Headline Sponsor

DigiPos

Operating in over 16 countries throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and North America, DigiPoS is redefining technology for retailers, bringing much-needed focus, value and reliability to a competitive market, through its hardware and software solutions.

Established in 1994, DigiPoS builds strong, sustainable and mutually profitable partnerships with retailers of all sizes. The company’s technology is accessible and scalable to every retail need, supporting all levels of the retail ecosystem, from small retail operations to the largest national and global brands. Today, clients include: House of Fraser, Selfridges, Aurora, Harrods, SuperDry, Next and GAME.

The group has received considerable recognition for providing cost-effective, high performance hardware and services combinations, whilst building a reputation for innovation and value. DigiPoS Retail Blade, Dynamic Blade and Retail Core technologies have seen the company win numerous awards including European Retailers Supplier of the Year. Its flagship software application Retail SAAS is also set to change the way in which retailers approach application deployment.

In December 2010, DigiPoS launched its mCommerce ecosystem, called MobileShopper. A first for the retail sector, the Smartphone-based application presently runs on the Apple iPhone, and will soon be available on Google Android and Blackberry.

The group now employs over 270 people in 13 countries across the Globe . Further corporate information can be found at www.digipos-solutions.com

Ian Patterson, managing director EMEA at DigiPoS Store Solutions, said: “The moment The Retail Bulletin made contact about the Mobile Summit, we knew that we wanted to come on board and support it. Multi-channel is the current industry buzz word, and it’s great to be part of an event that is embracing this. Already it has a strong speaker line up, and it looks set to be an interesting day.”

Speaker Session Sponsors

eDigitalResearch

eDigitalResearch is a leading provider of market research, enabling customers to make critical business decisions with the benefit of comprehensive consumer insight and informed direction. eDigitalResearch possesses a unique combination of research expertise, marketing background, web technology and knowledge of the multi-channel consumer. As well as providing invaluable research data, the modules of its fully integrated research system - ratings, surveys, panels, communities and forums - can combine to provide holistic analytics and essential market-leading insight. This gives its clients the power, confidence and backup to make crucial decisions on key aspects of their business including product range, marketing, customer service, supply chain, even basic positioning. For further information, please visit: www.edigitalresearch.com

Barclaycard

Barclaycard, part of Barclays Retail and Business Banking, is a leading global payment business which helps consumers, retailers and businesses to make and accept payments flexibly, and to access short-term credit when needed. Barclaycard is one of the pioneers of new forms of payments and is at the forefront of developing viable contactless and mobile payment schemes for today and cutting edge forms of payment for the future. It also issues credit and charge cards to corporate customers and the UK Government. Barclaycard partners with a wide range of organisations across the globe to offer their customers or members payment options and credit. In addition to the UK, Barclaycard operates in the United States, Europe and Africa. It currently has 12 million UK customers, 10.2million international customers and relationships with over 90,000 retailers and merchants.

Javelin Group

Javelin Group is Europe’s leading ecommerce and multi-channel retail consultancy and systems integrator, advising retailers, brands and online businesses on ecommerce and multi-channel strategies, operations and technologies, and implementing large-scale ecommerce solutions.

Clients include all of the 10 largest retailers in the UK, plus many major retailers and B2Bs across Europe and beyond. Non-UK work accounts for 30% of the business, and covers the EU, USA, eastern Europe, Middle East, and Australasia. Javelin Group’s experience extends across all sectors of retail and B2B including food, consumer electronics, clothing, home, catalogue and others.

For mobile commerce, Javelin Group designs, selects and implements highly effective mobile solutions, in a short time-frame and at an affordable cost. As a leading retail specialist, its unique insight and retail expertise are used to design engaging mobile ecommerce solutions, select the best approach and implement the chosen solution with integration into other retail and ecommerce channels.

www.javelingroup.com

If you are a solution provider or consultant and would like to discuss the sponsorship opportunities at this event please contact Karen Hewitt on 01737 647 103 or email karenh@theretailbulletin.com or Ian Sprange on 01737 647 100 or email ians@theretailbulletin.com

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