Demand for IT contractors increased during the last three months while demand for permanent staff fell for the first time since 2009, according to figures from recruitment website CWJobs.co.uk. Vacancies for contractors increased 3% ...
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Five years after German retail giant Otto provided investment capital for a start-up analytics software supplier, it achieved a 40% improvement in demand forecasting from the resulting technology. Otto derives revenue of €11.6bn ...
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Clothing retailer Next has placed a£4m order with Projection Lighting to replace 35w lRC dichroic lamps in its UK stores with 90,000 LED luminaires.The contract is thought to be one of the largest LED replacement programmes seen in ...
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UK retailer The Co-operative Group has appointed Kingfisher executive Euan Sutherland as its new CEO. Sutherland, 43, will take up the role in May next year, the UK's fifth largest grocer said today (19 December). Sutherland, COO at home ...
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An expert said that the retail industry in the GCC is set to thrive due to increasing purchasing power, growing expatriate population, changing lifestyle and an expanding tourism and hospitality industry. Ms Sameena Ahmad MD of of ...
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Research reveals that UK customers plan to spend most of their Christmas shopping budget online. The research, carried out by SDL, found that UK adults put internet shopping far ahead of in-store. Another 10% of shoppers said they would ...
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Near Field Communication, or NFC, is a contactless radio technology that can transmit data between two devices within a few centimetres of each other. Mobile phones are increasingly being equipped with NFC capabilities, enabling an array ...
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Triple packs help pre-school specialist's sales grow around 15 per cent. Wow Toys has reported a record amount of deliveries to UK retailers during September. The company says"phenomenal"demand for its multipacks also helped it ...
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As clothing distributors nationwide start to get busy importing their stocks in anticipation of the new shopping season,wholesalesarong.com announces its new arrival of poncho sweaters. Wholesalesarong.com,probably the best name among ...
Grocers undoubtedly felt the economic pressures in 2012 with discounters enjoying buoyant growth as a result of an increase in value-seeking consumers. Shoppers' focus on value led to rising online sales and further investment in the ...
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TAGSYS RFID, the leading provider of item-level inventory management systems that streamline the supply chain, announced two new additions to its US-based organization in response to accelerating demand for smart inventory and loss ...
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Is the PE backed, Indian apparel retail industry growth story falling apart or turning sour? Considering the increasing number of garment retailers who are suffering from growing debt pressures, more so those funded by Private Equity (PE) ...
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The festive season has lost some of its sparkle for retailers,with growth in sales on the high street slowing in December,the CBI said. Responding to the CBI's latest monthly Distributive Trades Survey during the first two weeks of ...
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Newly Branded Product Line Aims to Help Consumers Save Hundreds Annually on Utility Bills AM Conservation Group, Inc., a major U.S. manufacturer and distributor of energy and water conservation products, today announced it will roll out ...
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David Cull Joins X2 Computing As Pre-Sales Technical Consultant WARWICKSHIRE,ENGLAND,November 02,2012/24-7PressRelease/--X2 Computing,one of the UK's fastest growing providers of mobile computing solutions,has appointed David Cull as ...
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