Retail and Online Shopping

As retailers and traders grow their online business, having dependable IT systems and software are key. Can your retail operations really deliver to your customers?

As retailers and traders grow their online business, having dependable IT systems and software are key.

Conventional retail is evolving fast, with many businesses moving online-only. Recent shifts in buyer behaviour have accelerated this change, putting pressure on e-commerce sites, supply chains and logistics.

Your website is no longer just a shopfront. It’s the backbone of your business. It must handle higher traffic, adapt to changing demand, highlight sales opportunities and provide an enjoyable user experience that keeps customers coming back.

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Delivering speed, security and scalability for your online platforms

We optimise your website and e-commerce solutions to ensure performance meets both demand and customer expectations. With our performance engineering services, you can manage web traffic effectively, handle periods of high demand, and deliver your online services seamlessly.

Additionally, test automation allows you to release innovative online shopping apps quickly, while maintaining confidence that they function as intended. Our cyber security experts safeguard your business and data, keeping everything secure and under control.

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Related services

Performance engineering

Our new performance engineering service advises on how to select the best technologies and configure them to design built-in efficiency and effectiveness, which can reduce business risk and create operational efficiencies across a vast range of applications and requirements.

Remote testing

Testlab offers a range of software testing solutions for legacy applications and new generation applications. With more than two decades as an independent Quality Assurance company, our specialist teams and innovative tools will help you deliver high-quality products compliant with legislation and specifications. When you use our Testlab you benefit from cost-efficient working, access to certified testing profiles and physical test devices, test tools (for management, automation, and monitoring), a scalable test environment and a flexible workforce.

Test automation

Introducing test automation to your testing process lets your testing staff focus on high-value, complex tasks such as defect investigation (and where their skills are useful for diagnostics) rather than on low-level repetitive tasks. Automation is also useful in proving product stability and compliance to requirements – where the precisely aligned testing process delivers consistent results.

End-to-end managed test services

Our managed services cover the complete service delivery lifecycle from the initial specification of requirements and use case definition, through to pre-production support and final project reviews. we pride ourselves on having the precise expertise to support and manage all test phases no matter what the underpinning methodology.

Security testing

Retail businesses rely on IT systems for stock control/EPOS through to websites. Almost by their nature retail business systems are important targets for cyber attacks and ransomware. That’s why you need to test your entire operations: from IT infrastructure through software systems, websites to connected devices. Ensure you are protected from outages due to malicious activity by talking to our retail cyber security experts.

Case study

Testing partnership with a Large UK Retailer

This well know retailer was seeking a testing partner who could provide low cost, on demand testing services to support the retail aspect and e-commerce website of the business. They initially selected the test preparation and test execution for testing the MVP (minimum viable product) Cycle Scheme, which involved front end integration of testing API messages in which tests were derived from various business and technical documentation such as: business use cases, technical and design specifications and the involvement of using business and IT subject matter experts.

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