All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 141
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AnalysisAnalysis: Virtual fashion, gamification and AI ambivalence
“Business models is one of the biggest areas of innovation happening today. Uber, Rent the Runway, Airbnb – they didn’t invent anything, they just changed the business model and that changed the market.”
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NewsZalando ‘boosts green credentials’ with sustainability initiative
Zalando is aiming to do more on sustainability issues by launching a feature on its website that will only suggest items from sustainable retailers.
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VideoInsights on tomorrow’s retail from Tech. 2019
The team picks their highlights from this year’s Tech. 2019 festival, including a debate on whether the mobile phone is ‘dead’.
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VideoThredUp co-founder on being the ‘sustainability solution for the whole closet’
Chris Homer, co-founder and chief technology officer of US online clothes resale platform ThredUp, talks about working with retailers to help them have a role in the circular economy, and says coming to the UK is a matter of ‘when not if’.
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NewsRent the Runway CTO on why it shuns fit technology ‘gimmicks’
Rent the Runway’s tech boss has insisted the business will not use “gimmick” technology in a bid to help customers select the right-sized garments online.
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NewsPicnic expands into return logistics
Dutch pureplay grocer Picnic is running a pilot that allows its customers to return online purchases from many retailers, according to its technology boss.
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NewsIkea set to launch UK app following ‘heavy investment’
Ikea has a host of new technologies in the pipeline to ensure it adapts to the “new global retail reality”.
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VideoWhat Kingfisher is doing to attract the best tech talent
Kingfisher digital director Andy Wolfe tells Tech. that a retailer’s social purpose is key to attracting tech talent, and he sets out what needs to be done to encourage more women into tech and engineering roles in the industry.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Lewis is planning Tesco’s future, not just succession
There was one moment in Dave Lewis’ penultimate press conference as Tesco chief executive this morning that perfectly encapsulated his transformative tenure.
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VideoGraze’s boss on taking its ‘lab’ technology to FMCG giant Unilever
Anthony Fletcher, chief executive of healthy snack retailer Graze, now part of FMCG titan Unilever, says the tech community is the number one asset of being based in London and tells us why he’s excited about its latest venture, Graze Labs.
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VideoShop Direct tech boss on transforming the business with ‘agile squads’
Andy Burton, group chief technology officer at Shop Direct, tells us how the online retailer is becoming more agile and innovative in how it works, how to get staff to buy in, and what retail has in common with the gambling industry.
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VideoPicnic’s CTO on how the innovative online grocer is growing at speed
The chief technology officer of fast-growing Dutch online grocer Picnic, Daniel Gebler, tells us how it is ‘taking friction away from customers’ to make supermarket shopping ‘simple, affordable and fun for everybody’.
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NewsJD.com chief: Retailer and brand collaboration will create new sources of value
The value of product will become less important to retailers in future but product will instead open the door to new sources of value, the bosses of Chinese ecommerce giant JD.com believe.
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OpinionOpinion: How retail has changed over the past 10 years
As I sat down to write this column it dawned on me that next month is my 10th anniversary as a Retail Week columnist.
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OpinionOpinion: Thomas Cook is a victim of demand for personalisation
It is often written that younger consumers value experiences more than actual products. A lot that is written about ‘millennials’ is often lazy stereotyping, but there is something about their desire for experiences that rings true.
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Report StoreTech 100 2019: The innovators shaping the future of commerce
Retail Week’s Tech 100 index gives you the lowdown on the 100 most influential people shaping the future of commerce through technology and digital innovation.
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NewsAsos makes delivery price U-turn after customer feedback
Asos has made a U-turn on increasing its premier delivery cost after receiving feedback from customers.
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NewsAuxiliary launches ‘immersive’ AR experience with Selfridges
Premium footwear brand Auxiliary has launched an exclusive AR experience in Selfridges on Oxford Street in London.
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NewsIdeal Shopping Direct back in the black after changes at the top
Ideal Shopping Direct has swung from heavy losses to an expected profit in less than a year, spearheaded by a number of new senior appointments.