Logistics & Supply Chain Technology, Transportation & Distribution

The golden quarter (October – December) is fast approaching, but many retail businesses are not actually ready for the onset of increased website traffic this usually brings, according to new research.

By Eileen Kolev, Product Marketing Manager, MicroStrategy.

This has been a year of great change for the UK High Street. Market-watcher PwC says the first quarter of 2018 was the toughest since the beginning of the last recession and several retailers including Toys R Us, Poundworld, Carpetright and New Look face either administration, restructuring, or are closing their doors forever.

By Matthew Robertson, Co-CEO, NetDespatch.

In our non-stop lives, it often seems that everyone is competing to do things as quickly as possible. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the fast-paced world of online retail. There's an abiding assumption that, if customers want something, they want it as fast as humanly – or technologically – possible.

Rambus Inc. has announced that its Token Gateway for e-commerce solution is one of the first to be qualified under the 'Visa Ready' for Tokenization program.

Ivalua, the spend management solutions provider, has announced the availability of broad innovations in direct materials sourcing and procurement as part of its Platform Release 160.

By Nick Pike, Vice-President, EMEA, OutSystems.

The invention of the barcode revolutionised the retail industry, making it possible for individual stores to stock a far wider range of products and to diversify their offering to appeal to a broader market.

One of Ireland's leading testing and inspection specialists for lifting equipment has switched to a new RFID system to improve safety and efficiency.

Iskratel, the European ICT provider for the digital transformation of telecommunications, transport, public safety and energy industries, has successfully implemented its new Internet of Things (IoT)-based Incident-Response Management (IRM) for Slovenian Railways.

Formpipe, specialist provider of enterprise content management, is announcing its support of the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC). The backing of the DPC underpins Formpipe's on-going commitment to data integrity and preservation.

Datalogic, the global automatic data capture and industrial automation solutions provider, and producer of bar code readers, mobile computers, sensors, vision systems and laser marking equipment, will be showcasing a wide range of products to visitors of this month's PPMA.