All Innovation & disruption articles – Page 87
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NewsRetail Week Live: 'Innovation is critical', says Argos digital director Bertrand Bodson
Argos digital director Bertrand Bodson has said trialling innovations is critical in retail.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Wearables are coming as peripheries to existing devices, says Google MD
Google managing director Dan Cobley reveals what the future holds for wearable technology and the possibilities for retail.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Getting basics right isn't enough, shoppers want to be entertained
Getting the retail basics right is no longer enough, retailers “also have to do the frills” to create an experiential shopping environment.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Retailers must create positive in-store experiences
Retailers need to create positive experiences for customers in stores, speakers at Retail Week Live said today.
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NewsRetail Week Live: The Store CEO outlines high street's interconnected future
The high street has a very different, highly interconnected future, says The Store CEO.
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NewsRetail Week Live: UK entering sustained phase of growth for successful IPOs
The UK is entering a sustained phase of growth for successful IPOs thanks to a new generation of disruptive retailers.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Innovation is a retail buzzword - but what does it really mean?
‘Innovation’ is a buzzword among retailers, but what actually is innovation and what does it mean for retailers?
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NewsDavid Cameron announces £45m funding for internet of things
David Cameron has announced there will be an extra £45m worth of funding up for grabs for companies developing ‘internet of things’ technologies.
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OpinionComment: Technology drives ever-increasing pace of change
With 30,000 people in attendance, the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) annual conference in New York is one of the biggest events in the retail calendar.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Technological innovation in the spotlight at Retail Week Live
Digital entrepreneur and Kiddicare founder Scott Weavers-Wright will be sharing his insight into whether UK retailers are taking digital development sufficiently seriously at Retail Week Live.
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OpinionComment: Why retailers don't need to worry about Bitcoin
It’s coming. Soon the Bitcoin economy will exceed the value of a smaller real world currency and within a decade the BitCoin economy may exceed that of the British pound. At least that’s what the proponents would like us to believe.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retailers harness innovation as relationships with suppliers change
Dragons’ Den-style pitches from tech start-ups are just one of the new ways for retailers to harness innovation. Jon Severs finds out how retailers’ relationships with their technology suppliers are changing for good
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OpinionBlog: Retailers compete in the personalisation half-pipe
With the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games due to start this Friday, over 50 UK retailers have been competing in the final event of our retail omni-lympics – the personalisation half-pipe - which judges their ability to cater to all customers in an engaging way.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Technological transformation at NRF’s Big Show
Disruptive technologies are driving seismic change and nowhere is this more apparent than at the NRF’s Big Show conference.
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NewsShop Direct tests augmented reality to boost furniture sales
Etail group Shop Direct tests augmented reality technology to boost furniture sales
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AnalysisAnalysis: PowaTag - why retailers are interested in the mobile app
The launch of mobile app PowaTag has made a significant ripple in retail – more so than most technology product launches, and perhaps surprisingly so.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Geofencing tipped as hot trend for 2014
Geofencing is poised to be a major mobile trend of 2014 as retailers use location-based technology to deliver highly targeted advertising and promotions.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Could Volvo's delivery service be the future of online shopping?
Volvo is piloting a service that allows online orders to be delivered to cars. Katie Deighton speaks to Volvo chief information officer Klas Bendrik about the idea.
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AnalysisAnalysis: John Lewis' JLab - why retailers should court tech start-ups
John Lewis announced over the weekend it is to launch a £100,000 technology start-up incubator, JLab, in a bid to find the next big idea in retail.
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NewsJohn Lewis launches technology incubator JLab for start-ups
John Lewis is launching a start-up incubator, JLab, in a bid to tap into innovative ideas from smaller technology companies and start-ups.