Return to sender: why ReBOUND Returns are leading the revolution
Written by Anna Murphy, Communications Executive at Retail Assist It’s Thursday lunchtime: you’ve got a huge event on Friday night and you desperately need something to wear. Looking through your...
View ArticleRetail Reflections Part One: Is My Machine Learning About Retail?
Guest blog by Alan Morris. Alan is the co-founder and brand ambassador of Retail Assist. Even if you don’t take an interest in machine learning, it doesn’t mean that it won’t take one in you. We are...
View ArticleRetail Reflections Part Two: Is My Machine Learning About Retail?
Guest blog by Alan Morris. Alan is the co-founder and brand ambassador of Retail Assist. It could be argued that retailers can suffer from the Midas effect when it comes to specifying their...
View ArticleGeneration Next: how can retailers support Gen Z’s retail expectations?
Guest blog by Marketing Assistant, Hannah Waterfield Generation Z (born post 1995) are now the largest demographic in the world, accounting for 33% of the global population, with 2.5bn of them...
View ArticleBlack Friday Survey 2018
Written by Anna Murphy, Communications Executive This year, Black Friday falls on Friday 23rd November. However, whilst we didn’t see as many hordes of people waiting to push through the doors of their...
View ArticleCelebrating good times: Retail Assist’s award-winning week!
Written by Anna Murphy, Communications Executive They say that good things come round in threes and this week that’s certainly true for Retail Assist. This week saw the annual BCS UK IT Awards and the...
View ArticleStock Right Now! Why inventory management is vital for retailers
Written by Anna Murphy, Communications Executive Maintaining an accurate and successful supply chain is critical to any retail operation, and inventory management is a big part of the success. Ensuring...
View ArticleTop Ten! Retail Assist Needs You
Ten new jobs are up for grabs at our award-winning IT company Here at Retail Assist, we are excited to announce that we have ten new job vacancies available at our Nottingham Head Office. Following a...
View ArticleThis year, give hope: why our charity of the year, Emmanuel House, needs your...
Written by Anna Murphy, Communications Executive A warm bed, a hot bath, and a steaming cup of a tea are all things that help us get through the harsh, freezing winter months. But, instead of this,...
View Article‘Clicks to bricks’: an unexpected retail phenomenon
Guest blog by Nelson Blackley, Retail Research Associate at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University What is ‘clicks to bricks’? Five years ago, some retail commentators were predicting...
View ArticleTop Ten Black Friday Stats 2018
Written by Andréa Williams, Marketing Officer Black Friday, once a day of discounts prior to Christmas, is now an almost two-week long spending phenomenon including blanket discounts, price matching...
View Article“They care about our business as much as their own”
Retail Assist and Vue International join forces for an inter-vue Written by Anna Murphy, Communications Executive At Retail Assist, we keep our customer’s customer at the heart of everything we do....
View Article‘Effective and efficient’: How Retail Assist supports Best Food Logistics
Written by Anna Murphy, Communications Executive Director of IT for Best Food Logistics, Cindy Howarth-Stares, praised Retail Assist for their on-going support in the latest of our Customer Testimonial...
View ArticleWe might be turning 20 soon, but we’re about to have a growth spurt
It’s certainly been a busy year here at Retail Assist. Having received private equity investment from Foresight Group in 2017 and with nine new clients having joined within the last 12 months, it’s...
View ArticleSpreading a little joy this Christmas: Supporting Emmanuel House, Retail...
Written by Anna Murphy, Communications Executive Every year, Retail Assist picks one charity to be our ‘Charity of the Year’. Whilst we have supported many different charities with many excellent...
View ArticleRetail Reflections: “The biggest challenges for tech functions haven’t...
Written by Anna Murphy, Communications Executive Janus, the Roman god of new beginnings, faced both forwards and backwards, and so had the ability to look into the past and the future. As we approach...
View ArticleQ&A: A NRF Survival Guide
Alex Broxson, Retail Assist’s Head of Marketing, shares her top tips Written by Anna Murphy, Communications Executive 2019 will mark the 8th year that Retail Assist has attended the National Retail...
View Article“They know our business intrinsically” Dufry reflect on Retail Assist support
Written by Anna Murphy, Communications Executive Serving in airports all over the globe, Dufry’s impressive brand portfolio continues to provide excellent customer service at all hours of the day. With...
View ArticleNRF Day One: “The Store is very far from dead!”
Written by Anna Murphy, Communications Executive As the sun sets on Day One from the NRF Big Show, we reflect on our highlights from the first day. With over 700 exhibitors and 37,000 people...
View ArticleNRF Day Two: “Dead? No – retail is in great shape!”
Written by Anna Murphy, Communications Executive After another day of walking the show floor at the NRF Big Show, we have even more highlights to share. From robots to holograms, digital displays to...
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