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John Lewis launches technology apprenticeship scheme

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Apprentices to help multi-channel push for retailer
17 May 2013

Sainsbury's Bank to outsource IT to FIS Global in £90m move

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Sainsbury's to shift bank IT from Lloyds after it completes buy out of banking partner
08 May 2013

US retailer Target to lure customers with deals offered via Facebook

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'I've just bought a spatula' - Retailer Target aims to lure Facebook users in-store with 'targeted' vouchers
08 May 2013

Retailers looking to cut Visa and other 'middlemen' out of the payments loop

Retailers want direct relationship with customers' banks in order to speed up payments and cut costs
08 May 2013

Where innovation is always on the menu: an interview with Pret a Manger's IT chief

Fast-growing food chain Pret a Manger prides itself on serving high-quality fresh produce with the minimum of fuss. But behind this simple concept lies a technology stack that is constantly evolving
18 Apr 2013

Finding the security sweet spot

Strict security can hurt productivity, but lax security can lead to serious commercial and reputational damage. Sooraj Shah tries to find the sweet spot between the two
19 Mar 2013

The evolving world of consumer data: an interview with Clive Humby

One half of the former dunnhumby team tells Computing his views on the consumer data landscape
15 Mar 2013

Companies running on AWS accuse Amazon of copying

Companies offering services on Amazon's AWS infrastructure accuse the online giant of copying their work
11 Mar 2013

Pret a Manger sees growing appetite for contactless payments

Sandwich chain's IT director tells Computing that contactless payments now make up 20 per cent of all transactions
06 Mar 2013

Amazon CTO: 'We're all start-ups now'

Even established enterprises must be as nimble and experimental as start-ups to survive, says Werner Vogels
06 Mar 2013

IT delivers growth at Domino’s: an interview with CIO Colin Rees

CIO Colin Rees tells Sooraj Shah how mobile apps, capacity management, cloud computing and analytics are helping Domino’s to knock spots off the competition
05 Mar 2013

PayPal bringing mobile payment service to UK this summer

PayPal Here designed with the needs of small businesses in mind
22 Feb 2013

Boots contactless payments rollout 'to go nationwide'

Visa Europe and Streamline to allow contactless payments of under £20 across more stores
15 Feb 2013

HMV: can this old dog learn some new tricks?

HMV must find a way to emulate the multi-channel success of Apple and John Lewis if the venerable old retailer is to have any hope of survival
04 Feb 2013

New rules for business #628


31 Jan 2013

Tablet sales help push Carphone Warehouse revenue to over £1bn

Tablet sales hit 40,000 a week over Christmas period
25 Jan 2013

Can you still find a job for life in IT?

In many companies, the IT department is melting away to be replaced by a patchwork of cloud and outsourced applications. However, demand for IT staff still remains strong - even if the roles have changed dramatically over the past 10 years
23 Jan 2013

Nokia cutting 1,000 jobs while EE to close 78 UK stores

EE store managers face chop as 4G provider consolidates its retail estate
17 Jan 2013

Dixons Retail to deploy Office 365 in move towards flexible working

Retailer will 'continue to be progressive' in delivering service
11 Dec 2012

eBay's tax arrangement costs Britain and Germany $1bn

Firm registers tiny Luxembourg office as EU base to avoid VAT
03 Dec 2012

PayPal to focus on mobile after 190 per cent rise in Cyber Monday purchases

Huge boom in mobile and tablet purchases will only get bigger in future, says payment service provider
27 Nov 2012

Analysis: Tim Cook’s Apple turnover

Does the departure of two senior Apple executives signal a desire on the part of Steve Jobs’ successor, Tim Cook, to make a clean break with the past
12 Nov 2012

Don’t cut customer service along with the budgets


02 Nov 2012

Lack of universal 4G could cost economy £120m over Christmas says eBay

Ecommerce giant believes unreliable mobile connections hampering online sales
31 Oct 2012