Italian group rolls out Web Real Time Communications platform for internal and external collaboration The fifth largest producer of pasta in Italy,Group Rummo, is working with telecommunications company Italtel to build an integrated collaboration platform for unified communications. Founded in Benevento in 1846 and supplying its products to more than 45 countries, Rummo’s exports account

Digital content helps boost sales for luxury retailer. Glynn Davis reports from New York Harrods is increasingly creating digital content to help it drive in-store sales and plans to use more ‘gamification’ this year after successfully launching two online games in 2014 Speaking at Retail’s Big Show, organised by NRF, in New York this week,

Global surf brand better connects wholesale and retail businesses for real-time visibility Surf brand Billabong is connecting suppliers and trading partners in a cloud-based network, to facilitate and automate process for supply chain financing, order collaboration, invoice management, in-transit visibility and payment management. To achieve this, the company has positioned its supply chain on the

On-card offer by TopCashback yielded £1.2million worth of sales UK cashback website, TopCashback, has launched its first card-linked cashback offer with national high-street catalogue retailer,Argos. The partnership enables TopCashback customers to receive cashback benefits on all card purchases made in-store at Argos, with initial results yielding £1.2million worth of sales. TopCashback customers are now offered the chance

More than half of retailers plan to spend more on technology in 2015 than last year, according to survey Investing in technology is seen as a key driver for growth and sales by 100 of the top UK retailers surveyed for law firm TLT’s Retail Growth Strategies Report 2015. According to the survey, conducted by

Global family retailer invests in fulfillment technology to deliver faster service to its customers Global retailer for parents and children Mothercare has invested in a new fulfillment solution to support its global programme to deliver a strong multichannel experience to its customers. Mothercare is using Manhattan Associates’ Supply Chain Commerce Solutions to help it provide

Online luxury British brand makes use of platform update to go global Uniform Wares, the luxury British watchmaker, has launched a new global e-commerce platform to reflect its transformation into a luxury brand. The company restructured operations accordingly, with design and assembly continuing in London but manufacture moving to Switzerland. International expansion The brand needed

Marketing and e-commerce expert Marcus Law predicts the top key e-commerce milestones for 2015 from the of the UK’s leading retailers Following a recent webinar with Simon Young, web development manager at Paul Smith, Mark Hammond, chief operating officer at Pets Pyjamas and David Kohn, multichannel director at Snow + Rock, Marcus Law, head of

Global campaign for Andy Wahrhol Edition launch includes facial recognition technology, PoS and digital screen This autumn, Pernod Ricard Travel Retail Europe has launched Absolut Andy Warhol Edition, the latest limited edition, commemorating the original iconic Andy Warhol painting created in 1986. Bringing passengers’ physical and digital worlds together, Pernod Ricard Travel Retail Europe worked

Online wine retailer announces new delivery channel to increase choice and convenience for customers UK online wine retailer Virgin Wines now enables shoppers to order cases of vine and have them delivered to InPost lockers across the country for round-the-clock collection. When online shoppers proceed to check out on the Virgin Wines website, they can