All Technology articles – Page 86
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AnalysisTech 100: The female tech leaders shaking up retail as we know it
RWRC has published its annual Tech 100 index celebrating the most innovative global technology leaders influencing retail. List editor Megan Dunsby discusses how the spotlight has shone on more female leaders than ever before but why there is still more work to be done
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NewsM&S creates food hub to ‘supercharge disruptive innovation’
Marks & Spencer is to establish a specialist food innovation team in the new year with a brief to “create industry-leading products and address some of the biggest sector-wide challenges”.
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Opinion‘Don’t even try to compete with Amazon this Black Friday’
It’s been a year fraught with difficulties and challenges almost from the outset, and now another huge test is looming for retailers.
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Retail VoiceNeed to know: Solutions simplifying selling across multi-marketplaces
Marketplaces are hot property as retailers look to capitalise on the recent explosion of ecommerce, which is only intensifying further as some parts of the UK navigate a second lockdown. These solutions are making it easier for businesses to buck this trend and reach more customers worldwide.
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Retail VoiceWhy digital innovation is less disruptive and easier than it sounds
Retail is an industry that has always needed to plan for the future. This is, after all, the sector that holds Christmas in July.
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AnalysisAmazon versus the EU – what are the implications for retail?
The clash between the European Union and etail giant Amazon is a case of ethics versus big data.
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OpinionFour ways to better merge physical and digital: lessons from global retail
How can retailers better merge the physical and digital worlds? Nicki Sprinz, managing director of digital experience agency ustwo, shares examples from around the world.
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DataRanking: Top 30 growth retailers led by Gymshark, Boohoo and Farfetch
Dominated by etailers, our latest Top 30 Growth Retailers ranking is critical reading in the run-up to Christmas as shoppers increasingly migrate online.
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NewsRetail sales rise in October boosted by pre-lockdown splurge
Retail sales recorded a year-on-year uplift in October, which British Retail Consortium (BRC) boss Helen Dickinson says demonstrated many retailers “finding their footing” prior to the second lockdown.
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Retail VoiceHow product experience helps drive ROI
In today’s retail market, it is not enough for websites to display a solitary product image with a few bullet points providing washing instructions. Consumers are looking for much more than this.
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NewsIn pictures: Fenwick unveils Newcastle Christmas window to 250,000 online
More than 250,000 viewers streamed the unveiling of Fenwick’s Christmas window at its Newcastle flagship.
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Opinion‘Retailers’ cash is stronger than expected, but the outlook has weakened’
HSBC UK head of retail and leisure James Sawley takes the temperature of retail performance and finances as a new lockdown begins.
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NewsTravis Perkins poaches Asda exec to helm digital transformation
Travis Perkins has snapped up long-standing Asda executive Phil Tenney to take up the role of chief information and technology officer, Retail Week can reveal.
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Retail VoiceHow augmented reality is bridging the digital divide in retail
With a retail peak that will predominantly play out online this year, especially given the new lockdown restrictions, Capita examines how technology can help keep customers happy
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OpinionMichael Jary: ‘New normal? Retail needs to get used to the new weird’
Back in March I wrote on Retail Week that coronavirus would bring a tipping point: a permanent change in industry structure. At the time some readers wondered whether I might be hyperbolising. It turns out I hardly knew the half of it.
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AnalysisRetailer-supplier collaboration key to reacting to market trends, says Kraft Heinz
Retailers and brands must boost collaboration in order to overcome data lags and ensure lightning-fast responses to market trends, Kraft Heinz Company vice president of EMEA marketing Victoria Sjardin has told Retail Week.
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NewsWalmart scraps use of Bossa Nova’s stock-checking robots
Walmart has cut ties with inventory robotics start-up Bossa Nova and will return to staff-based methods of stock-checking in its stores.
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Retail VoiceLessons for the West from China’s retail recovery
Asian markets, particularly China, are often looked at by those in the West as leaders in applying cutting-edge technology and innovation to the retail sector.
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Retail VoiceHow retailers can learn from Co-op’s tech-powered shopping journeys
While there is no way to future-proof a business, retailers can become future-ready by embracing new technologies and ways of operating. Diebold Nixdorf’s Matt Redwood says Co-op’s recent leveraging of self-service tech should act as an inspiration to others.
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NewsSteiner: Ocado acquisitions could pave way for move into new sectors
Ocado chief executive Tim Steiner says the group’s acquisition of two robotics firms could pave the way for the grocery pureplay to move into the general merchandise and fashion sectors in future.