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Can data save the high street?
Mike Callender, Executive Chairman of REPL, recently wrote an article for ITProPortal discussing how high street retailers can make the most of their data including using data for the physical shop floor. “With increasing competition…
REPL Offers Continued Support to Customers and Employees During COVID-19 Outbreak
A message from Mike Callender, Executive Chairman, and Cerys Johnson, CEO, REPL Group In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we remain committed to supporting our customers, while maintaining the safety and wellbeing of our workforce….
Raising Money for Sports Relief 2020
Here at REPL Group we celebrated Sports relief on Friday 13th. We want to say a big congratulations to all of our team members who cycled the distance of our Warwick office to our Henley-in-Arden…
Savvy-shoppers wise up to discounting trend
Mike Callender, Executive Chairman of REPL, recently spoke with 365 Retail about our research into shopping habits and how the discounting trend is having an impact. According to our research with 1000 consumers, 61% of…
Upcoming Retail Trends for 2020 and Beyond
Mike Callender, Executive Chairman for REPL, recently wrote an article for A1 Retail about the upcoming retail trends for 2020 and beyond. Mike discusses AI & RPA, Personalisation and Headless Commerce. “Artificial intelligence (AI) and…
Savvy-shoppers wise up to discounting trend
Mike Callender, Executive Chairman of REPL, recently spoke with Retail Technology Review about our recent research of 1000 consumers. From this research, 61% of respondents say their shopping habits have changed over the past five…
‘Short-term discounting isn’t the answer to the high street’s problems’: study
Mike Callender, Executive Chairman of REPL, recently spoke with Internet Retailing about a study we recently conducted showing that short-term discounting isn’t the answer to the high street’s problems. The study found that while 31% wait…
Retail facial recognition and eye tracking the next tech wave, maybe
Jon Hughes, EVP of REPL, recently spoke with TechTarget to discuss whether he thinks facial recognition and eye tracking are the next retail tech wave. Stores and restaurants are testing retail facial recognition technology to…
REPL Announces Strategic Collaboration with Kronos to Support EMEA Workforce Dimensions Deployments
REPL Announces Strategic Collaboration with Kronos to Support EMEA Workforce Dimensions Deployments
Global Retail IT consultancy and technology firm REPL Group today announced it has joined the Kronos Workforce Dimensions Technology Partner Network, a fast-growing ecosystem of organizations utilizing the revolutionary Workforce Dimensions solution and intelligent Kronos…
Mike Callender on supply chains and Brexit’s impact on retail
Mike Callender, Executive Chairman of REPL, recently spoke with FashionUnited about his belief that the biggest thing retailers need to focus on right now and at the start of this decade is supply chains. “Retailers…
Walmart: improving its scheduling accuracy with REPL
REPL Groups Executive Chairman, Mike Callender recently spoke to Business Chief about how they successfully rolled out BlueYonder Workforce Management to help improve the scheduling accuracy for Walmart. The rollout touches 1.6 million associates in…
REPL Implements Workforce Management Solution for More Than 1.6m Walmart Employees Worldwide
Mike Callender, Executive Chairman for REPL Group, recently spoke with Retail Times about the WFM solution that was implemented by REPL and how it has provided Walmart with a number of benefits. It has made…
REPL Implements Workforce Management Solution for Walmart Employees
Mike Callender, Executive Chairman for REPL Group, recently spoke to the US Business News about the WFM solution that was implemented by REPL and how it has provided Walmart with a number of benefits. It…
REPL Helps Implement Workforce Management Solution for More Than 1.6 Million Walmart Employees Worldwide
Mike Callender, Executive Chairman for REPL Group, recently spoke with Markets Insider about how we successfully rolled out JDA Workforce Management to help improve the scheduling accuracy for Walmart. The rollout touches 1.6 million associates…
REPL Partners with Wagestream to Empower Employees
Global technology consultants REPL have joined forces with a unique solution, Wagestream, which allows employees to access a proportion of their wages as soon as they’ve earned them. Wagestream provide employees full visibility of their…
Marks & Spencer Transforms Workforce Scheduling with JDA and Microsoft
Chris Love, Managing Partner for REPL, recently spoke with Bloomberg about a recent engagement strategy whereby Marks & Spencer transforms workforce scheduling for 80,000 colleagues with BlueYonder (formally JDA) and Microsoft Teams. M&S selected BlueYonder…
M&S transforms workforce scheduling for 80,000 colleagues
Chris Love, Managing Partner for REPL, recently spoke with Retail Times about our recent collaboration with JDA and Microsoft Teams to implement a solution for M&S. To simplify its in-store operations, M&S needed to combine…
REPL Joins Forces with Catapult to Help Employers Access a Shared Workforce
Global technology consultants REPL have partnered with shared workforce platform Catapult to boost workforce flexibility. The innovative system allows people to choose when they work and who they work for by offering specific shifts at…