AN INVERNESS-based shoe retailer is embracing the digital age by investing in the kind of database technology that underpins cryptocurrency. Family-owned Begg Shoes can trace its roots back more than 150 years and has nine stores, mostly located around the north of Scotland. It has a long retailing tradition but is preparing for the years to come by investing in blockchain technology as it seeks to strengthen its already-strong online offer. The company, which fulfils web sales from the company’s stores as opposed to a warehouse, has been working alongside data scientists at The Data Lab on the project. Donald Begg, the company’s managing director, said that in broad terms the blockchain system it is developing will improve its ability to record and interconnect data within the business.
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