All Innovation & disruption articles – Page 29
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Analysis
What retail supply chains must look like in 2020
Retail Week’s Supply Chain 2020 report reveals how retailers are winning in the first and final mile through analysis of the latest trends
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Report Store
International Retail Index 2019
Driving innovation, embracing new tech platforms and speedier fulfilment are some of the characteristics defining international success, a new 30-retailer benchmarking report finds.
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Analysis
Analysis: Virtual fashion, gamification and AI ambivalence
“Business models is one of the biggest areas of innovation happening today. Uber, Rent the Runway, Airbnb – they didn’t invent anything, they just changed the business model and that changed the market.”
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Video
Kroger data science chief: ‘Innovation doesn’t happen at the top’
Scott Crawford, head of ‘Enable the Science’ at 84.51° – US supermarket giant Kroger’s data and science company – tells us how it empowers staff on the front line to take the lead on innovation and make things happen with new ideas and truly disruptive technology.
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Video
JD.com's vice president on how it is creating ‘boundary-less retail’
JD.com vice president and general manager of JD Retail Solutions Chenkai Ling explains how the Chinese ecommerce giant is redefining itself as a technology and service enterprise, and how management got a wake-up call to put consumers first, not numbers.
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Report Store
Tech 100 2019: The innovators shaping the future of commerce
Retail Week’s Tech 100 index gives you the lowdown on the 100 most influential people shaping the future of commerce through technology and digital innovation.
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Video
Tech. Cast: Beringea chief investment officer on AI and omnichannel
Karen McCormick discusses how ingrained AI will be in what we do in the future, omnichannel retail growth and how Tech. brings together all within the retail ecosystem to discuss the exciting things happening for the future.
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Analysis
ThredUp: Tackling fashion’s sustainability problem, one algorithm at a time
ThredUp co-founder and chief technology officer Chris Homer talks to Retail Week about the online platform’s plan to power the worldwide resale market and tackle fast fashion’s sustainability crisis.
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Report Store
The UK’s Top 30 Growth Retailers 2019
How innovation, data and digital are helping retailers win
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Analysis
Data: The UK’s top 30 growth retailers 2019
Farfetch has topped Retail Week’s annual growth retailer ranking for the third consecutive year, leading a top 10 dominated by digital-first businesses.
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Opinion
Opinion: Disrupting is about judging what the customer really wants
Ed Connolly, strategy director and director of John Lewis Partnership’s JLP Ventures, on how to create a corporate environment where innovation can thrive.
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Analysis
How Burberry is using apps to make luxury retail luxurious again
Burberry’s vice president of digital commerce Mark Morris lifts the lid on the latest iteration of the retailer’s mobile app as the luxury giant strives to create an “intimate relationship” with its top-tier customers.
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Video
Tech. Cast: John Lewis director Ed Connolly on creating an innovative culture
John Lewis Partnership strategy director Ed Connolly talks to the Tech. Cast on how to foster a culture of innovation in your business, ahead of Tech. 2019 on October 2 and 3.
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Retail Voice
Five requirements for today’s retail finance teams
Sage offers its take on how finance departments can help retailers unlock success in the face of technological advancements
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Analysis
Almost half of retailers desperate to fill data roles
Business leaders are looking for expertise outside of their organisations to support ongoing data strategies
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Opinion
Retailers must abandon one-size-fits-all discounting
Barely 10 years ago, consumers were delighted with twice-yearly, end-of-season Sales. Fast-forward to today and there seems to be a never-ending cycle of price reductions – ever-earlier seasonal Sales, continuous ‘promos’, discounting disguised as loyalty programmes, Black Friday, Cyber Monday… the list goes on.
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Analysis
Analysis: Can apps save the shopping centre?
As the rash of retail CVAs batters the bottom line of some of the UK’s biggest retail landlords, Retail Week looks at whether data can save the shopping centre.
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Opinion
Opinion: Why fashion’s future lies in sustainability
Our relationship with clothes is becoming short-lived. Declining prices, multiple collections per year and a ‘wear once’ culture mean fast fashion is now an epidemic of global proportions.