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Case studies

Internationally renowned for its innovative visual merchandising, Selfridges’ high visual standards extend in-store to its mannequin styling and other themed displays. Products from every department, from menswear and accessories, through to home wares and electronics, are brought together to transform the stores’ 500,000 square feet of retail space
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The convenience market continues to expand rapidly with IGD’s 2004 Convenience Retail Report estimating it’s worth at around £30 billion by 2009. Londis has over 2,200 independent convenience store owner members and is committed to helping them compete effectively and grow profitable businesses

Co-op keeps shelves full with Manhattan Associates

Since its establishment in 1863, the Co-op has promoted responsible retailing and has campaigned on issues ranging from fair trade to the environment. The company initially comprised of small co-operative societies which gradually merged into larger ones. As a result, its distribution network developed without a clearly planned national infrastructure
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Cash Converters, the world’s largest retailer of second-hand items, needed a finance system that could automate its ordering and re-invoicing process and provide simple stock control. The retailer turned to CODA and its Dream product for assistance
Reebok has standardised its EPoS system across Europe, a major project spanning ten countries and taking five months to complete

New EPoS system gives Atlantic 65 per cent return on direct mailing

After 30 years of operating busy fish and chip shops in Glasgow city centre, 24 hours a day and relying on 95 per cent passing trade, the Fionda family opened Atlantic Fast Food to include home delivery. To control its home delivery service, it installed an EPoS system, inTouch from Integer and Maxatec’s FlexPOS integrated screen terminals
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Threshers finds the answer

Thresher Group is an independent specialist drinks retailer with around 2,000 stores. It decided that, in order to enhance its ability to meet local needs, a franchise model would be introduced to enable store managers to become business owners
High street retailer New Look is using a new universal online trading and document imaging solution from P2D that enables it to fully automate its invoice processing, thereby delivering immediate cost savings and improved efficiency
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Fashion chain Bank uses intelligence to cut costs

High Street fashion chain Bank is expanding from 22 stores to 44 stores over the next two years. It claims this growth is due to better stock availability, faster replenishment, more accurate forecasting, minimal merchandising and buying costs and the use of business intelligence tools

WMS solution delivers rosey outcome

Traditionally, it is difficult for businesses that sell high volumes of large or non-standard sized products to be nimble when it comes to changing the product range. When Rosebys wanted to change this, they turned to 3M
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