UK retailer Asda temporarily opted not to go ahead with its previously planned IT systems shift. The company had intended to introduce new systems at its smaller stores and a few larger stores over the December 7-9 period as part of the separation of its technology from Walmart.
Asda is drawing to the end of that three-year transition period and the severance project (dubbed Project Future and covering everything from ERP to HR systems and more) had cost the retailer £430 million ($520 million) by the end of 2023. The Register's report cited "internal communications" stating that the "SVP Forum" had decided to delay the transition.
A spokesperson told The Register: "We are focusing on ensuring that any outstanding fixes are complete to ensure that we are not placing any additional pressure on our store teams when we transition to the new systems, and that when we move to larger scale rollout in the new year we are well positioned having had longer to work with the existing pilot stores and those sites which have already completed the transition."
