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Retail Asia10/12/2021

Hundreds of thousands of McDonald’s staff have brought a class action against the fast-food giant for failing to provide adequate paid rest breaks, in what is being described as a “systematic failure”. McDonald’s has been accused of not providing staff with enough paid rest breaks for the duration of their shifts – some of which […]

Retail Asia20/09/2019

Point of Sale software, or simply POS, is capable of so much more than simply accepting credit cards. It can also be a tool to manage your inventory or make reports. Retail business heavily relies on the efficiency of the process and the time needed to serve the customer – Point of Sale system can […]

Retail Asia17/09/2019

Singapore’s national e-payment system, «PayNow», currently boasts a nearly 70 percent penetration of the city-state’s population with monthly volumes exceeding S$1 billion, an MAS board member recently shared with parliament. Ong Ye Kung, minister of education and Monetary Authority of Singapore board member noted that take-up was «encouraging» with more than 65 percent of Singaporeans aged between 20 […]

Retail Asia29/04/2019

SubCom has been chosen by Singaporean-based H2 Cable for a new APAC cable system. Subcom’s win on this APAC deal comes after a similar project by Huawei was nixed by Australian regulators. The price tag of the project is expected to be $380 million, with an expected date in 2022. The primary leg of the H2 […]

Retail Asia23/04/2019

Gartner forecasts worldwide public cloud services market will grow 17.5% in 2019 to reach a total of $214.3 billion, up from $182.4 billion in 2018. Cloud system infrastructure services, or infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is forecast to grow 27.5% in 2019 and reach $38.9 billion, up from $30.5 billion in 2018 (see Table 1). […]

Retail Asia09/01/2019

Nestlé has adopted Workplace by Facebook as its global internal communication tool, to connect its workforce and better serve consumers. The announcement comes as the latest and largest wave of staff join the platform, part of a process that began only nine months ago. Today, around 210,000 of its employees worldwide use the platform to connect […]

Retail Asia20/06/2018

Adidas Originals has launched its newest silhouette ‘Point of Deflection System’, which allows customers to create their own sneakers. Inspired by Adidas’ iconic 90s ‘POD System’ technology and engineered with a podular sole unit, the new silhouette is built to create natural motion, flexibility and comfort. To celebrate the launch, global creators including Cali Thornhill […]

Retail Asia10/07/2017

Volkswagen is recalling 766,000 vehicles of its core passenger car brand worldwide for a software update to their braking control systems, a spokesman said. The braking control system may not function properly in certain driving conditions, such as when the driver over-steers, under-steers or slams on the brakes, the spokesman said. The car maker is […]

Retail Asia14/03/2017

In recent years, Hong Kong has witnessed a rise in the number of postal items addressed in traditional Chinese characters. This has in turn boosted the need for automated sorting and processing of addresses written in traditional Chinese characters in addition to those handwritten or printed in English. This new function has been introduced to […]

Retail Asia06/12/2016

Auto parts maker Delphi Automotive and Israeli technology firm Mobileye NV will put an Intel Corp chip at the heart of their joint effort to produce self-driving vehicles by 2019, the companies said on Tuesday. The move is a boost for the world’s largest semiconductor maker, which is also working with German luxury car maker […]

Retail Asia11/11/2016

Ooredoo Group has signed a five-year contract with Ericsson to implement the Swedish vendor’s revenue management system across the group’s operations in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia. Ericsson Revenue Manager, a cloud-ready convergent charging and billing system, provides Ooredoo with a number of advantages as the telco group updates its product portfolio […]

Retail Asia07/01/2015

The growing use of video surveillance systems in sectors such as hospitality, banking and financial, government, transportation, education and retail has created huge growth opportunities for the manufacturers, distributors and system integrators in this industry.

Tag: System

McDonald’s class action claims systemic failure to provide rest breaks

Picking the Right POS Software

Nearly 70 Percent of Singaporeans Registered to National E-Payment System

H2 Cable to deploy new APAC cable system

Global public cloud spend to 17.5% in 2019

Nestlé launches Workplace by Facebook

Adidas Originals launches new Personalisation System

Volkswagen recalls 766,000 VW cars worldwide for brake system update

NEC updates postal automation system for Hongkong Post

Delphi, Mobileye to use Intel chip for self-driving car system

Ooredoo to deploy Ericsson cloud-ready revenue system

Rise in the market for video surveillance