Store deploys 3D scanning tech

Cocor Store in Romania has added 3D body scanning and virtual fashion applications from Textile/Clothing Technology to its retail technology showcase, states Fibre2Fashion.

According to Samual Tulimianu, Cocor's creative director: “We started scanning in early October and everything works great. The body scan fashion avatars look fantastic!”

This is the company's first high-profile retail deployment of its 3D body scanning virtual fashion system in Europe.

Workers at US caf'e chains and fast food outlets will be prompted to up sell products and access uniform national pricing through a new electronic pricing initiative from local point-of-sale software developer, Task Retail, writes Computerworld.

Founder and chief executive, Kym Houden, told Computerworld Australia the business - which grew to 13 staff members as of 2008 - is currently planning expansion to the US and Singapore.

“The company's been going for ten years, and started off with one [team member],” he said. “We now have an office in Atlanta, Georgia, and we will have a presence in Singapore in the next 12 months or so.”

iVend Retail, a retail management solution from CitiXsys Technologies has received Commidea payment processor certification in UK for Ocius for PC, says Webwire.

CitiXsys Technologies got iVend Retail certified for Commidea's Ocius for PC solution - a credit card processing solution in the market today. iVend Retail is integrated with the latest version of SAP Business One 8.8. With this certification, CitiXsys reiterates its commitment to the UK market and its partners in UK and EMEA to reap business benefits from robust and intuitive applications.

“The certification process was done on-site which involved executing a set of test scripts. We were able to execute the test scripts flawlessly. iVend Retail now has certified integration with Commidea payment processor in UK for Ocius for PC,” Michael Dunkling, implementations consultant, Commidea.