In this article, Martin Schofield (Retail247 CEO) outlines the competitive benefits of Digital Product Passports and why it’s important for retailers to ensure DPPs are a part of their 2025 roadmaps. By now, most retailers will be familiar with what Digital Product Passports are. In case you’re not, here’s a link to our DPP FAQ[…]
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Aug
Aug
Big news for small businesses! We are thrilled to announce our Accelerate Programme, an implementation template which offers a quick start to emerging retailers, giving them the supportive technological framework they need in order to scale. Benefits include: The Accelerate Programme means that emerging brands can access the same sophisticated and empowering technology that longer[…]
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Jul
Jul
Today is the opening day of the Summer Olympic games in Paris. This is the 30th time the games have been staged. Over the next 16 days, 329 events will be completed. There will be 10,500 athletes from 200 countries and for the first time in history, there will be an equal number of male[…]
16
Jul
Jul
In this blogpost, Martin Schofield discusses innovation and the importance of embracing it. AI in retail is becoming increasingly prevalent, and Martin outlines the impact it will have. In 1876, an internal ‘Western Union’ memo declared that “the ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is[…]
11
Jun
Jun
In this blogpost, our CEO Martin Schofield outlines the strengths and weaknesses of best of breed solutions, and how they compare to an ERP. I want to emphasise how adopting a ‘best of breed’ approach to solution selection and deployment empowers retailers looking to embrace digital transformation. To this end, I am going to boldly[…]
02
May
May
This article outlines the differences between Best of Breed solutions and an ERP implementation. We shine a light on what we believe to be the more effective approach. Best of breed solutions or an ERP implementation? It’s the age old argument that divides the retail industry. In previous years, an ERP system was seen as[…]
02
Apr
Apr
In this blogpost, our Non-Executive Director Alan Morris discusses a recent shopping experience he had. The experience highlighted everything he loves about the retail industry. One sunny morning, my wife and I embarked on a jaunt along the Cornish coast path from Padstow to Polzeath, eager to enjoy the breath-taking scenery that awaited us. Little[…]
13
Feb
Feb
In this blogpost, our Non-Executive Director Alan Morris explains why he thinks people from every department should attend the Retail Technology Show. Many years ago, when my company first started exhibiting at technology shows, I used to wish more people from every area of a retail business would attend, not just the IT department. We[…]
08
Jan
Jan
In this blogpost, our retail tech expert Alan Morris discusses what retailers can learn from Sherlock Holmes. That’s a sentence we never imagined writing! Sherlock Holmes referred to himself as a “consulting detective”. Widely known for his proficiency with observation and deduction, his logical reasoning bordered on the fantastic. Surprisingly, Holmes characterised his work as[…]
04
Jan
Jan
Firstly, Happy New Year! We’d like to wish you a healthy and prosperous 2024. The last 12 months have been pretty big for Retail247 – we’ve experienced growth, welcomed some brilliant new clients, and continued to deliver solutions and services we’re incredibly proud of. Catch up on what we got up to below… Note from[…]