All Technology articles – Page 248
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AnalysisIn pictures: 7 great Christmas innovations
Christmas is no longer just a time for giving. It’s also a time for adverts, Sales, and increasingly, innovation. Rebecca Thomson charts some of the best ideas to emerge in the past two months
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AnalysisAnalysis: The 10 most popular store galleries of 2013
Retail Week looks back over the 10 most popular store galleries of 2013.
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NewsAmazon makes over 2.5 million price changes a day
Amazon implemented more than 2.5 million prices changes a day during November, according to price data from intelligence firm Profitero.
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NewsArgos new digital stores hit by technology problems
Multichannel retailer Argos has been hit by technology glitches affecting its new-model digital stores in its peak trading period.
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OpinionBlog: Harris + Hoole holds a hackathon for mobile app ideas
If you’re ever unsure about what to do next to improve your mobile app, it’s worth taking a leaf out of Harris + Hoole’s book.
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NewsGuinness World Record established for speedy check-out scanning
A Guinness World Record has been established for scanning items at the barcode celebrates its 40th anniversary.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The 7 biggest multichannel stories of 2013
Retail Week looks back over the 7 most popular multichannel stories from 2013.
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NewsTesco Metro launches augmented reality store fronts
Tesco has launched interactive Christmas window shops in twelve Metro stores around the country, including on Regent Street, with augmented reality technology enabling shoppers to scan and shop using their mobile phones.
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AnalysisMapped: London's retail and technology start-ups
London is full to bursting of innovative technology start-ups, many of which are directly or indirectly related to retail.
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OpinionComment: Are retailers becoming media companies that happen to sell products?
Tesco was back in the news this week, after Philip Clarke once again claimed that the grocer’s strategy will ultimately lead it to success – despite its third quarter like-for-like fall in sales.
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NewsEtailers Ao.com, Photobox and Achica selected for Future Fifty programme
Etailers including Ao.com, Photobox and Achica.com have been named in the second wave of 25 companies to join Shoreditch-based initiative Tech City UK’s Future Fifty programme.
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NewsGovernment unveils £1bn support package for high streets and pledges to tackle parking
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has unveiled a £1bn package of support to boost UK high streets including tackling parking.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Highlights from Retail Week’s free Innovation Review report
From mannequins that can track the age, race and sex of retail customers, to fingerprint imaging that can activate bank cards, technological innovations are transforming the retail environment.
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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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OpinionComment: Amazon drones are not just pie in the sky
An inspired vision of the future for online delivery or an extravagant PR stunt designed to coincide with Cyber Monday?
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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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NewsFeelunique.com targets £100m turnover by 2015
Feelunique.com is expecting to generate £40m turnover in its full-year figures, as it aims to become a £100m retailer within the next two years.
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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.