All Technology articles – Page 270
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NewsTesco uses virtual reality to speed up range reviews and boost sales
Tesco is using virtual reality technology to improve its merchandising and range reviews, allowing buyers to better plan which products appear on shelves.
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OpinionComment: PCI Security Problems - the practical versus the perfect
Security rules are wonderful things and nowhere are they more needed than in retail and payment card data. But there is a common criticism of the organization that handles such matters.
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NewsTopshop innovates with Google to offer digital fashion show experience
Topshop has partnered with Google to live stream every aspect of its fashion show this weekend from the view of the model on the catwalk to the make-up artist backstage.
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OpinionBlog: Getting the multichannel basics right
2013 is likely to be the year of getting the basics right – from returns to delivery, the so-called basics of multichannel retailing are those areas where customer expectations tend to be highest at the moment.
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NewsPrimark wants to be online but says business model doesn’t work
Primark has said it wants to have an online presence but the economics of trading online would currently make it impossible for the fashion retailer to trade profitably.
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Opinion
Blog: Cash management - retail’s boring revolution
With a prime spot at the biggest retail showcase in the world, astoundingly some exhibitors were presenting the mundane and unattractive. In a sea of glamorous assistants, the latest innovations and multi-million pound stands, were these people super-brave or super-crazy?
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OpinionBlog: Home shopping retailer JML launches mobile website
Home shopping retailer JML has become the latest to cash in on the surge in mobile browsing and purchasing with the launch of a mobile website.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Global innovations that could change the retail world
Technological innovation has become the new space race, and retailers are jostling to get ahead of the competition. Rebecca Thomson highlights 19 examples of innovation across the globe.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Six key investment priorities for IT directors in 2013
What technology will retailers be spending on this year? Martec International’s IT in Retail Report, sponsored by JDA, uses information from 150 IT directors across the retail industry on their plans for IT investment in 2013.
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Opinion
Blog: Big ideas from the Big Apple
It’s a tough time for traditional retailers – as the number of prominent casualties on the UK high street in recent weeks testifies.
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NewsJohn Lewis on IT recruitment drive
John Lewis is set to expand its IT team by another 100 people, taking its in-house team to 400.
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NewsMarks & Spencer launches digital lab to fuel multichannel growth
Department store Marks & Spencer has created a specialist unit to experiment with and develop retail technology as part of its long-term growth strategy.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Industry leaders talk bricks and clicks at Retail Week Live
The shopping experience and the store’s role in a multichannel environment will feature strongly at Retail Week Live 2013. Anna Richardson-Taylor previews the big themes.
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Opinion
Blog: Mobile couch potatoes help rack up record online sales
Online shopping stats from our e-commerce platform, FrescaCommerce have revealed a new trend. It seems more and more of us are tuning in, switching on, and checking out while watching TV.
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Opinion
Blog: Mobile couch potatoes help rack up record online sales
Online shopping stats from our e-commerce platform, FrescaCommerce have revealed a new trend. It seems more and more of us are tuning in, switching on, and checking out while watching TV.
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OpinionBlog: The BT Retail Week Technology Awards have launched
The BT Retail Week Technology awards have now launched, and they’re a great way both to highlight your hard work this year and to help boost the profile of technology in retail.
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Opinion
Blog: NRF 2013 - record numbers, reduced effort and virtual bears
It’s in New York and it’s billed as Retail’s Big Show, so I didn’t need to be asked twice! And along with more than 27,000 other delegates at the 102nd National Retail Federation conference, we helped to make Retail’s Big Show the biggest ever.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retail 2013 - The year to come in UK retail
Leading UK senior executives reveal their expectations for the next 12 months in our Retail 2013 report in association with Kurt Salmon.
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OpinionRetail Surgery: With so many online platforms available, how can I improve customer engagement?
With so many online platforms available, how can I improve customer engagement?
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NewsFashion retailers sign up for virtual changing rooms
Retailers Superdry, LK Bennett, Adidas, Hugo Boss and Nicole Farhi are to install virtual changing rooms online.