All Innovation & disruption articles – Page 45
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NewsAmazon squares up to Instagram with Spark launch
Amazon has launched a shoppable feed of photos and stories within its mobile app, designed to drive purchases by its Prime members.
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OpinionOpinion: Clarks is on-trend with UK manufacturing return
As retailers seek to adapt to a rapidly transforming world, shoe giant Clarks has given a glimpse of the future.
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NewsFingerprint scanners top UK ranking of cool retail tech
Fingerprint-enabled payments and voice-enabled ordering were ranked as the top two cool retail technologies by UK shoppers.
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AnalysisAnalysis: 10 ways the iPhone transformed retail
On the 10th anniversary of the iPhone’s debut, Retail Week takes a look at how it fundamentally changed the retail landscape.
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OpinionOpinion: How innovation will shape physical retail
What is the role of physical retail space in today’s consumer world or, more importantly, what will it be tomorrow?
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NewsAI-powered mobile convenience store hits China
A tech-fuelled unmanned cashless convenience store with a hologram sales assistant and drone delivery is being trialled in Shanghai.
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Retail VoiceJoin up the dots with personalisation
Personalisation is a strategic focus for many retailers, yet customers are not feeling the love. Microsoft examines where this disconnect is coming from.
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NewsZalando launches tech-fuelled fulfilment service
Zalando has rolled out a supply chain service for retailers selling through its website that will employ its algorithms to predict demand.
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VideoWhat can we learn from the decline of BHS?
JML chief executive Ken Daly discusses how ignoring the changing expectations and behaviours of customers contributed to the demise of BHS.
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OpinionOpinion: How blockchain will secure grocery
The grocery supply chain is characterised by many players frequently holding potentially inefficient, manual records.
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Retail VoiceTomorrow’s technology is here today
Innovation is rife in retail. With a plethora of new technologies promising to revolutionise operations, Microsoft takes a look at the most exciting advancements.
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AnalysisHow fashion retailers can beat the discounting culture
Smarter pricing creates higher profits, but achieving the perfect price position is a complicated balancing act that only a few retailers get right.
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Retail VoiceBargain-hungry shoppers demand discounts
There is a huge customer thirst for discounts, which is radically influencing fashion retailers’ pricing strategies, new research from Blue Yonder has discovered.
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NewsWhole Foods start-up partner raises £20m to fuel growth
The London-based retail delivery start-up Quiqup, which delivers retail orders to shoppers via bicycle couriers, has raised £20m in its latest round of funding.
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NewsMissguided on fraud prevention and future-proofing
Missguided’s rapid growth in online fast fashion and has a burgeoning bricks-and-mortar presence, but its success has not come without challenges.
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Blippar launches AR-enabled digital advertising
Technology business Blippar has rolled out augmented-reality enabled display advertising that can superimpose products over a user’s surroundings in real time.
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OpinionOpinion: Why mobile will kill the multi-brand etailer
When Amazon and Ebay launched they sold via the world wide web, which was created for desktop computers.
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OpinionOpinion: Lessons to learn from the Debenhams data hack
The Debenhams Flowers website hack reveals the risk retailers take when conducting business online, while highlighting some useful lessons for future security.
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AnalysisThe disruptors: The firms rebuilding the DIY sector
DIY is the focus of the first article of Retail Week’s new ‘The disruptors’ series, which looks at the businesses creating waves across retail.