All Apple articles – Page 18
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Opinion
Comment: 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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Analysis
Analysis: 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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Analysis
Digital 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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Opinion
Comment: 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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Opinion
Comment: Apple's removal of HMV's app highlights risks of doing business with rivals
Apple’s removal of the HMV app from its App Store has created more waves than the retailer’s long-awaited digital return itself.
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News
Apple removes HMV music app from its App Store
The innovative HMV app that launched last week has been temporarily removed from the iOS App Store by owner Apple despite the tech giant previously approving the app.
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Opinion
Comment: Why Apple needs Ahrendts
The arrival of Angela Ahrendts at Apple may signify a change in the retailer’s stores that is fast becoming due.
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Opinion
Comment: 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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Opinion
Comment: Burberry's new boss Christopher Bailey faces a shift in the luxury retail landscape
As Angela Ahrendts moves on to take a senior post at Apple, Burberry’s incoming chief executive could be facing a shift in the geography of the luxury retail landscape.
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Opinion
Comment: Can Burberry's Angela Ahrendts reinstate innovation in Apple's stores?
Apple struggled to find someone to fill the Ron Johnson-shaped whole left in its exec team, when the former head of retail moved on to become the chief executive of JCPenney.
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Opinion
Comment: What's next for Burberry under Christopher Bailey's leadership?
The news that Burberry’s CEO Angela Ahrendts is stepping down next year to join Apple, has allowed digital enthusiast and Burberry chief creative officer, Christopher Bailey, to take the helm.
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Analysis
Analysis: J Crew chairman Mickey Drexler profiled
Having been involved in some of the greatest US retail success stories of the past three decades, the indomitable American is now bringing J Crew to the UK.
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News
Apple comes bottom in retail website rankings
Apple has come bottom of the rankings in a report studying the usability of the 25 top retail websites in the UK.
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Analysis
Analysis: Brainwaves and neuromarketing - how retailers can use psychology to influence shoppers
Powerful psychological techniques influence shopper behaviour and the science behind them is becoming more sophisticated, reports Rebecca Thomson.
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Opinion
Comment: Product curation adds value to shopping
Working in executive search means that every week I have the privilege of talking to interesting people.
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Analysis
Analysis: How can retailers prepare for the mobile revolution?
As mobile technology continues to influence the virtual and physical shopping experience, Jon Severs looks at how retailers can prepare for the mobile revolution.
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News
Digital innovations steal the limelight at London Fashion Week
Trailblazing digital retail technology had a flashbulb-moment alongside catwalk models as retailers put innovation centre stage for London Fashion Week.
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Analysis
Analysis: PayPal and Apple ramp up the mobile payments race
Apple and PayPal have both unveiled big mobile developments in the past fortnight. Rebecca Thomson surveys the rapidly shifting mobile payment landscape.
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News
Tesco to enter tablet market next week with own-brand device
Tesco will unveil its own-brand tablet on September 23, as it aims to take a share of the rapidly growing tablet market.
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Opinion
Analysis: Why fingerprinting could change the direction of payments
By building fingerprinting technology into its new phone, Apple has moved the goalposts in the way that it usually does - with thought and care, but without giving a final answer.