Reports of the demise of online shopping have - to paraphrase Mark Twain - been greatly exaggerated. Retailers that remain in this sector are generally optimistic of mega-sales during the coming festive season.
Local Macro 4 distributor Computer Resource Management says Littlewoods Retail utilised the Macro 4 Columbus suite to introduce a Web-based self-service system for its suppliers.
TRU Spas has implemented ACCPAC hosted business management applications to handle all its accounting, customer relationship management and Web-store functions.
PC-PoS SA will supply the duty-free shops at the Mauritius airport with 35 of its DigiPos point-of-sale units in a deal worth over R1 million.
Arthur Kaplan Jewellers has been appointed as an eBucks Earn partner.
In a deal worth R2.2 million, PC-PoS SA will supply Gold Circle, a KwaZulu-Natal racing association, with 50 Epson Intelligent Register integrated touch-screen point-of-sale terminals and betting card readers.
PIC Solutions has helped Woolworths to implement the StrategyWare version 2.0 applications management system from Fair, Isaac.
AdvanceNet-Pivotal has installed the Pivotal eRelationship platform at Daco Services, a Johannesburg-based provider of industrial retail equipment.
Asyst International SA, local distributor of Access Accounts, has implemented the Access Dimensions solution at Glomail.
Edcon has signed an enhanced multimillion-rand RiskMentor contract with PIC Solutions for the provision of credit and risk management consulting support.
RangeGate has automated Sainsbury`s home shopping environment and provided it with task management facilities.
Sainsbury is reportedly planning to take on Amazon and Tesco this Christmas, with the launch of an entertainment section to its home shopping offering. Will the second best superstore in the land succeed?
Integr8 IT has assisted Loads of Living to convert its network infrastructure.