All Innovation & disruption articles – Page 91
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NewsThe Hut launches £5,000 personalisation challenge for students
Etailer The Hut Group has launched a £5,000 programming contest challenging computer science students to make personalised user recommendations.
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AnalysisInnovation: Macy's trials Bluetooth transmitters
Macy’s - ever the mobile innovator - is trialling a service that uses Bluetooth location-sensing technology.
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GalleryIn pictures: Morrisons unveils its innovative 'lab' store in Preston
Morrisons has ratcheted up its focus on innovation with a new testing ground store in Preston as it attempts to inject dramatic retail theatre into its offer.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The 6 biggest retail technology stories of 2013
Retail Week looks back over the 6 biggest retail technology stories from 2013.
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NewsVideo: Inside Tesco's Erith dotcom centre
Tesco opened its seventh dotcom centre in Erith at the end of October.
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OpinionComment: Amazon drones on about its innovation – but are delivery octocopters future fact or fiction?
By 2018 our cities are set to be a lot busier, according to Amazon. Not only will we need to watch out for traffic and the umbrellas of jostling commuters as we walk down the street, we will also need to look out in the skies for descending drones – or octocopters as Amazon calls them.
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OpinionComment: Tesco's Mike McNamara on the grocer's latest technology innovations
The Innovation Team at Tesco never stops thinking about how we can use technology to help our colleagues and customers.
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NewsVideo: Amazon trials unmanned drones to deliver customer orders
Online retail giant Amazon is testing unmanned drones that could deliver products within 30 minutes of a customer placing an order.
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AnalysisInnovation watch: Tokyo chocolate shops providing gender-specific treats and candy theatre
Two very different, but innovative, confectionery concepts deliver experiential retail to sweet-toothed Tokyo residents.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How technology is fuelling Tesco's multichannel ambitions
Tesco home shopping managing director Simon Belsham has said technology is the key to creating a truly multichannel retailer.
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AnalysisDigital wallets: What do retailers need to know?
Visa has launched its digital wallet, V.me, across Europe and says it hopes 4,000 merchants will have signed up by January.
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OpinionComment: eBay's festive panto provides shopping inspiration... and fun
Those good people at eBay have a knack at capturing both zeitgeist and Christmas spirit every year.
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NewsBarker & Stonehouse plans augmented reality website
Furniture retailer Barker & Stonehouse is planning to launch an augmented reality website next year as it reveals an increase in sales and profits.
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NewsPop-up space provider Appear Here secures £1m funding
Appear Here, the online marketplace for short-term retail space, has secured £1m funding to grow the business across the UK.
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NewsAmazon in talks to open collection lockers in tube stations
Amazon is in discussions with Transport for London (TfL) to install collection lockers for its orders in London Underground stations.
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NewsTesco trials electronic shelf-edge pricing in the UK
Tesco has extended its electronic shelf-edge label trial to a UK store, following trials of the technology in Hungary.
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AnalysisInnovation: Barneys combines visual art with Jay-Z collaboration for Christmas displays
Luxury department store Barneys in New York has collaborated with visual artist Joanie Lemercier and music icon Shawn ‘Jay Z’ Carter to create interactive multimedia Christmas window displays.
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AnalysisInnovation watch: Lipstick retailer Bite Lip Lab offers in-store production
All-natural lip care company BITE’s first standalone store openly displays the production process and offers customers a truly personal experience.
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OpinionComment: Engaging with digital enablers will separate retail's winners and losers
Every start-up faces a decision: disrupt or engage.
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AnalysisInnovation: Ebay and Westfield launch digital shopfronts
Ebay and Westfield Labs have teamed up in the US to launch three digital storefronts for the Christmas season.