All Innovation & disruption articles – Page 43
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OpinionAlibaba UK boss: Lessons from China and Singles' Day
Last year, Chinese consumers spent more money online than UK and US consumers combined.
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OpinionOpinion: How visual search is changing online retail
In an era driven by social culture, customers are becoming increasingly reliant on images – and the power of imagery has not been ignored by retailers.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail’s Black Friday fate hinges on mobile
As a consumer, the prospect of Black Friday means to start planning ways to put yourself into financial ruin nice and early.
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Report StoreNext-Gen Payments: What Shoppers Want
How consumers want to pay now and what they want in the future
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NewsIntu trials 'Europe’s first' robotic retail assistant
Intu will test new technologies in its outlets over the next month including a queue jumping app and ‘shop-bot’ as part of its start-up accelerator initiative.
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NewsOpinion: Food retailers must adapt to disruption
While some examples are obvious and others subtle, however you look at it, it’s clear that food retail is being continually disrupted in non-traditional ways.
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AnalysisFew retailers see personalisation as essential
Exclusive Retail Week research reveals only 14% of UK retailers view personalisation as essential to their ongoing customer strategies.
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AnalysisFive things we learned from Shop Direct’s full years
Shop Direct posted its fifth consecutive year of growing sales and profits – and boss Alex Baldock is confident the business is on track to make it six.
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NewsAmazon to launch video-enabled Echo device in UK
Amazon has unveiled a host of new Echo devices at its Seattle headquarters as it prepares to launch its touchscreen-enabled Echo Show for UK shoppers.
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NewsDyson to plough £2bn into 2020 electric car launch
Engineering company and retailer Dyson is planning to develop its own battery-powered electric car by 2020.
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OpinionDisrupt or be disrupted? A question for retailers
Amazon is the ultimate disruptor of retail. First it was online retailing with faster and faster delivery, then it was subscription models with Amazon Prime, and the internet of things with the dash button.
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OpinionOpinion: From start-up to big corporate and back again
Zalando has gone from start-up to retail titan in under a decade and is now partnering with smaller businesses – why aren’t more retailers following suit?
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OpinionKeynote: How small is becoming the new big
Big is beautiful has been the maxim of successful retail for decades, but perhaps things are changing.
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AnalysisData: The UK's top 30 multichannel retailers
In 2017, there aren’t many retailers that don’t operate an ecommerce site, but being a successful multichannel retailer is so much more than simply opening an online store.
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NewsCostcutter launches finger-vein-enabled payments
Costcutter has installed technology in its Brunel University outlet that will allow shoppers to pay for their purchases with the veins in their fingertips.
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NewsZalando launches fashion start-up acceleration platform
Zalando has unveiled Zalando Build, a new programme which will allow start-ups to become rapidly integrated onto the etailer’s fashion site.
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AnalysisThe disruptors: Who will be the next Boohoo or Missguided?
Young fashion is the latest focus of Retail Week’s ‘The disruptors’ series, which looks at the businesses creating waves across the industry.
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NewsVoice will disrupt bricks-and-mortar, says Tesco Labs
Tesco Labs head of technology research Paul Wilkinson says that voice is overriding the weekly shop and will impact how customers act in-store.
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NewsCleverGift bags top start-up prize at Tech. Awards
CleverGift was named Start-up of the Year at the Tech. Awards powered by Retail Week, after winning the majority vote from the retail judges.
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NewsShop Direct uses AI and social media to find new customers
Shop Direct’s retail and technology director Jon Rudoe says that the etailer has has “tremendous success” mining its data and social media to target new customers.