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Woolworths Enters Home-software Fray
News Mixed merchandise retailer Woolworths has followed in Tesco's footsteps by launching its own range of PC software, due to hit the shelves in the middle of next month. The move is in line with the retailer's strategy to revamp its flagging...
[March 29, 2007, 15:46]
Woolworths Looks To The Net For Salvation
News Woolworths is turning to Internet-linked tills to try and stem sales losses, according to The Guardian on Thursday. Woolworths claims the move will effectively double the amount of stock on offer from some of its smaller stores.
[September 22, 2005, 12:25]
Fujitsu Case Study: Woolworths
White Papers Woolworths has taken one step further with an in-store electronic banking service that, through an alliance with the Commonwealth Bank, lets shoppers organise their financial transactions at the same time as buying dinner.
[July 15, 2004, 0:00]
Woolworths Takes A Strategic Path To Future Growth With IBM EServer ISeries And IBM EServer XSeries
White Papers Founded in 1909, Woolworths is one of the UK's leading retailers, with more than 800 stores across the country. Offering entertainment products, home wares, children's toys and clothing, and confectionery, the Woolworths stores operate multiple...
[July 10, 2004, 0:00]
Credit Card Information Exposed On Woolworths Site
News UK retailer Woolworths has taken down its Web site -- www.woolworths.co.uk -- after it exposed two users' financial information. The personal information of two Woolworths customers, including their credit card numbers, was inadvertently published...
[August 11, 2000, 17:15]
Woolworths "Chips" Away At Inventory Shrinkage Through RFID Initiative
White Papers Dartmouth College's initial challenge for the pilot project was to define a manageable scope in terms of the products, vehicles, stores, and distribution centers to be included. The solutions were bar codes, RFID devices, RFID readers, Global...
[July 26, 2007, 0:00]
Woolies' Mammoth Challenge
Leader There's not a soul in the land who doesn't think fondly of Woolworths. But today's grannies are more often to be found swigging back the cappuccinos in Starbucks while planning a holiday in the Algarve, and Woolworths is losing millions.
[September 23, 2005, 13:45]
Netscape Online And Woolies Target Lads
News At the launch of its free ISP Tuesday, AOL announced that Netscape Online is joining with high-street retailer Woolworths to distribute the CDs for the service. The distribution deal with Woolworths, which echoes the high-street push of Freeserve...
[August 24, 1999, 11:20]
Tesco CIO Resigns
News In 1990 he became IT director at Rumbelows and then joined the Kingfisher Group, where he spent time on the boards of both Superdrug and Woolworths. It was at Woolworths that Cobain launched the world's first national interactive digital TV store.
[November 15, 2007, 8:54]
BT Unit Adds To RFID Momentum
News Geoffrey O'Neil, director of strategic projects for Woolworths UK, also speaking at the two-day event in London's Excel conference centre, said there needs to be international cooperation on RFID standards for the technology to be a real success.
[January 27, 2004, 16:15]
Chipping Of Goods Case Study: General Merchandise
White Papers This case study outlines a project in which Woolworths and Integrated Product Intelligence worked together to demonstrate the effectiveness of RFID technologies in combating crime within the retail supply chain.
[January 24, 2006, 23:00]
Mobile Broadband Joins The Pick'n'mix
Blog As if proof were needed that mobile broadband has now flown the enterprise-only coop, news arrives that pre-pay HSDPA dongles are being sold in Woolworths. Argos and Tesco are reportedly set to follow suit.
[April 28, 2008, 12:22]
Baltimore Relegated From FTSE 250
News The company will be replaced by retailer Woolworths, which is being demerged from parent company Kingfisher, on 28 August. Ailing Irish security firm Baltimore was hit by more bad news on Friday as it was forced out of the FTSE 250.
[August 24, 2001, 10:22]
Plugging Holes In BSM With Automation
White Papers This Summit Strategies white paper also shows how successful automation adopters such as Harley Davidson, Woolworths and Blue Cross Blue Shield use Opalis software to integrate and streamline these existing BSM processes.
[May 10, 2006, 0:00]
Digital Jukebox Will Use Broadband To Storm Pubs
News It also embraces e- and m-commerce, through a partnership with Entertainment UK, part of high street chain Woolworths. Thousands of pubs will soon be offering customers the chance to use the latest device to fuse high-speed Internet access and...
[November 24, 2003, 16:50]
Safeway Investigates Security After Bogus Emails
News Last Friday, UK retailer Woolworths inadvertently exposed customers' credit card numbers on its site and two weeks ago Barclays bank experienced technical problems that allowed customer accounts to be compromised online.
[August 14, 2000, 13:54]
Interactive TV Is Open For Business
News From today services available with Open include shopping with Woolworths, WHSmith, Dominos Pizza, Carphone Warehouse, Dixons, Manchester United, Kitbag Sports, music and video from Yalplay, and Somerfield.
[October 12, 1999, 15:26]
It's Door-to-door ISP Selling!
News AOL distributed its free ISP Netscape Online service via Woolworths stores and new charity ISP Care4free will target people through charity newsletters. The fight to grab Internet eyeballs moves on to the street Thursday as reference book seller...
[October 14, 1999, 14:21]
Costs Still Inhibiting RFID Takeup
News Australian retailers such as Woolworths and Coles Myer have piloted RFID systems, but have not advanced them. Despite a renewed industry push behind RFID technologies, one vendor has warned high costs could prohibit large-scale rollouts for up to...
[July 20, 2005, 16:45]
2000 Roundup: Cybercrime Goes Global
News Over the summer, some of the UK's biggest high street names suffered embarassing security mishaps including Barclays, Powergen and even dear old Woolworths. In February, computer hackers demonstrated that even the biggest Internet companies remain...
[December 26, 2000, 6:12]
