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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]
Savi Technology Case Study: Woolworths, Plc.
White Papers Woolworths Plc.like most global retailers, experiences problems with product "shrinkage" due to lack of asset visibility in the supply chain. The RFID supply chain solution developed for Woolworths integrates a comprehensive set of technologies...
[December 23, 2004, 23:00]
Woolworths Works Wonders in the Supply Chain
White Papers Woolworths was determined to avoid this fate, and called in Microsoft Certified Solution provider Eqos to improve its supply chain operations. In addition, Woolworths wanted a Web-based solution that would allow them to communicate with suppliers...
[November 23, 2006, 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]
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]
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]
Digital Britain: More fudge than foresight
Leader Had the economy been kinder, we could perhaps have compared it to Woolworths Pick 'n' Mix. If the economic events of the past 18 months have done much harm, they have also done some good. The government now feels able to announce a tax-and-spend...
[June 16, 2009, 18:32]
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]
Techies told: Green IT is a goldmine, not a burden
News US retail giant Wal-Mart and Australia's Woolworths are also looking at similar strategies in their own supply chain — all of which will require significant IT investments. The IT industry should view the buzz around green technology as an...
[May 21, 2008, 15:11]
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]
