All Technology articles – Page 246
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OpinionComment: Technology can't replace retail basics
What a weird and wonderful retail world we inhabit. Retail Week’s September Technology supplement talked about the blurring of the boundaries between the virtual and physical space.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why technology innovation is becoming as important as product innovation
Technological innovation is radically changing shopping and retailers have realised they can’t be passive observers in this process. Rebecca Thomson finds out what they are doing.
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Opinion
Blog: Personally designed diamonds on iPads at DeBeers
The luxury market has often excelled in the digital sphere – it has the money to spend and the motivation because brands are keen to try something that will make them stand out.
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NewsGoogle launches retailer certification scheme
Retailers including Schuh have signed up to Google’s new certification service, Google Certified Shops.
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NewsMorrisons grows new customers by 150% using phone data
Morrisons has increased its number of new and reactivated customers by 150% by targeting postal areas where people shopped with other grocers.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How are etailers investing and innovating to rip down barriers to online shopping?
The quest to make online shopping as quick and convenient as possible has accelerated this year as retailers excelled themselves with slick fulfilment and innovative partnerships.
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NewsShop Direct posts first pre-tax profit in 10 years
Etailer Shop Direct has reported its first pre-tax profit in 10 years despite sales edging up just 1%.
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OpinionBlog: Upwardly mobile - the 34th floor pop-up department store
If you’re going to open a department store for just one day, location is everything. So choosing to set up shop at the top of one of London’s 10 most difficult places to get into might not sound like the best business idea. But it worked…
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AnalysisDigital receipts: What do retailers need to know?
As digital receipts business eReceipts reveals a raft of new retailers have begun using its service, Retail Week takes a look at the technology.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retailers’ fight to stop shopper loyalty waning
Technology has made it easier for consumers to shop around, but retailers are hitting back and using digital innovations and traditional techniques to amass loyal followings.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on online grocery sales, Mothercare and Debenhams
Retail news round-up October 24, 2013: Online grocery sales to double in five European markets; Mothercare appoints group director of communications; and Debenhams hires Forward3D
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OpinionComment: Apple’s issue with the HMV app is no surprise
The spat that broke out between HMV and Apple over the iOS version of the Hilco-owned retailer’s music app has inevitably been positioned as a clash between old and new.
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OpinionComment: The technology trends and start-ups retailers need to know about
When 3 major UK retailers went bust right after Christmas last year in early January 2013, we should have all known that something fundamental was changing in people’s buying behaviour.
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OpinionComment: Technology is the best opportunity we've had to attract shoppers to stores
The structural shift in shopping habits due to of the pace of technological change is an area that shopping centres must address and capitalise on.
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OpinionComment: Retailers are set to get more serious about dynamic pricing
Price optimisation is a hot topic for retailers. But this can result in frequent price changes and, manually executed, these changes are time consuming and expensive.
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NewsRetailers will adopt airline-style flexible pricing, predicts Kingfisher boss Cheshire
Retailers could soon be using ‘dynamic pricing’ based on demand and time of day in the same way that airlines and hotels do, according to Kingfisher’s Ian Cheshire.
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NewsArgos appoints M&S executive to new head of commercial transformation role
Argos has raided Marks & Spencer to poach Adam Archer who will take up the newly created role of head of commercial transformation.
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OpinionComment: Potential Amazon tie-up with HTC highlights the power of partnerships
It sounds like Amazon is thinking about developing a range of three smartphones with handset manufacturer HTC in the face of increased competition from both Apple and Google.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How retailers can show showrooming the door
Showrooming is a hot topic for retailers but, as discussed at a Retail Week and Telefónica O2 roundtable, plenty can be done to tackle and even exploit the trend.
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NewsAsda aims for a monster Halloween with augmented reality game
Asda hopes to have a spooktacular Halloween as it rolls out its Big Shop of Horrors this weekend.