All Amazon articles – Page 34
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OpinionRetailers can turn data concern into opportunity
Data is a minefield. Only last month at Retail Week Live, M&S’ Steve Rowe shared the pressures of trying to turn ‘big data’ to commercial advantage.
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OpinionHow AI is giving Morrisons a very British boost
Morrisons revealed stellar full-year results last month and said British produce had helped woo customers to its stores.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Social shopping – turning likes into sales
There was a time when platforms like Facebook and Instagram offered little more than ‘vanity’ metrics for retailers, rather than tangibly affecting their bottom lines.
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Retail VoiceIs the growth in voice search just hype?
With 50% of all online queries predicted to use voice search by 2020, there’s no doubt the phenomenon is on the rise.
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OpinionConviviality – the dangers of glass-half-full attitudes
Success in retail often turns on a sixpence and, in attempting to pull off that difficult manoeuvre, drinks specialist Conviviality careered spectacularly off course.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: Retail Week Awards winners
Retail Week cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on this year’s Retail Week Awards sponsored by Salesforce, including winners Sir Malcolm Walker, Screwfix and Gymshark.
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OpinionOpinion: Showcasing retail at its very best
There’s more to retail than turning a profit. As this year’s Retail Week Awards sponsored by Salesforce have highlighted, recognition for a job well done goes beyond figures.
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NewsRetail Week Awards 2018: The winners
The best retailers are seizing opportunity in a rapidly changing landscape. From established names to rising stars, the Retail Week Awards sponsored by Salesforce celebrate the industry’s trailblazers.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Walmart vs Amazon – clash of the titans
Walmart last week unveiled a same-day online grocery delivery service that will cover about 40% of US households by the end of the year.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Are you targeting the wrong customer?
In this data-rich era, retailers should theoretically be able to identify and target their customers like never before. But is this happening?
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OpinionJohn Lewis’ profit challenge applies across retail
John Lewis’ results showed that today in retail you need to run to have the slightest hope of even standing still, never mind advancing.
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AnalysisThe disruptors: Who are the new value retail players?
The value sector is the latest focus of Retail Week’s ‘The disruptors’ series, which looks at the businesses creating waves across the industry.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Does the new retail council have teeth?
It was revealed at Retail Week Live that the Government has set up a new council aimed at developing policies to help the retail sector.
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OpinionOpinion: Toys R Us’ demise and Amazon’s Achilles’ heel
Maplin and Toys R Us raise questions once again about what kind of business we as consumers actually want and need in today’s world.
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OpinionToys R Us didn’t need to fail, failure to change killed it
Hard as it may be to imagine today, Toys R Us was once a revolutionary company.
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NewsAmazon snaps up smart doorbell firm Ring in $1bn deal
Amazon has purchased smart doorbell company Ring for more than $1bn (£720m), in one of the etailer’s largest acquisitions to date.
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OpinionOpinion: Amid retail’s travails, don’t miss the successes
It always looked as if 2018, the first half at least, would be a torrid time for retail. And so it has proved.
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OpinionWhat retail can learn from Amazon’s move into delivery
Last week, one of the largest, most powerful organisations in retail announced it was preparing to launch its own direct delivery service – Shipping with Amazon.
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NewsAmazon plans to expand its cashless Go store format
Amazon is reportedly planning to open up to six more of its Amazon Go stores in the US this year.
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OpinionFollow Nike’s lead and remodel the brand/retail deal
It’s time to rethink economic partnerships and reward stores for their role in sales, no matter in which channel transactions are made.
