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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
Renny Wadsworth writes about the changes of his local high street, but the hope he holds for its future. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,[…]
If Nick Robertson and Quentin Griffiths, the founders of ASOS, had read the report from the ‘Virtual Society Project’ on December 5th 2000 they may have thought, “What are we doing?”. The report proclaimed that the internet was just a passing fad. It said that teenagers were using it less, and the opportunities for online[…]
This article discusses what Digital Product Passports are and what retailers must to do to become compliant to the new legislation. Roughly 80 billion new clothing items are consumed globally each year, marking a 400% increase compared to the figure from 20 years ago. The European Commission has recognised the gravity of statistics like these,[…]
Retail247 are excited to share a new case study featuring our client Crew Clothing. In the study, we dive into the challenges faces in their retail operations and how Retail247’s solutions and services helped the business overcome these obstacles. We explore the benefits of implementing our PIM solution (Origin) and our stock platform (Archean) and[…]
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