JDA offers new features in Store Operations
Today’s retail managers are challenged to keep shelf availability and service levels high, while keeping store operations costs low without sacrificing the customer experience — which means they must schedule employees and manage tasks with an exacting degree of...
Smart retail spaces make business sense
Intelligent technologies have become increasingly common, both within the business and consumer space, says Paul Divall, MD – Intelligent Technologies at Jasco. Utilising such ‘smart’ technologies results in reduced costs, improved efficiencies and enhanced...
ZipZap mPOS offers USB solution
In an innovative move by Paycorp, South Africa’s leading independent payments company, ZipZap mobile POS (mPOS) now provides an additional card reader that enables businesses and retailers to connect to a Windows computer via a USB port as well as the standard...
Online stores need flexible IT architecture
In the retail market, competitiveness has always revolved around differentiation, be this of product, price or service. However, as the world has become more digital and traditional retailers have joined the online retail market in the ecommerce space, differentiation...
Pricer boosts growth for Toy Adventures
Toy Adventures at Byls Bridge in Centurion has implemented Pricer electronic shelf labels (ESLs) from XON Retail Solutions to improve supply chain management, improve sales and marketing in the store, and both empower and reduce the burden on employees. Gerhard Korf, owner of Toy Adventures, seeks to exploit the potential supply chain efficiencies and sales insights offered by the Pricer system to grow his business as opposed to focusing on cost saving benefits.
Retailers invest heavily in omni-channel
A new JDA study reveals an enormous amount of money; energy and time retailers and consumer goods manufacturers are spending to improve their omni-channel sales capabilities. While this may not be surprising given the current business environment, the report reveals...
Smart stores unite online and offline
The growing prominence of smart stores in support of omni-channel retail is due to changing behaviours of shoppers, says Minesh Manga, director at XON Retail Solutions. Technology has progressed in the past 25 years and has changed the way consumers interact with...
Monument SuperSPAR rolls out Pricer ESL
Monument SuperSPAR has increased its monthly gross profit (GP) margin consistently by 4% since implementing Pricer electronic shelf labels (ESL) by XON Retail Solutions, which has exclusive Pricer distribution rights in southern Africa. The SuperSPAR experienced the...
Fifth SACSC to take place in April
Influential ideas and shared global knowledge power this year’s fifth Annual SA Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC) Research Conference, scheduled to take place next month in Sandton. This power-packed one-day conference, sponsored by Broll Property Group, brings...
West Pack Lifestyle rolls out graphic ESL
West Pack Lifestyle in Vanderbijlpark is the first South African retailer to employ Pricer graphic electronic shelf labels (ESL) throughout its store. The progressive, family-owned and run retailer wants to begin rolling the Pricer ESL system out to the remainder of...
Fujitsu offers Connected Retail strategy
Fujitsu has delivered on its new Connected Retail strategy in enabling major international retailers and their customers to go mobile with a range of omni-channel services for the modern retail environment. By extending its revolutionary Fujitsu Market Place...
Retailers and the Internet of Everything
This year at the Consumer Electronic Show, the Internet of Things (IoT) or the Internet of Everything, depending on who you spoke to, was everywhere, from ceiling fans and dishwashers, to watches and sprinkler systems - everything was smarter and connected. Technology...