All Technology articles – Page 244
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AnalysisAnalysis: Six ways Facebook has changed retail
As Facebook celebrates its 10th birthday, Retail Week looks at how it has benefited retailers.
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NewsAsos boosts sales by 33% using real-time data
Asos increased sales by 33% in the four months to December 2013 using real-time pricing software that pulls in data from across the web to inform buying and merchandising decisions.
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OpinionComment: Why big data should be every retailer’s roadmap to the future
I was alarmed to read a piece in Retail Week entitled ‘Retailers are being blinded by big data’.
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AnalysisAnalysis: 14 mobile payment services Amazon's Kindle would compete with
The mobile payment market is one of the most innovative sectors in retail and last week it emerged Amazon is considering trying its hand, by turning the Kindle into a till.
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NewsTwitter eyes partnership for ecommerce venture
Twitter is mulling an ecommerce venture that could allow users to buy products directly from the site.
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GalleryStore gallery: Sephora, New York
Sephora is a brand that has come, been and gone in the UK and is, to a large extent, probably forgotten on these shores.
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OpinionComment: Online retailing has changed the rules of merchandising, says Facebook
Retailers have developed and refined the science of merchandising for hundreds of years, but the disruption of the internet and e-commerce has been an enormous catalyst of change for the industry
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AnalysisReport: Retail 2014 - industry leaders’ business priorities
Our Retail 2014 report, produced in association with Kurt Salmon, asked retail bosses about their outlook for the year ahead. Ben Cooper looks at the challenges and opportunities they face.
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GalleryIn pictures: Argos trials NFC technology to encourage app downloads
Argos is trialling near field communication (NFC) technology in its stores, using it to enable shoppers to download its app by scanning a code with a phone.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How do retailers achieve operational efficiency?
How do retailers achieve operational efficiency without compromising customer service?
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AnalysisClick-and-collect on the Tube: What do retailers need to know?
Tesco and Waitrose yesterday revealed they will be offering click-and-collect to London Underground passengers. Retail Week takes a look at the service.
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NewsShoppers steal £1.6bn from supermarket self-checkouts
Shoppers using self-checkouts stole more than £1.6bn from grocery retailers last year, according to new research.
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NewsAmazon considers using Kindles as checkouts
Amazon is considering adapting its Kindle tablet to allow bricks-and-mortar retailers to use them as checkouts.
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NewsHouse of Fraser to roll out queue-busting technology
House of Fraser is to roll out its queue-busting technology that reduces the time click-and-collect shoppers wait in store.
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NewsArgos opens London 'digital hub' to spur innovation
Argos has become the latest retailer to open a dedicated ‘digital hub’ to spur innovation and entrepreneurialism in the business.
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NewsUS retailer Kohls rolls out RFID technology
US department store Kohls is the latest retailer to announce it will be rolling out RFID technology across its stores.
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NewsDepartment store giant El Corte Inglés rolls out contactless payment
Spanish department store chain El Corte Inglés is rolling out a contactless payment system that will mean shoppers can pay using contactless cards and NFC-enabled phones.
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NewsTesco and Waitrose to open online collection points at tube stations
Tesco, Waitrose and automated parcel locker specialist InPost will follow Asda in opening grocery online collection points at London Underground stations.
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OpinionComment: Retailers are being blinded by big data
One of the most sensible and thought-provoking things that I heard last year was “you can’t use all the data that you’ve got and there is a fine line between personalised and creepy”.
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NewsMorrisons online executive George Dymond quits weeks after joining
George Dymond, the former Coles executive who was brought into Morrisons to oversee its online operation, has resigned just weeks after joining the grocer.