Retail Supply Chain Software/Management, Retail Management Software, Retail Warehousing

Iptor has acquired The Mesa Group, a long-standing Iptor Gold Partner. Following Iptor’s new ownership announcement in 2020, in which Bregal Unternehmerkapital, Jayne Archbold (CEO) and Christopher Catterfeld (CMO) took ownership of the business, the acquisition builds towards the ‘Iptor 22 Strategic Growth Plan’ objectives and is the first phase of increasing its US footprint.

Ergonomic Solutions, the designer, manufacturer and supplier of mounting & mobility solutions for point-of-sale technology, has formed a collaboration with OtterBox, a global provider of premium protective products for smartphones and tablets, to provide a versatile and cost-efficient solution to integrate mPOS solutions for retail and hospitality.

The UK government welcomes the European Commission’s draft data adequacy decisions, which recognise the UK’s high data protection standards and set out that the UK should be found ‘adequate’.

By Steph Charbonneau, Senior Director of Product Strategy, HelpSystems.

Business ecosystems have expanded over the years owing to the many benefits of diverse, interconnected supply chains, prompting organizations to pursue close, collaborative relationships with their suppliers.

"You either implement blockchain or you disappear," said Fred Smith, CEO of FedEx, at an international conference three years ago. It is worth saying that in this case, he was talking about supply chain management (SCM).

Vanderlande is joining Amazon and Global Optimism in signing The Climate Pledge, showcasing its ambition on sustainability and commitment to achieving a net-zero carbon footprint by 2040 – ten years ahead of The Paris Agreement. With this in mind, Vanderlande will routinely report on its greenhouse gas emissions, implement decarbonisation strategies, and act to offset any remaining emissions. 

Geek+, provider of autonomous mobile robots and warehouse automation solutions, and Boreal Technologies SA, a provider of mobile solutions in Latin America, have announced the beginning of a strategic partnership.

Lexmark has been recognised as a Global Print Security Leader by Quocirca, the global print and market insight research firm.

Printed/flexible sensors offer multiple benefits relative to their more established rigid counterparts, including lower weight, flexibility/conformality, and potentially lower manufacturing costs since printing facilitates high-throughput continuous production methods.

Datalogic, the automatic data capture and process automation solutions provider, has introduced the Matrix 320, claimed by the company to be the most powerful and compact industrial fixed image-based code reader, capable of providing top performance, flexibility, operator safety, and low total cost of ownership (TCO).