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Five Critical Initiatives for Retail Coys Deploying Mobile Solutions

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International Data Corporation (IDC) Retail Insights has announced the availability of the first IDC PeerScape, “Business Strategy: IDC PeerScape – Retail Mobility Project-Based Initiatives,” revealing five critical initiatives for retail companies deploying mobile solutions.

IDC PeerScapes were designed to identify the practices that have the most impact on the success or failure of an initiative.

For retail companies seeking new mobile solutions to build customer loyalty and improve business performance, the report highlights the five critical initiatives that can make or break the program.

Leslie Hand, research director and report author, examined several real-world retail deployments and identifies the initiatives that will have the greatest impact on the success of similar projects.  

The report also measures the impact of these practices on revenue, customer satisfaction, and operational productivity, and assesses how difficult they are to deploy and maintain.

For the past half century, retail business growth has been achieved by opening more stores, broadening assortments, and automating processes to make shopping more convenient and valuable for the consumer.

Satisfying customers today transcends place or time, and growth is dependent on continually creating “best experiences” — the last best experience etched in the mind of the consumer every time a shopping journey is more extraordinary and engaging than the last.

Mobility, a critical enabler of this “best experience,” requires applications that will engage and inform consumers and increase employee productivity.

Mobility brings with it significant complexity and a rate of change most retailers have never seen before.

For those companies that have successfully deployed mobile solutions, the rewards have been greater customer loyalty and higher sales and profitability.

On the other hand, those that have failed to meet customer expectations have seen abandoned “carts” and lost sales, and declining performance.

This IDC Retail Insights report is a guide to critical initiatives for retail mobility projects.

The five critical initiatives include, Identify and Align Cross-Functional Resources; Establish KPIs and Test for Performance and Usability; Clearly Articulate Governance Policies; Adopt Agile Implementation Methods and Leverage Cloud or SaaS-Based Services.

Leslie reported that, “Consumer-facing and enterprise-facing mobility programs top the list of initiatives retailers are actively pursuing, and applying the best practices of the leaders can speed progress and reduce costs.”

Mobile applications will soon be playing a part in many more retail transactions. But as mobile app–enabled sales spread from the early adopters to mainstream buyers, there will be dramatically increased reputational risk associated with app failures or poor customer experiences.

More effective testing will become increasingly important.

The consumer’s last best experience will be the benchmark for all others, and customers will increasingly expect mobile devices to play a central role in their shopping.

 


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Transcorp Hotels Delivers Stellar H1 Results, Declares Over ₦1Bn Dividend

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Transcorp Hotels Plc has delivered a stellar performance in the first half of 2025, recording a 60% year-on-year surge in revenue to ₦47.57 billion, up from ₦29.72 billion in H1 2024. Gross profit climbed 71% to ₦36.21 billion, maintaining a strong 76% margin despite inflation and operational headwinds.

The hospitality giant, a subsidiary of Transnational Corporation Plc, also announced an interim dividend payout of ₦1.024 billion — offering ₦0.10 per 50 kobo ordinary share to shareholders.

In a bold move, the company unveiled Nigeria’s largest corporate venue — the 5,000-seat Transcorp Centre — staking its claim as the new leader in event hospitality. Chairman Emmanuel Nnorom described the results as proof of Transcorp Hotels’ transformative strategies and unwavering investor commitment. MD/CEO Uzo Oshogwe attributed the success to relentless execution and a resilient business model.

Transcorp Hotels, renowned for iconic assets like Transcorp Hilton Abuja and its digital platform Aura, says it isn’t just leading Nigeria’s hospitality sector — it’s redefining excellence across Africa.


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Microsoft Servers Hacked by Chinese Groups

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Chinese “threat actors” have hacked Microsoft’s SharePoint document software servers and targeted the data of the businesses using it, the firm has said.

Microsoft Servers Hacked by Chinese Groups

 

China state-backed Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon as well as China-based Storm-2603 were said to have “exploited vulnerabilities” in on-premises SharePoint servers, the kind used by firms, but not in its cloud-based service.

The US tech giant has released security updates in response and has advised all on-premises SharePoint server customers to install them.

“Investigations into other actors also using these exploits are still ongoing,” Microsoft said in a statement.

The firm said it had “high confidence” the hackers would continue to target systems which have not installed its security updates.

It added that it would update its website blog with more information as its investigation continues.

Microsoft said it had observed attacks in which hackers had sent a request to a SharePoint server “enabling the theft of the key material by threat actors”.

Charles Carmakal, chief technology officer at Mandiant Consulting firm, a division of Google Cloud, told reporter, it was “aware of several victims in several different sectors across a number of global geographies”.

Carmakal said it appeared that governments and businesses that use SharePoint on their sites were the primary target.

A number of adversaries who stole material encoded by cryptography were then able to regain ongoing access to the victims’ SharePoint data, he said.

“This was exploited in a very broad way, very opportunistically before a patch was made available. That’s why this is significant,” Carmakal said.

Carmakal said the “China-nexus actor” was deploying techniques similar to previous campaigns associated with Beijing.

Microsoft said Linen Typhoon had “focused on stealing intellectual property, primarily targeting organizations related to government, defence, strategic planning, and human rights” for 13 years.

It added that Violet Typhoon had been “dedicated to espionage”, primarily targeting former government and military staff, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, higher education, the media, the financial sector and the health sector in the US, Europe, and East Asia.

Meanwhile, Storm-2603 was “assessed with medium confidence to be a China-based threat actor”.

 

 

 


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NIMC Warns Nigerians of Fake NIN Website

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National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has issued a public warning that it is not associated with NINcard.com.

NIMC Warns Nigerians of Fake NIN Website

According to the commission, the website has been circulating online to offer services for Nigerians seeking National Identification Number (NIN) services.

NIMC, in a post on its official X account on Wednesday, said, “NINcard.com is not in anyway affiliated to NIMC. Stay vigilant!”

The warning was accompanied by screenshots of fake payment receipts and OTP request pages from the website, both of which were boldly stamped “FAKE” by NIMC to alert the public.


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