All Technology articles – Page 268
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Opinion
Blog: Mobile couch potatoes help rack up record online sales
Online shopping stats from our e-commerce platform, FrescaCommerce have revealed a new trend. It seems more and more of us are tuning in, switching on, and checking out while watching TV.
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Opinion
Blog: Mobile couch potatoes help rack up record online sales
Online shopping stats from our e-commerce platform, FrescaCommerce have revealed a new trend. It seems more and more of us are tuning in, switching on, and checking out while watching TV.
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OpinionBlog: The BT Retail Week Technology Awards have launched
The BT Retail Week Technology awards have now launched, and they’re a great way both to highlight your hard work this year and to help boost the profile of technology in retail.
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Opinion
Blog: NRF 2013 - record numbers, reduced effort and virtual bears
It’s in New York and it’s billed as Retail’s Big Show, so I didn’t need to be asked twice! And along with more than 27,000 other delegates at the 102nd National Retail Federation conference, we helped to make Retail’s Big Show the biggest ever.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retail 2013 - The year to come in UK retail
Leading UK senior executives reveal their expectations for the next 12 months in our Retail 2013 report in association with Kurt Salmon.
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OpinionRetail Surgery: With so many online platforms available, how can I improve customer engagement?
With so many online platforms available, how can I improve customer engagement?
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NewsFashion retailers sign up for virtual changing rooms
Retailers Superdry, LK Bennett, Adidas, Hugo Boss and Nicole Farhi are to install virtual changing rooms online.
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OpinionBlog: It's an etail world, but don't over promise
By now we all know that most retailers should be embracing online. It was by far the stand out performer over Christmas, according to the British Retail Consortium, and is the area where much of a retailer’s investment is going at the moment.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Highlights from NRF 2013
International expansion, new technology and retailers’ impact on society were all on the agenda at this year’s National Retail Federation (NRF).
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OpinionComment: There is no longer a 'new or normal'
Multi-channel, cross-channel, omni-channel, any-channel, ecommerce, m-commerce, f-commerce, s-commerce - what does it all mean?
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NewsSainsbury's extends logistics contract with iForce
Sainsbury’s has extended its contract with logistics provider iForce.
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NewsFortnum & Mason records profit slump after IT investment
Upmarket food department store Fortnum & Mason has reported a fall in annual profits as it was hit by IT problems in the run up to Christmas 2011.
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OpinionBlog: Currys is making the most of Pinterest
Last year there was a huge buzz about Pinterest, hailed as the next big thing in social media.
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OpinionComment: Will 2013 be the year contactless payments take off?
When was the last time you made a chip and pin payment? For many the answer will be today. The response to the same question about contactless payments, however, is likely to be never.
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OpinionBlog: NRF's big size triggers big ideas
The NRF conference in New York was bigger than ever this year – rumours of 27,500 attendees were circulating on the Tuesday against 25,000 last year.
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NewsNRF: Shoppers want global retail experience tailored for local needs
Shoppers demand a global retail experience, yet they want it localised for their needs and expectations, according to research which shows that Amazon is consumers’ top choice.
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OpinionBlog: Themes at NRF conference highlight diversity of retail industry
Many of the themes at NRF are familiar to most – omnichannel is everywhere, international expansion is the holy grail, shrinking store estates and the effects on the high street are on retailers’ minds.
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NewsNRF: Retail in midst of 'seismic change', says Starbucks chief
Retail is in the midst of a “seismic change” caused by technology that is making mobile “mission critical”, Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz said at the NRF conference on Monday.
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NewsNRF: Macys.com plans Amazon-style internal data-driven testing
US department store chain Macy’s is planning to develop an internal testing capability that will enable it to use data analytics in a similar way to online giant Amazon.
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NewsNRF: Uggs-owner Deckers Outdoor invests in technology before expansion
Deckers Outdoor, the parent of footwear retailers including Ugg, has invested in technology to enable it to glean real-time insight into item and store sales as it ramps up global expansion.