All Technology articles – Page 221
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AnalysisAnalysis: The final pitches at John Lewis’s technology incubator JLab
The winner of John Lewis’s start-up competition will be announced on Sunday. Retail Week went to hear the final presentations from the five finalists.
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NewsMothercare to reveal new store designs this autumn as it bids for recovery
Mothercare will trial two new store designs this autumn as boss Mark Newton-Jones seeks to revive the retailer on the back of a £100m rights issue.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The six key elements of Mothercare's strategic plan
Mothercare hopes to raise £100m from a rights issue and has identified six key areas for investment. Retail Week looks at exactly where the money will be spent.
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OpinionComment: Mothercare's rights issue will allow focus on customers
Tight cost control is a retail basic but on its own it’s rarely enough to build a business and persuade the shopper to open her purse.
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AnalysisComment: Hackathon chair Nick Lansley on the winning ideas
As chairman of the Judging Panel for the inaugural Retail Week Hackathon, I can say on behalf of my fellow judges that we’ve witnessed some outstanding examples of innovation from a set of 10 inspiring teams.
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NewsVodafone acquires 140 Phones 4u stores as 628 head office staff made redundant
Phones 4u’s administrator has made 628 redundancies at its head office as Vodafone steps in to buy 140 stores and take on 887 of its employees.
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Retail Week Hackathon: Runner up Tesco Labs with the Coffee Lab app
The Tesco Labs team were runners up in the Retail Week hackathon with the queue cutting Coffee Lab app.
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NewsRetail Week Hackathon: Runner up Deloitte Digital with the Fit app
The Deloitte Digital team were runners up in the Retail Week hackathon with their Fit app, which digitised the in-store experience.
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NewsPhones 4u eleventh hour rescue deal ruled out by administrator
Phones 4u administrator PwC has ruled out a last minute rescue plan that would have involved the retailer’s bondholders taking part in a debt-for-equity swap.
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OpinionComment: How Burberry and Topshop use technology to put money in the till
London Fashion Week has once again highlighted the relentless convergence between retail and technology.
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NewsRiver Island invests to become 'multi-country, multichannel brand'
Fashion retailer River Island’s profits dipped in its last financial year because of “strong” investment in transforming itself into a “multi-country, multichannel brand”.
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NewsTech & Ecomm Summit: Dixons Carphone's IT overhaul will create 'huge benefit'
Dixons Carphone is overhauling its IT infrastructure to create a ‘huge competitive benefit’, according to its multichannel director Jeremy Fennell.
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AnalysisRetail Week Hackathon: Kega Retail win with seamless end-to-end technology
Basket abandonment is one of the biggest problems retailers face in the online shopping journey but winners of Retail Week’s first hackathon Kega Retail may have found a solution.
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NewsTech & Ecomm Summit: Retailers should embrace creative content, says BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed’s European advertising boss has urged retailers to embrace social media and imaginative content to engage with customers.
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NewsTech & Ecomm Summit: Shop Direct's UX lab helps it focus on customers not competitors
Bringing user experience labs in-house has changed Shop Direct’s culture to focus on the customer rather than its competitors.
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NewsTech & Ecomm Summit: Learn from other industries to innovate, says Volvo CIO
Innovation should come from industries that are external to your own, as well as within a sector, says Klas Bendrik, the chief information officer at Volvo.
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NewsTech & Ecomm Summit: Be proactive about start-ups, says Shop Direct
Retailers need to proactively find start-ups they want to work with, Shop Direct ecommerce director Jonathan Wall said at Retail Week’s Tech & Ecomm Summit.
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Retail Week Hackathon: Day One
Retail Week kicked off its 24 hour hackathon yesterday, as 10 teams battle it out to create the ultimate customer experience. Here’s how the first day went.
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NewsPhones 4u creditors ask EE and Vodafone to strike last-minute rescue deal
Phones 4u’s creditors are pressuring EE and Vodafone to revive supply contracts as part of a last-minute rescue bid.
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NewsTech & Ecomm Summit: Net-a-Porter launches designer version of Google Glass
Fashion etailer Net-a-Porter today launched a limited edition version of wearable tech Google Glass designed by Diane von Furstenberg.