On 16% Growth Rate For Auto Parts E-Commerce

In the “bad old days” of shopping for  auto parts, they were purchased at local dealers with limited inventory. Customers dealt with a person sitting behind a counter sifting through…

Features July 12

Flipping The Model: Successful Retailers Tailor Campaigns To Each Customer’s Needs

With 2016 already halfway over, retail marketers are deep into their 2016 campaigns intended to acquire and retain customers, drive sales and improve overall customer loyalty. But what are marketers…

Executive Viewpoints July 12

Infor Buying Spree Continues With Starmount Acquisition

Less than a month after buying analytics solutions provider Predictix, Infor has announced plans to acquire Starmount, a manufacturer of in-store systems including POS, mobile commerce and inventory management. The…

News July 12

Call-Ins Are Being Called Off: What Should Retailers Be Doing?

With San Francisco adopting legislation aimed at helping part-time workers achieve work-life balance and other cities considering similar laws, retailers are challenged with maintaining predictable schedules for their employees while…

Executive Viewpoints July 12
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