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UK retailers continue to face difficult trading conditions

In the latest retail footfall analysis covering the four weeks from December 31, 2023, to January 27, 2024, BRC-Sensormatic IQ data reveals a continued decline in UK footfall. Total UK footfall decreased by 2.8 percent year-on-year (YoY) in January, showing a slight improvement from the 5.0 percent decline in December. High Street footfall...

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Sensormatic Solutions Launches Sensormatic IQ

Unify diverse data and insights with the new intelligent operating platform designed to drive improved shopper experiences and retail outcomes Johnson Controls, a global leader for smart and sustainable buildings, and the architect of OpenBlue connected solutions, today announced that Sensormatic Solutions, its leading global retail solutions...

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SuperTag 4: The latest innovation by Sensormatic helps fight rising shrink in a COVID-19 world

COVID-19 is having lasting impact on retailers worldwide. This global pandemic is affecting how customers shop, how retailers sell and with rising unemployment since June 2020, there has been a steady increase in shoplifting. With all of these changes, it’s becoming clear retailers should be looking to implement new technology to help fight this...

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How Retailers are Leveraging Video in the Fight against Shrink

As retailers continue to adapt in COVID-19 world, they’re also noticing a rise in shrink. Opportunistic theft in particular is growing, as criminals seem to be taking advantage of retailers being distracted by the pressures of running stores under strict safety guidelines. New advances in video technology are helping retailers up their ante in...

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The future of retail: Sensormatic Solutions Launches Sensormatic IQ

NEUHAUSEN, Switzerland, January, 2021—Johnson Controls, a global leader for smart and sustainable buildings, and the architect of OpenBlue connected solutions, today announced that Sensormatic Solutions, its leading global retail solutions portfolio, launched Sensormatic IQ. This intelligent operating platform for retail, backed by Sensormatic...

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Prospects for Peak during the second wave

As COVID-19 redefines the concept of normal in Europe and the second wave of lockdowns force retailers to adjust their plans, access to data on everything happening in the store will be critical to Peak success. Europeans may have restrictions on their movements again, but are nevertheless making plans for Peak shopping and appear determined to...

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How are you managing the quarantining of returned merchandise?

As shoppers and retailers navigate through the new six-foot economy, they are adjusting to help accommodate changing shopping patterns and safety guidelines. Handling merchandise returns in the ’new normal’ has proven to be a challenge for retailers. Many need to adapt their return policies to offer more convenience to shoppers, encourage...

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The future of IT in Retail: Where data, devices and retail strategy meet

Technology is now an important part of retail business. Tapping into retail analytics data is key to ensure success. The key here is how. The Internet of things has an important contribution to make to the store of the future once retailers find suitable business cases. In the new generation of stores now emerging, retailers are increasingly...

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Store innovations: Which store tech makes business sense now?

What if we considered the coronavirus lockdown as retail’s ‘ramp up’ period – accelerating the process of change that ‘new retail’ and omnichannel have long promised, but been slow to deliver? Retail industry experts around the world concur that nothing will be the same again. However, there’s broad agreement that the future of retail...

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Scarpe & Scarpe boosts efficiencies and customer service with Sensormatic InFuzion anti-theft tag

The Case Scarpe & Scarpe is a Turin-based retailer with over 50 years of heritage in the footwear, leather goods and clothing sectors. Founded by the Pettenuzzo family, the company has witnessed great changes in the industry and led the evolution of the Italian retail distribution system since the 1960s. Scarpe & Scarpe’s brand success was built...

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Temperature screening and video surveillance solutions for retailers

As we hear of more countries throughout the world coming out of lockdown, retailers are faced with new challenges as they cope to resume operations in this “new normal”. Supermarkets, convenience stores and other retailers of daily necessities that remained open during the outbreak have a responsibility to their both customers and employees....

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ASDA Embarks on Digital Transformation Journey for Smarter Loss Prevention

Founded in the 1960s, Asda is one of Britain’s leading retailers serving over 18 million customers every week. In 1999 Asda joined Walmart, the world’s number one retailer, sharing a commitment to improve the experience in stores and provide great value for customers. Asda uses a number of loss prevention (LP) technologies to protect different...