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13 July 2010
ALWORTHS TRIALS FUTURA'S UNIQUE NEW MOBILE APPLICATION
ALWORTHS TRIALS FUTURA'S UNIQUE NEW MOBILE APP - giving access to POS data to boost productivity. Retail solutions specialist, Futura, announces a new mobile application to provide real time access to sales figures and other key management information from a standard mobile device.
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13 July 2010
CARRAIG DONN CHOOSES FUTURA FOR EXPANSION
Carraig Donn, one of Ireland's top retailers and knitwear manufacturers, has chosen Futura's EPOS software and retail management system to provide a stable and dynamic tool to help drive the business forward and to strengthen merchandising and inventory control.
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04 May 2010
CUSTOMER LOYALTY - THE ANSWER TO RETAIL BLUES?
Until recently loyalty programmes have been beyond the reach of smaller retailers - too costly or difficult to manage. Ian Royall, managing director of Futura, argues that putting the customer at the heart of your business shouldn't be viewed as a luxury item, but a foundation of your company. Ian looks at ways of building customer loyalty and discusses the actions you can take and the retail technology that puts loyalty card systems within your reach.
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22 April 2010
LONDON DEPARTMENT STORE GROUP MORLEYS UPGRADES TO FUTURA TO IMPROVE SALES PERFORMANCE
Morleys Stores Group, which operates six department stores in the Greater London area, is standardising on Futura’s retail management platform and in the process replacing an IBM based system at its latest acquisition, Roomes of Upminster.
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12 November 2009
99P STORES CHOOSES FUTURA FOR FAST ROLLOUT
99p Stores have selected Futura's proven, retail management system to replace Torex's DOS based system in all of its 116 stores...
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20 October 2009
SIR JOHN SOANE'S MUSEUM CHOOSES FUTURA
London's iconic Sir John Soane's Museum has selected Futura's EPOS and merchandising system. The museum was looking for a functional, easy to operate system that would analyse sales of Soane-related merchandise on a weekly basis, quickly identify best-selling lines to enable the gift shop to maximise profits early.
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14 October 2009
BATH MUSEUM GIFT SHOPS CHOOSE FUTURA
Bath's Roman Baths, Victoria Art Gallery and Fashion Museum, run by Bath & North East Somerset Council, have all chosen Futura's retail management system for their four museum gift shops.
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13 October 2009
ALWORTHS CHOOSES FUTURA TO POWER NEW STORES
Alworths, the new chain of general merchandise stores, has chosen Futura's retail management solution for its retail outlets. The first Alworths' store will open on 5 November in the former Woolworths site in Didcot, Oxfordshire, with plans to open four more stores before Christmas....
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07 September 2009
FUTURA RELEASE LATEST NEWSLETTER
Futura proudly release the third edition of their newsletter, Epositive, containing all the latest innovations from Futura, and stories of customer successes. Click here to donload your copy today.
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27 July 2009
'APARTMENT C' LINGERIE STORE SELECTS FUTURA
London's newest prestigious lingerie and concept store, Apartment C, has selected Futura to provide a scalable, cost effective, retail management system.
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27 July 2009
CUSTOMISED TILL PROMPTS, LIFESTYLE RETAILERS IN CONTROL OF KNIFE & ALCOHOL SALES
Futura Launches New Version of Leading Retail Management Solution
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03 April 2009
RECESSION TACTICS - GETTING THE BASICS RIGHT
No one can pretend these are not tough times. The one certainty is that consumers will alter buying habits, delay decisions and switch loyalties. But some retailers are fairing better than others, even turning a weak economy to their advantage.
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19 March 2009
DORSET EX-WOOLWORTHS SHOP REOPENS USING FUTURA'S RETAIL SYSTEM
One of 815 closed Woolworth's stores is reopening under the new name Wellworths in Dorchester and the team chose Futura's retail management system as it was so fast to set up it could meet their tight re-opening timescales.
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19 March 2009
WILLIAMS & GRIFFIN FINDS 48% GIFTCARD GROWTH
Williams & Griffin of Colchester, one of the largest and most successful independent department stores in the UK, sells a range of fashion, toys, gifts, housewares and furniture. The store prides itself on its dedicated staff and exceptional customer service and won Drapers Department Store of the Year in 2007.
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22 January 2009
DE GRUCHY - THE CHANNEL ISLANDS LARGEST RETAILER - CHOOSES FUTURA TO IMPROVE CUSTOMER LOYALTY
De Gruchy, a 200 year old department store in Jersey, has chosen Futura's retail management solution as part of a multi million pound make over and investment strategy, to help improve systems across the store.
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22 October 2008
ELYS OF WIMBLEDON INVEST IN FUTURA TO IMPROVE SALES PERFORMANCE AND MINIMISE STOCK
Elys the well known Wimbledon department store, has selected Futura's retail management system to run on 50 tills throughout the store to help drive efficiencies across the business and provide information to inform decisions to optimise the business
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15 June 2008
FUTURA ANNOUNCES FIRST MODULE OF NEW JAVA-BASED SOLUTION AT RETAIL SOLUTIONS (STAND NO E18)
Futura UK announces at Retail Solutions 2008, Stand No E18, the first module of its new java-based retail management system, designed to improve the customer experience.
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15 April 2008
FUTURA UK'S MD GOES GLOBAL
Ian Royall is promoted to Joint CEO of Futura International Solutions to lead global expansion
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15 January 2008
SCIENCE MUSEUM SELECTS FUTURA TO IMPROVE TRADE THROUGH BETTER SHOPPING EXPERIENCE
NMSI Trading Limited, the trading company behind the Science Museum, London; the National Railway Museum, York and the National Media Museum, Bradford has selected Futura's retail management system.
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