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Published: Thursday, 25th February, 2010
Oracle Unveils Business Process Integration to Help Retailers Improve Financial Control of the Merchandising Lifecycle
Oracle Financial Operations Control Integration Pack for the Oracle Retail Merchandising Suite and Oracle E-Business Suite Financials Part of Oracle Application Integration Architecture Release 2.5As part of an ongoing effort to help retailers improve financial control over merchandising operations and... Read more
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Published: Thursday, 25th February, 2010
Galeries Lafayette Completes Rollout of Oracle Retail Platform to All Stores to Support Growth Strategies
French Retailer Optimises Core Retail Functionality at its Department Stores to Deliver Business-Wide BenefitsGaleries Lafayette, one of the worldÃs largest department stores, has deployed OracleÆ Retail applications to create an integrated retail platform to support long-term growth strategies and core... Read more
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Published: Thursday, 25th February, 2010
Detsky Mir Goes Live with Oracle Retail Applications to Support Strategic Growth
Russia's Largest Children's Retailer Using Oracle Retail Release 13 to Create a Best-in-Class Business ModelThe Detsky Mir Group, Russia's largest retailer in childrenÃs goods, has implemented Oracle Retail applications to create a core retail platform that supports its strategic growth... Read more
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Published: Thursday, 25th February, 2010
Oracle Retail Applications Help Communications Service Providers Manage Customer-Centric and Profitable Retail Stores
Oracle Retail applications are helping communications service providers (CSPs) improve in-store experiences for customers, grow revenue and reduce the cost of their operations. Oracle's integrated solution enables CSPs to improve customer management and product availability, reduce stockholding and better understand... Read more
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Published: Thursday, 25th February, 2010
Morrisons ploughs 6m into voice picking system for warehouse staff
Morrisons is to install one of the largest voice picking systems in the world, in a deal worth more than £6m.The grocer is working with supply chain technology provider Zetes to provide its 3iV voice software and more than 2,000... Read more
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Published: Thursday, 25th February, 2010
NRF: New York welcomes back the big boys of retail IT
Start spreading the news, the IT bosses of three of the four biggest retailers in the world have been spotted at the National Retail Federation conference and show in New York this week; and that says something about the role... Read more
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Published: Thursday, 25th February, 2010
Morrisons to wireless-enable manufacturing sites
Morrisons is to spend £1.5 million introducing wireless networks and devices at five of its manufacturing plants.The investment will allow the grocer to automate and improve the accuracy of business processes in these facilities that are at the moment paper-based... Read more
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Published: Monday, 16th February, 2009
Wholesalers are still growing despite recession
"Wholesalers Landmark and The Today's Group are continuing to prosper even though the credit crunch has turned into recession.Landmark Wholesale is said to have enjoyed a "healthy" 2008, with sales up by 4.7% over the previous year. Chilled and frozen... Read more
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Published: Monday, 16th February, 2009
January retail sales see best performance in 8 months
"UK retail sales values rose 1.1% on a like-for-like basis, and 3.2% on a total basis, from January 2008. By both measures, this was the best performance since May, when sunny weather had boosted sales.Food sales showed stronger growth. Non-food... Read more
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Published: Monday, 16th February, 2009
Morrison cuts prices on 4000 products
"Morrisons is turning up the heat in the grocery wars by cutting the price on 4,000 productsMorrisons said that many of the price cuts 50 per cent or better. Angus Maciver, group marketing and communications director, said: "We know that... Read more