All Technology articles – Page 102
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Retail VoiceHow retailers can prepare for Industry 4.0
As we advance into the fourth industrial revolution, knowing how to take advantage of new technology will be key
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NewsFlipkart to launch online grocery business FarmerMart
Walmart-owned Flipkart has unveiled plans to enter the grocery market in its native India.
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NewsAmazon rolls out new fashion search tool in UK
Amazon has rolled out its AI-powered fashion search tool to UK users of its mobile app, which enables customers to “shop visually” for the products they want.
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NewsThe Entertainer appoints ‘most significant’ role in recent years
The Entertainer has hired former TK Maxx and White Stuff director Julie Price as its chief transformation officer in what founder Gary Grant called its “most significant hire in recent years”.
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NewsLidl hiring for digital role as it mulls online delivery service launch
Lidl is hiring for a digital project manager as the grocer is poised to launch its first online platform for customers.
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Retail VoiceHow digitisation can safeguard global trade
As the global market feels the ripple effects of Brexit, trade wars and customs systems roll-outs, AEB International’s managing director Geoff Taylor explains why digitisation is the best strategy for maintaining the global supply chain
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InterviewInterview: Gousto founder’s ingredients for grocery success
Gousto’s chief executive and founder Timo Boldt talks attracting tech talent, democratising home food delivery and how the big four supermarkets have “lost the licence to innovate”.
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AnalysisWhat retail supply chains must look like in 2020
Retail Week’s Supply Chain 2020 report reveals how retailers are winning in the first and final mile through analysis of the latest trends
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Report StoreInternational Retail Index 2019
Driving innovation, embracing new tech platforms and speedier fulfilment are some of the characteristics defining international success, a new 30-retailer benchmarking report finds.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Social media and partnerships will shape tomorrow's world
Highlights from the second day on the Retail Re-engineered stage at Tech. 2019 included a debate on what makes a tech leader and whether digital transformation really exists. Following on from day one’s five lessons, here are five more takeaways from day two.
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NewsMarks & Spencer appoints first head of data science
Marks & Spencer has hired its first head of data science as its pushes forward with its drive to become a digital-first business.
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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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VideoMicrosoft’s Shelley Bransten: ‘Stores are alive and well’
Shelley Bransten, Microsoft’s corporate vice president, retail and CPG, on why stores are being reimagined and remain an important part of any retailer’s strategy, and the cultural changes the tech giant has made to increase diversity in its workforce.
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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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VideoKroger data science chief: ‘Innovation doesn’t happen at the top’
Scott Crawford, head of ‘Enable the Science’ at 84.51° – US supermarket giant Kroger’s data and science company – tells us how it empowers staff on the front line to take the lead on innovation and make things happen with new ideas and truly disruptive technology.
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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.