Transform the customer retail experience

Although the South African retail sphere is currently hindered by a slow economy and weak consumer confidence, technology is presenting opportunities to radically transform the customer experience and boost bottom line sales. Much of the opportunity lies in the...

How retailers can ensure a more profitable future

Pieter Engelbrecht, business unit manager at HPE Aruba, discusses how the high street can unlock the future of retail. It’s clear that the retail landscape is in a state of major transformation. Thanks to disruptive technologies and changing consumer behaviour,...

Industrial Revolution: Where messaging meets agility

The only thing with less impact than a delegate reading a PowerPoint presentation to an audience at a conference is a looping in-store video. Industrial Revolution, a long-time provider of quality IT and related solutions to local business, is set to change the...

Retailers need to realign to compete

Accept it or not, but there’s a new business model called “always on, always available”, a strategic shift if you want to enter the global marketplace. It’s definitely not business as usual, the shift to the cloud is more dramatic than ever....

African retailers can re-imagine a data-driven sector

In a continent the size of Africa, comprising more than 50 countries, it can be very tempting to make sweeping generalisations about the adoption of digital technologies, and the transformation of the retail sector across the continent. By Toros Esim, head of digital...

Retailers look to WiFi for digital transformation

CIOs in the retail sector are increasingly looking to location analytics provided by sophisticated WiFi marketing solutions to address digital transformation. This is the view of Wade Gomes, sales director of Corr-Serve, a local value-added distributor that represents...