All In-store technology articles – Page 25
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AnalysisStart-up of the week: Point of sale and analytics platform Shopwave
Start-ups in retail technology are growing and Retail Week is highlighting some of the best. This week Shopwave is in the spotlight.
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NewsHome Retail hires former Amazon executive for new CTO role
Home Retail has appointed Amazon’s former vice-president of technology George Goley to a newly created chief technology officer role.
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VideoWatch: How retailers are taking advantage of augmented and virtual reality
The team from Somo sat down with Retail Week to discuss how retailers are using augmented and virtual reality to enhance shopper experience.
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NewsTed Baker debuts & Moore fascia in London’s Shoreditch
Ted Baker will unveil its new format store on Friday as part of an effort to tap into the tastes of trendy shoppers in East London.
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NewsWestfield opens retail tech entrepreneur hub in San Francisco
Westfield aims to foster retail tech entrepreneurship by opening a co-working, event and tech demo space at its San Francisco shopping mall.
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NewsGoogle unveils Android Pay as it takes on Apple in mobile payments battle
Google has unveiled Android Pay as it seeks to reinvent its mobile payments efforts following the successful launch of Apple Pay.
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NewsExperts predict what supply chain tech is a fad and what is here to stay
Drones are a fad and RFID has proved a hit argued tech experts at Retail Week’s Supply Chain Summit. Find out what is a hit or a miss.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Can I use in-store technology to improve customer loyalty?
Innovations such as beacon-equipped mannequins and Apple Pay show that in-store technology is a rapidly evolving part of the retail sector.
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OpinionThree reasons why robots won’t be changing the face of retail any time soon
Tech giant Toshiba recently unveiled a humanoid robot employee, but machines are unlikely to assume customer-facing roles in retail yet.
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NewsHome Retail boss John Walden pushes button on Argos digital store rollout
Home Retail boss John Walden has pressed the button on Argos’s digital store roll-out and is confident he has found the right format for the multichannel age.
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NewsHouse of Fraser hires Uday Kotla as new chief information officer
House of Fraser has appointed Uday Kotla to the role of chief information officer as it develops its multichannel strategy.
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NewsJD Sports success driven by health-conscious consumers, says boss Cowgill
JD Sports boss Peter Cowgill said the retailer’s recent success can be attributed to an increase in health-conscious consumers.
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OpinionComment: Rushing to have the latest in-store technology is not always wise
QR codes were once part of a store’s visual merchandising and graphics package, but often not a penny was added to the bottom line.
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NewsVideo: Specsavers creates in-store spectacle with innovative format
Specsavers hopes to “tip the old optician concept on its head” with the introduction of tablets that aim to revolutionise the customer experience.
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OpinionComment: M&S must accelerate the pace of change for continued success
Marks & Spencer’s latest results could show that Bolland’s strategy has begun to bear fruit, but continued improvement is still needed.
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NewsSainsbury’s creates 480 digital jobs to develop in-store technology
Sainsbury’s is creating 480 specialist digital jobs which will allow the grocer to develop innovative consumer-facing technologies.
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NewsAmazon eyes revolutionary new bricks-and-mortar store format
Shoppers at Amazon’s new bricks-and-mortar stores could pick up items and leave without immediately paying for them, according to a patent it has filed.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Taking retail’s temperature for the year ahead
In the first of our quarterly sentiment analysis reports, Retail Week assesses the mindset of the UK’s foremost retail bosses.
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NewsMaxeda rolls out customer-facing video technology for its till points
Dutch DIY chain Maxeda is rolling out more than 1,300 till systems which integrate video technology in order to push promotions.
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NewsMorrisons’ new boss ditches till technology in favour of human touch
Morrisons has announced it will stop using its Intelligent Queue Management (iQM) technology in its stores from today.
