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For over 30 years Alshaya has been a pioneering force in retail as franchise operator of nearly 90 of the world's best-known brands including H&M, Mothercare, Debenhams, American Eagle Outfitters, Victoria's Secret & Starbucks. With a footprint including more than 4,000 physical stores and... more

PurCotton has implemented Oracle retail applications to support its rapid growth. The company now has 114 stores across China and makes consumer products for mother and baby care, feminine care and medical care from non woven cotton fair. PurCotton needed to upgrade its solutions to meet its... more

Dubai Duty Free is the first Oracle customer to upgrade to Oracle Retail Release 16. The upgrade was completed in less than 8 months moving the modules from Release 12 to Release 16. The modules upgraded include Oracle Retail Merchandising System, Price Management, Invoice Match, Sales Audit,... more

A recent Oracle Retail 2025 Report identified that shopper are more willing to engage in new technologies if they feel they have control over the experience. The reports notes: 64% of shoppers liked the option of using virtual reality to navigate a personalized in-store experience and... more

Lenox is using Oracle Commerce Cloud to modernise its omnichannel shopping experience. Lenox is now able to personalise what customers see based on their preferences and shopping patterns. Ravi Kurumety notes that 'Our focus is providing customers during luxury products and trend-setting brands... more

On the 16th June 2017, Amazon have announced that they will purchase Whole Foods for £13.7bn. Whole Foods has more than 460 stores in US, Canada and the UK. Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos noted 'Whole Foods Market has been satisfying, delighting and nourishing customers for... more

Luxury shoe brand Jimmy Choo has been brought this week by Michael Kors Holdings for £896m. Described by the fashion director of the Daily Telegraph as 'the shoe of choice for the Oscars'. Michael Kors said the acquisition was expected to deliver a number of benefits including 'the... more

Not all businesses have been lucky enough to be born in the digital age and be built upon the late available technologies. Many companies are trying to combine old technology with newer programs as their old technology is still delivering much of the critical business processes. In a recent... more

Boohoo have recently completed a fundraising mission to secure £50m. This money will go towards a new £150m warehouse in Burnley to form part of the company's expansion plan. Boohoo purchased brand PrettyLittleThing last December and are attributing some of their strong growth to this... more

Amazon have recently reported their eighth straight quarter of growth. In an inspiring article by Doug Stephens, he notes the amazing success of Amazon and their continued growth in a number of new markets, from their Amazon Prime and Video to their Dash Replenishment Services and Alexa Voice... more

Lenox is using Oracle Commerce Cloud to modernise its omnichannel shopping experience. Lenox can now personalise what customers see based on preferences and shopping patterns and have made it easier for customers to shop online or on mobile. Ravi Kurumety, CIO, Lenox Corporation notes that 'Our... more

7-Eleven Mexcio, Miroglio Fashion and Konzum (a Croatian grocery retailer) have recently implemented solutions from Oracle Retail to help them better manage this physical stores and their omnichannel integration with these stores. 7-Eleven has implemented Oracle Retail Merchandise Operations... more

Oracle are launching two new Solution Engineering Centers to advance their technological developments in areas such as artificial intelligence and augmented and virtual reality. The new units will work to build Oracle custom cloud apps and work on a new age of technology. Full article... more

Al Nahdi have recently implemented a number of Oracle Retail services including Oracle Retail Category Management and Oracle Retail Merchandising Solutions. Al Nahdi is considered to be the largest pharmacy chain in Middle East and North Africa. They have a huge variety of products across 170... more

It has been reported that Oracle are exploring the possibility of acquiring Accenture. The report has suggested that Oracle have hired consultants to research the potential outcomes surrounding an Oracle-Accenture combination. Accenture already hold Oracle's Diamond partner status and are a... more

On March 21st 2017, Oracle announced that its industry leading Oracle Retail Merchandising Solutions are now available as a service via the Oracle Cloud. Ray Carlin, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Oracle Retail has noted: 'Oracle Retail Merchandising accelerated the critical... more

This week featured the Retail week Awards 2017 and there were a variety of winners from the hugely talented retail sector. The AlixPartners Outstanding Contribution to Retail – John Timpson The Salesforce Retailer of the Year – JD Sports The Clarity Retail Leader of the Year – Alex... more

Shop Direct won the OC&C Pureplay etailer of the year for the third time in a row this week. They are the first company to secure this achievement. Shop Direct were praised for doing 'pioneering things' and entering the digital era 'in style, going further than almost any business'. CEO... more

Hired in April 2016, Anna Barsby is Morrisons new Chief Technology Director. Barsby previously worked at Halfords where she was responsible for steering a digital transformation  that included the company's move to the cloud. At Morrisons she has been focusing on hiring a variety of talented... more

At the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona, MasterCard and Oracle said that the companies will join together to provide seamless payment experience based on Oracle's retail systems for retailers. Chris Fendley, Senior Vice President for Merchant Development at MasterCard noted "Oracle is the... more

McColl's will replace its POS devices across its 1,375 stores and will move to Oracle's MICROS Family Workstation 6 tills and Oracle software. McColl's has expanding rapidly across the last few years since it's last system upgrade. They will replace its 2,700 till estate and purchase Oracle... more

The idea of the retail barcode was developed by Joseph Woodland in 1948. He was presented with the challenge from a local retailer of how to speed up the checking out process in a local store by automating transactions. Thin and thick lines could be used to encode information to describe a... more

Prior to the NRF's Big Show 2017, a number of speakers were asked to share their thoughts of what retail will focus on in 2017. The answers were grouped into a number of themes: Customers- the customer will be king in 2017. Technology- new technology will continue to transfer the retails... more

Oracle announced this week that V16 of Oracle Retail will allow retailers to deliver unified consumer experiences across commerce and psychical store locations. Ray Carlin, senior vice president and general manager of Oracle Retail noted that 'access to retail-specific cloud services is a... more

OLR and e2X have announced that they have merged to form the largest independent Oracle Retail integrator in the world. Combined they will now have more than 100 successful go-live clients. Newly appointed CEO of the OLR group, James Spalding notes that 'We're (OLR Group) here to take the pain... more

It is no surprise that digital sales are growing whilst traditional physical store sales are declining. In a recent interview Scott Friend, Managing Director at Bain Capital Ventures has explored the reasons behind this. Major retails such as Walmart have sought to expand their digital business... more

John Lewis has just had it's biggest week in its trading history with sales of £199.8m during the Black Friday week. This is 6.5% up year-on-year for the week ending the 26th November. John Lewis's price matching efforts as being 'Never Knowingly Undersold' and Black Friday sales have spurred... more

A recent Oracle research report has concluded that businesses and IT departments need to collaborate in a more efficient manner if they are to succeed. The report noted that 62% of respondents said that lines of business and IT teams must collaborate better if they are to success in implementing... more

The e-retail technology and services vendors have intensified their efforts over the last year to ensure that the next big development in the market is seized ahead of the competition to strengthen their existing portfolios.Vice president of strategy and solutions management, Jeff Warren at Oracle... more

Independent research firm Forrester have named Deloitte as a leader in Next-Generation Oracle Application Projects in a recent report entitled The Forrester Wave: Services Providers for Next-Gen Oracle Applications Projects, Q3 2016. Forrester believe that Oracle's recent focus on the cloud has... more

Paula Nickolds is the new managing director of John Lewis. Since starting as a graduate train at the Oxford Street store in 1994, Nickolds has held a variety of roles at John Lewis. These have included head of product development and overall buying and brand director and only last year, commercial... more

The UAE and Saudi Arabia have been ranked at seventh and eight position respectively in the A.T Kearney's Global Retail Development Index 2016. The market remains attractive and a relatively low risk market option for retailers. Strategic accounts director for Oracle Retail in the Middle East,... more

The digital revolution has changed many aspects of modern day life and the retail industry is no exception.The way we shop has changes and the ways in which retailers sell their products has altered as well. It is estimated that 100,000 employees in the retail industry have jobs today that... more

Online activity allows retailers to track consumer's browsing behaviour and what they are ordering. This data is then being used to influence their inventory in their physical stores to reflect online trends. The Oracle cloud is allowing retailers to take large pools of data, reflecting... more

Shopping levels in August 2016 were up 6.2% on the same time as last year indicating that the vote to leave EU in June has not affect consumer confidence. The Office for National Statistics noted 'Regarding the EU referendum in late June, our data on retail sales since the vote show little... more

More women are needed in tech positions it has been argued by Haniya Rae, a contributor to Forbes magazine. Women account for 70-80% of all consumer purchases. However, they do not account to anywhere near that figure it terms of holding retail technology jobs despite the fact they are clearly... more

Oracle Retail's Mike Webster has pointed out the focus on data and science in preparing retail operations for the 'back to school' rush of shoppers. Deloitte are expecting 87% of parents in the USA to spend $488 for back to school items this year, $54 up on last year. Webster argues that... more

Oracle has appointed Ray Carlin as their new Senior Vice President and General Manager of Oracle Retail. Carlin has more than 30 years of retail industry experience and will be focused on Oracle Retail's strategy, enablement, development, sales, service and support. Mike Webster, Oracle's Senior... more

NetSuite Inc., provides e-commerce and business operations software to midsized manufacturers and distributors. It has now been acquired by Oracle for $9.3 billion. NetSuite was originally developed as a less expensive version of Oracle's high-end business software and serves smaller companies... more

Andy Street, Managing Direction of John Lewis has warned that there may be implications for the department store following the post-Brexit sterling slump. One of his main concerns focused on the potential high cost of imports to retails if the pound continues to decrease. He was also concerned... more

This week Logic Information Systems have announced the appointment of Edmond Jeannot as Vice President and General Manager of Logic's European operations. Worldwide President of Logic, Amber Naqvi commented 'I am delighted to welcome Edmond Jeannot to the Logic team, Edmond's leadership will be... more

The EU referendum outcome was always going to have a big implication for the UK, no matter what the result. This morning the result was in and the UK have chosen to leave the EU. The full implications of this decision for online and multichannel retailers is yet unknown. One of the biggest... more

Debenhams have announced that their new CEO will be Sergio Bucher,  the vice-president of Amazon's European fashion business.  Bucher has a wealth of retail experience with previous roles having been held at Nike and Puma. Sir Ian Cheshire, Debenhams Chairman noted confidence in Bucher's... more

A recent study has found that 80% of shoppers in Dubai indulge in a digital activity before or after making a purchase. David Fuller of RedBox Digital noted that 'in omnichannel retail, the customer's journey is persistent across all the systems, be it on the web, mobile or instore'. This can... more

Retailers M&S, Missguided and JD Williams have reported that personalisation has increased their business sales. M&S have driven their personalisation on the web by personalising their homepage to returning customers, reminding them of what they have previously purchased. This created a... more

In recent years Oracle have ventured further into the retail technology market, purchasing Micros for $5.3 billion about a year and a half ago. A recent interview with Mike Webster, Oracle's senior VP and head of its retail and hospitality business revealed some interesting details regarding... more

Oracle have recently conducted a report, 'The Era I Enterprise: Ready for Anything" which involved a consultation with 300 C-level executives across 10 industries to attempt to identify how prepared organisations are for the fact that consumers increasing want their experiences to be... more

Waitrose are to be the UK's first major supermarket brand to operate a cashless store. The store will accept credit, debit and contactless card payments as well as mobile payment methods such as Apple Pay and will be located in Sky, the broadcaster's new head office building in Osterley. The... more

Retail Sales figures in February did not fall as low as expected following the strong post Christmas sales in January. The Office for National Statistics reported that retail sales only dropped by 0.4% last month, as opposed to the predicted 0.7%. Retailers are in fact optimistic about potential... more

In 2015, online retailer Amazon, reported profits of $596m and their sales grew by 20% to an incredible $107bn. The company is looking to expand in a number of ways in 2016, a stark comparison to many retailers who are consider workforce reductions due to the introduction of a national living wage,... more

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) today revealed that more than 20% of UK retail sales took place online in February. According to Helen Dickinson, Chief Executive of the BRC, 'February was the third month in a row where online accounted for over one in every five pounds spent on non-food... more

Retailers top priority for 2016 is to better integrate the world of online shopping and in store shopping. It has been suggested that retailers need to implement new basic foundation systems which would enable more advanced technologies to be implemented alongside them. Retailers will be... more

TJX have reported a 6.4% increase in annual sales to $30.94bn and a 5% increase in sales in established stores. CEO, Ernie Herrman put their strong 2015 performance down to the their flexible and differentiated business model which has allowed them to succeed in different geographic, economic... more

Perry Ellis International have completed their upgrade from v12 to v14 of Oracle Retail Point-of-Servive and Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management. The project has been completed quickly, in less than nine months, and Perry Ellis now have the ability to offer 'secure payment via tokenisation,... more

Online shopping proved to be the biggest hit with consumers last Christmas. Retailers noticed strong performances in their online, mobile and click & collect sales whilst store footfall was relatively low. One retailer, Debenhams, noted a 36% increase in online sales, with customers... more

Online fashion retailer ASOS have recently announced that they will be using Oracle Retail to aid their global expansion. The company's continued success has driven them to find an appropriate solution to it's retail operations issues. CIO of ASOS, Clifford Cohen notes: “We have ambitious... more