Polaris Enterprise Solution Limited (PESL), a leading technology provider in diverse industry segments and a wholly owned subsidiary of Polaris Financial Technology Ltd won the 'EPoS (Electronic Point of Sale) Initiative of the Year' award ...
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The complexity of global supply chains, increasing costs, explosion in order and delivery channels, rising customer expectations and new consumer behaviour have all contributed to the growing challenges faced by organisations when it comes ...
UK like-for-like retail sales rose 2.7 per cent in February. On a total basis, sales were up 4.4 per cent, against a 2.3 per cent rise in February 2012. Excluding "distortions" caused by the timing of Easter in previous years, that's the ...
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Government announced the decision to permit FDI, up to 51%, in multi-brand retail trading, vide Press Note dated 20.9.2012, subject to the following conditions: (I) FDI in multi brand retail trading up to 51% shall be allowed through the ...
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CeBIT is the world's largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work environments. The key target groups are users from industry, the wholesale/retail sector, skilled trades, banks, the services ...
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Tesco PLC and Sainsbury – two well-known British supermarket chains – have applied to the Indian Government for opening sourcing centres, Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma has said. Speaking to reporters on the ...
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South African supermarket operator Shoprite Holdings said it has maintained its "robust and established" growth pattern, booking an increase in half-year profits. Earnings for the six month period earnings grew 19.6% to ZAR1.70bn ...
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Australian-produced app Roamz is reaching out to the retail sector with analytics that will tell a store what customers are saying in real time. Developed in Sydney by entrepreneur Jonathan Barouch, Roamz uses the number-crunching ...
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Results from the first set of UK tests on beef products for horsemeat have in the main cleared the country's retailers. Products from Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, The Co-operative Group and Iceland Foods tested negative for traces of ...
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Outsourcing has been identified as a key attack vector in almost two-thirds of security investigations carried out by security services company Trustwave. The claim was carried in the company's 2013 Global Security Report, which draws ...
Swedish retailer Axfood saw its profits increase in 2012 but CEO Anders Strålman expressed dissatisfaction with the company's like-for-like sales. Axfood booked a 4.5% rise in profit after tax to SEK895m. Impairment costs at its ...
According to a new report commissioned by ClickSoftware Technologies, the number of mobile workers across the globe will reach 1.3 billion by 2015 but indications show that companies are not ready to tap this trend. Forty-six percent of ...
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Giving the soft drink Juice Burst a fresh look was only one part of the rebranding exercise. A key issue was to incorporate the very latest smartphone technology – that and exploding fruit, discovers Philip Chadwick The brief ...
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Whilst UK GDP growth stalled in the last quarter of 2012, we have a record high in the number of jobs and ultra-low interest rates…hence we're not witnessing the huge job losses and brutal levels of home repossessions that the ...
Sustainable sourcing CBI supports exporters from developing countries to Europe As the opening date draws nearer, Apparelsourcing Paris is recording an increase of almost 15% in registrations compared with the same period in 2012. The ...
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