All Technology articles – Page 77
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AnalysisFacebook dominates marketing spend with TikTok gaining ground, 59 CEOs reveal
Retailers are ploughing marketing spend into social networks to reach consumers in the digital spaces where they spend their time, a new Retail Week report reveals.
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AnalysisSuper Thursday delivers a Christmas cracker – but is the retail party over?
Despite surging numbers of Covid-19 cases and a perfect storm of external pressures threatening to derail the golden quarter, retail has delivered a merry Christmas. What did Super Thursday’s trading updates tell us about the sector’s seasonal performance – and the year ahead?
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NewsHalfords and Poundland post golden-quarter growth
Halfords and Pepco, which owns Poundland, have both reported quarterly sales growth despite ongoing challenges presented by the pandemic.
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NewsAsos festive sales increase despite ‘challenging’ market conditions
Asos has posted an uplift in Christmas sales across the UK and US, but interim boss Mat Dunn flagged that supply chain issues drove “heightened clearance activity” over the festive period.
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NewsTesco upgrades profit guidance as festive sales rise
Tesco has reported an uplift in sales over the Christmas period as its share of customer grocery spend online and in store hit a four-year high.
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Retail VoiceWill 2022 be the year retailers get real about the metaverse?
It’s high time retailers embraced the huge tech opportunities of the metaverse, otherwise they risk being left behind, warns Joost De Bot, vice-president and general manager EMEA at Jitterbit.
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AnalysisThe most bankable retail trends of 2022
With Christmas 2021 now over, Retail Week unpacks the key consumer trends and asks what they could mean for the golden quarter in 2022.
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Retail VoiceThe supply chain situation room: managing January returns
Retailers must ensure their returns experience is as slick as possible says Akash Gupta, chief technology officer at GreyOrange.
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AnalysisFour emerging DTC players that should be on every retailer’s radar in 2022
Retail Week’s Tech 100 index recently celebrated the people shaping the new digital retail ecosystem. Among those featured were leaders making headway in DTC alongside those transforming sustainability, CX, automation, social commerce and more.
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NewsGousto wins new investment valuing it at almost $2bn
Recipe box specialist Gousto has raised $150m (£111m) to finance expansion in the developing direct-to-consumer market.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Next boss Wolfson’s five key questions that will shape retail in 2022
Next beat expectations over Christmas but chief executive Lord Wolfson, one of the industry’s most respected leaders, said that working out prospects for the year ahead was “unusually difficult”.
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NewsOnline shopping drives 2021 consumer spending above pre-pandemic levels
A surge in online shopping, pet ownership and streaming subscriptions saw consumer spending in 2021 surpass 2019 levels.
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AnalysisWhat’s new for 2022? Tesco, Primark and Kingfisher bosses predict the year ahead
After almost two years of upheaval sparked by the coronavirus crisis, what comes next for retail? From climate change to customer service, purpose to personalisation, bosses of some of Britain’s biggest retailers predict the trends and themes that will dominate 2022.
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Opinion‘Five key themes will drive success in fashion and retail in 2022’
Given its exposure to the ebbs and flows of Covid-19, the fashion industry has been a useful bellwether for the wider retail landscape.
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AnalysisWho will be the retail winners and losers of 2022?
Which retailers will fly and flop in the year to come? We asked retail experts to share their tips for 2022.
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NewsAmazon teams up with Barclays to launch ‘buy now, pay later’ service
Amazon has partnered with Barclays to offer its UK customers a new buy now, pay later service.
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AnalysisFive unmissable insights from Retail Week Live to lead you into 2022
At Retail Week Live 2021, leaders from all corners of the sector spoke on topics such as sustainability, the future of work, customer-centricity and experience, as well as looking ahead to the metaverse, livestreaming and gaming
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AnalysisThe 12 stories that rocked retail in 2021
2021 was a huge year for retail news. From surprise acquisitions and shock departures to new arrivals and supply chain woes, here are the stories that shook the industry
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AnalysisServe yourself: Could checkout staff become obsolete?
Self-checkouts have become commonplace across the grocery sector – but as other sectors jump on the bandwagon, could it soon become the status quo?
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NewsIn The Style earnings fall amid ‘higher than anticipated’ return rates
In The Style has suffered a fall in half-year profits after being hit by supply chain challenges and “higher than anticipated” return rates.