Developments in retail software

Two main trends can be distinguished in retail software developments during 1988. After six years of major developments, the number of new packages released for warehouse operations fell by 47% (Table 1). Conversely, the steady production of distribution packages in the early to mid‐1980s almost stopped in 1987, only to be followed in 1988 with the largest number ever released (Table 2). David Freestone looks at the new offerings that were made available during the year