Tag Archives: technology

How my Retail experience has played a part in my approach as a Consultant

Who Retail247 Are At Retail247 I like to believe we pride ourselves on being Retail and IT specialists, with everyone in our team having either a retail background, coming from IT or both! Having spent 10 years working on the shop floor at Jaeger, and 5 years as an IT Business Analyst, I firmly sit[…]

Store of the Future

The store of the future, sounds great doesn’t it? Many major retailers now have some pretty amazing in store technology, but I’m not always sure my shopping experience has been improved. Visiting a re-vamped flagship store recently, the store itself looked incredible and collecting my online order from a designated pickup point (enter my code,[…]

Traffic Queue Theory

Continuing with the theme of applying Real World Thinking examples to the world of technology – it’s time to look at traffic queue theory – or at least a very simple version thereof. Random motorway queues at busy times are often formed by a single vehicle slowing down. Vehicles then arrive at the back of[…]

Watch This Space

I was impressed by the launch of the Apple watch recently. Of course they have done it with all the style and panache we have come to expect from their excellent brand and you can hardly fail to notice the high fashion influence of ex Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts. With Siri an integral part of the[…]

Get Rid of IT!

As my career continues, I ponder the constant pre-occupation that some corners of the IT community have with ‘business’ integration. The mere fact that the phrase “IT & the business” is used builds the perception of a barrier between two sides at war. Are there groups of accountants sitting around asking themselves how to get[…]

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