All Technology articles – Page 94
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AnalysisSolving the online profitability challenge: lessons from Sainsbury’s, Next and more
In Retail Week’s new report, Counting the cost: solving the online profitability challenge, we reveal how to ensure your ecommerce model is both profitable and future-proofed.
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VideoRetail Horizon: AO and Pret on the power of partnerships post-Covid
Leaders from Pret a Manger and AO have revealed why partnerships will be “crucial” to the future strategies of their businesses as they adapt amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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VideoWatch: Christmas delivery a major challenge, says The Entertainer’s Gary Grant
The founder and executive chairman of The Entertainer said volumes were up nearly 500% during the first national lockdown and that the retailer is forward- planning to avoid the capacity and shipping challenges it faced during that period.
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Retail VoiceHow UK consumers are shopping differently for Christmas this year
Though not many people know exactly what they’ll be doing on Christmas Day this year, that doesn’t mean consumers are leaving their festive planning until the last minute. In fact, the opposite is true.
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NewsVery poaches BBC tech director as new chief information officer
The Very Group has poached the BBC’s tech director Matt Grest to take on the role of chief information officer.
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AnalysisTech 100: The leaders and disruptors driving innovation in 2020
RWRC has revealed its annual index of the global leaders powering retail innovation. Spanning all sectors – from start-ups and disruptors to investors and established brands.
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Retail VoiceHow retailers can use tech to maximise sales
Retail is cut-throat. In order to avoid more closures and layoffs, retailers need to implement the right tech to maximise sales and revenue, says John Bates, chief executive of Eggplant.
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AnalysisTech 100: The female tech leaders shaking up retail as we know it
RWRC has published its annual Tech 100 index celebrating the most innovative global technology leaders influencing retail. List editor Megan Dunsby discusses how the spotlight has shone on more female leaders than ever before but why there is still more work to be done
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NewsM&S creates food hub to ‘supercharge disruptive innovation’
Marks & Spencer is to establish a specialist food innovation team in the new year with a brief to “create industry-leading products and address some of the biggest sector-wide challenges”.
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Opinion‘Don’t even try to compete with Amazon this Black Friday’
It’s been a year fraught with difficulties and challenges almost from the outset, and now another huge test is looming for retailers.
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Retail VoiceNeed to know: Solutions simplifying selling across multi-marketplaces
Marketplaces are hot property as retailers look to capitalise on the recent explosion of ecommerce, which is only intensifying further as some parts of the UK navigate a second lockdown. These solutions are making it easier for businesses to buck this trend and reach more customers worldwide.
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Retail VoiceWhy digital innovation is less disruptive and easier than it sounds
Retail is an industry that has always needed to plan for the future. This is, after all, the sector that holds Christmas in July.
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AnalysisAmazon versus the EU – what are the implications for retail?
The clash between the European Union and etail giant Amazon is a case of ethics versus big data.
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OpinionFour ways to better merge physical and digital: lessons from global retail
How can retailers better merge the physical and digital worlds? Nicki Sprinz, managing director of digital experience agency ustwo, shares examples from around the world.
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DataRanking: Top 30 growth retailers led by Gymshark, Boohoo and Farfetch
Dominated by etailers, our latest Top 30 Growth Retailers ranking is critical reading in the run-up to Christmas as shoppers increasingly migrate online.
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NewsRetail sales rise in October boosted by pre-lockdown splurge
Retail sales recorded a year-on-year uplift in October, which British Retail Consortium (BRC) boss Helen Dickinson says demonstrated many retailers “finding their footing” prior to the second lockdown.
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Retail VoiceHow product experience helps drive ROI
In today’s retail market, it is not enough for websites to display a solitary product image with a few bullet points providing washing instructions. Consumers are looking for much more than this.
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NewsIn pictures: Fenwick unveils Newcastle Christmas window to 250,000 online
More than 250,000 viewers streamed the unveiling of Fenwick’s Christmas window at its Newcastle flagship.