All Technology articles – Page 245
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OpinionComment: How the Future Fifty scheme is helping fast growth retailers
Small, fast growth companies need a unique type of support. The Future Fifty programme aims to provide this.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Dixons, online sales, Burberry, BHS and Dunnes Stores
Retail news round-up on December 17, 2013: Dixons profits rocketed in its first half driven by UK arm, November online sales hit record high of £10.1bn and Burberry opens first stand-alone beauty store.
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OpinionComment: What are iBeacons and why should retailers care?
If you follow mobile tech or digital retail news, you will have heard about a mysterious new technology called iBeacons that seems to be being billed as changing everything in retail.
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AnalysisVirtual store tour: John Lewis Oxford Street mapped on Google Street View
In what the retailer is calling a retail first, John Lewis’ Oxford Street store is the first department store in the world to be fully mapped by Google Street View.
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NewsJohn Lewis trials mobile point-of-sale with transactional tablets
John Lewis is trialling mobile point of sale over the Christmas period in three stores as it ramps up its use of shopping technology.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The best video from 2013
Retail Week looks back over the 10 most popular videos of 2013.
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NewsIn pictures: Covent Garden market rolls out PayPal mobile payment app
Covent Garden’s Apple Market has rolled out PayPal Here, allowing retailers to accept payment using a smartphone or tablet device.
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AnalysisIn pictures: 7 great Christmas innovations
Christmas is no longer just a time for giving. It’s also a time for adverts, Sales, and increasingly, innovation. Rebecca Thomson charts some of the best ideas to emerge in the past two months
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AnalysisAnalysis: The 10 most popular store galleries of 2013
Retail Week looks back over the 10 most popular store galleries of 2013.
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NewsAmazon makes over 2.5 million price changes a day
Amazon implemented more than 2.5 million prices changes a day during November, according to price data from intelligence firm Profitero.
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NewsArgos new digital stores hit by technology problems
Multichannel retailer Argos has been hit by technology glitches affecting its new-model digital stores in its peak trading period.
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OpinionBlog: Harris + Hoole holds a hackathon for mobile app ideas
If you’re ever unsure about what to do next to improve your mobile app, it’s worth taking a leaf out of Harris + Hoole’s book.
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NewsGuinness World Record established for speedy check-out scanning
A Guinness World Record has been established for scanning items at the barcode celebrates its 40th anniversary.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The 7 biggest multichannel stories of 2013
Retail Week looks back over the 7 most popular multichannel stories from 2013.
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NewsTesco Metro launches augmented reality store fronts
Tesco has launched interactive Christmas window shops in twelve Metro stores around the country, including on Regent Street, with augmented reality technology enabling shoppers to scan and shop using their mobile phones.
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AnalysisMapped: London's retail and technology start-ups
London is full to bursting of innovative technology start-ups, many of which are directly or indirectly related to retail.
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OpinionComment: Are retailers becoming media companies that happen to sell products?
Tesco was back in the news this week, after Philip Clarke once again claimed that the grocer’s strategy will ultimately lead it to success – despite its third quarter like-for-like fall in sales.
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NewsEtailers Ao.com, Photobox and Achica selected for Future Fifty programme
Etailers including Ao.com, Photobox and Achica.com have been named in the second wave of 25 companies to join Shoreditch-based initiative Tech City UK’s Future Fifty programme.
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NewsGovernment unveils £1bn support package for high streets and pledges to tackle parking
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has unveiled a £1bn package of support to boost UK high streets including tackling parking.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Highlights from Retail Week’s free Innovation Review report
From mannequins that can track the age, race and sex of retail customers, to fingerprint imaging that can activate bank cards, technological innovations are transforming the retail environment.