All Innovation & disruption articles – Page 68
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NewsRetail Week Live: 'Are robot fears based on psychology rather than reality?', asks Nesta
Nesta head of research Stian Westlake has questioned whether humans’ concerns about robots dominating the future are based on reality or psychological concerns.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Three-way tie in pitch perfect start-up competition
Elevaate, DigitalBridge and Formisimo jointly won the Pitch Perfect final for start-ups at Retail Week Live 2015.
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NewsRetail Week Live: JD Williams and Shop Direct on the benefits of personalisation
JD Williams and Shop Direct are both implementing personalisation technology to engage with their customers.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Video - Net-a-Porter IT boss Hugh Fahy on innovation and start-ups
Net-a-Porter’s chief information officer Hugh Fahy speaks to Retail Week about where the etailer looks for technology innovation.
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NewsRetail Week Live: 'Artificial intelligence will create a tsunami in the industry'
Artificial intelligence will create a tsunami in retail that will have a huge impact on staffing levels, according to Thomas Cook’s John Straw.
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NewsRetail Week Live: How Argos used its lab to launch 3D printed jewellery
Argos this week launched jewellery that can be customised using 3D printing, an idea that was developed in its innovation lab.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Shop Direct reveals personalised homepages
Customers of Very.co.uk will now be met with personalised homepages when they visit as owner Shop Direct aims to “build the best personalised shopping experience in the world”.
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NewsRetail Week Live: 'Retailers are being torn between quick service and theatre'
Retailers must decide whether they focus on quick service or retail theatre, according to GDR Creative Intelligence boss Kate Ancketill.
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NewsRetail Week Live: House of Fraser engagement boss on the challenges of start-up investment
House of Fraser head of online engagement Madeleine Melson said it had been challenging to convince the finance department to put money aside to invest in new technologies from start-up companies.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Shop Direct on working with start-ups
Shop Direct head of ecommerce Paul Hornby has spoken about the importance of retailers working with start-ups to innovate.
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AnalysisRetail Week Live: Video - Sebastian James on increasing 'frenemy' relationships
Dixons Carphone boss Sebastian James believes an increasingly connected world will lead to companies from outside the traditional retail sector such as British Gas becoming “frenemies” with traditional retailers.
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AnalysisStart-up of the week: Independent retail website Streethub
Start-ups in retail technology are growing and Retail Week is highlighting some of the best. This week Streethub is in the spotlight.
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NewsGoogle enters bricks-and-mortar retail space through Dixons Carphone tie-up
Google is entering the bricks-and-mortar retail space with a ‘shop in shop’ concept that it is launching in partnership with Dixons Carphone.
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InterviewQ&A with Miriam Lahage, chief merchant at Navabi, on plus-sized fashion
Retail Week speaks to Miriam Lahage, former head of fashion at eBay, who has moved to plus-size start-up etailer Navabi to head buying and merchandising.
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OpinionComment: Apple Watch's simplicity should concern mobile payment competitors
The launch of Apple Watch will have a big impact on three specific areas, but will cause the biggest waves within the mobile payment sector.
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NewsApple unveils its smartwatch with Apple Pay capabilities
Technology giant Apple has revealed pricing for its much-anticipated Apple Watch device, available to customers around the world from April 24.
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InterviewQ&A: Home Retail boss John Walden discusses Digital High Streets Advisory Board
John Walden, chairman of the Digital High Streets Advisory Board, talks to Retail Week about his plans to transform the high street.
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NewsIndustry unveils plan to transform digital health of high streets by 2020
Retail industry leaders have unveiled a five-year strategy to “reinvigorate” UK high streets with a host of digital schemes.
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OpinionComment: Five things to consider when hijacking the news agenda
If content is king, then context is emperor when it comes to hijacking the news agenda, says Good Relations’ Anna Terrell.
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AnalysisStart-up of the week: Advertisement reward and insight platform Verticly
Start-ups in retail technology are growing and Retail Week is highlighting some of the best. This week Verticly is in the spotlight.