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The first big event of the Retail Technology calendar is the rapidly approaching NRF BIG Show running from January 15th to the 17th 2017, in New York City. This is the retail industry’s premier annual event and this year it will bring together a staggering 33,000 attendees, 510+ exhibitors and 300+ speakers. Island…
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As the evolution of in-store retail continues to cater to fast paced shoppers who are not looking to waste the day standing in line for ten minutes on a transaction that will take one minute to complete. The Omni-Channel approach to sales seeks to provide the customer with a seamless shopping experience whether the customer…
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It is finally November and that means one thing, the free for all shopping of Black Friday, the date of this chaotic event is Friday 25th November 2016. Now, for our American readers this date has long been a tradition following Thanksgiving to cash in on some outstandingly generous bargains. However, Black Friday is a…
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Yikes is it almost Halloween already? For many decades the U.S have been embracing the demons and ghouls of holiday retail and it seems the U.K has awoken and is about to join the Americans in the thrills of Halloween. Now, the U.S has long been the bastion of the night of thrills and spills,…
Read MoreThe Drapers roundtable breakfast partnered by Island Pacific on 6th October 2016 is more than just coffee and croissants in an upmarket hotel, it is an opportunity for the merchandising & planning knights of the roundtable (breakfast) to open the debate on whether Microsoft Excel is the pinnacle of the data software available to the…
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