All Innovation & disruption articles – Page 71
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NewsWalmart’s mobile app searches stores for its customers
Walmart’s latest mobile app feature allows customers to search a particular store for items on their shopping list.
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NewsRalph Lauren uses smartphones to boost fashion launch at Harrods
Ralph Lauren has used a range of digital technologies as part of its recent launch of its Polo Ralph Lauren line for women at Harrods in London.
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AnalysisStart-up of the week: Online scheduling platform Bookingbug
The number of start-ups in retail technology is growing quickly and Retail Week is highlighting some of the best. This week, Bookingbug is in the spotlight.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Innovative Paris lab attempts to crack tricky 18 to 35-year-old market
Unibail’s laboratory in Paris is investigating ways to make shopping centres appealing to 18 to 35-year-olds, looking beyond hipsters to engage the ‘shoppernista’.
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NewsBloomingdale's opens hi-tech Silicon Valley store to test innovations
Bloomingdale’s is targeting the tech community in Silicon Valley with a hi-tech department store featuring smart dressing rooms and mobile checkouts.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Macy’s tests retail tech innovations
Macy’s has been upping its game in the world of retail technology recently in a bid to further blend the realms of online and offline.
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NewsVideo: Lowe’s to introduce robot staff to transform customer experience
US home improvement giant Lowe’s has developed robot shop assistants that it is piloting in one of its hardware stores.
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NewsTictail, the 'Tumblr of ecommerce', eyes bricks and mortar stores
Swedish ecommerce platform Tictail is eyeing opening bricks and mortar shops next year.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Can IBM’s Watson supercomputer improve retail?
IBM’s Watson supercomputer has won a game show and helped diagnose and treat cancer patients. Now it’s being put to work in retail.
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NewsGerman etailer Zalando rolls out image recognition feature to UK app
Zalando will roll out image recognition functionality to the UK as it reveals its app has been downloaded five million times across Europe.
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NewsCo-operative targets food waste with #shelfie social media campaign
During the recession shoppers made a big effort to avoid wasting food – a trend which has persisted since the downturn ended.
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NewsDigital receipts firm yReceipts raises funds from click-and-collect pioneer
YReceipts has received investment from backers including the former Argos ecommerce director credited with inventing click-and-collect.
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NewsOcado goes head-to-head with Waitrose as it launches Scan & Shop app
Ocado is launching a Scan & Shop app that allows customers to scan barcodes of products to automatically add them to their baskets.
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NewsGoogle launches research tool with shopping data from 150,000 people
Google has launched a free Consumer Barometer tool offering retailers insights into online shopping based on data from 46 countries.
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AnalysisArgos sets sights on a youth audience with live-streamed in-store gigs
An Argos store is not an obvious place for a gig, but nonetheless the retailer is putting on events with acts including Katy B and Eliza Doolittle.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why CIOs are losing power over retail technology
As technology becomes integral to many retail roles, more departments now have a say in IT spend. Retail Week assesses the implications.
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NewsDarty launches in-home button to give instant access to call centre
French electronics firm Darty is offering customers a button in their home that puts them through to the its helpdesk within 60 seconds.
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NewsDitto Labs uses social media to offer retailers brand insight
US company Ditto Labs has created software that identifies brand logos on images posted on social media sites such as Twitter and Instagram.
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OpinionComment: Does beacon technology improve customer experience?
To beacon or not to beacon, that is the question. As retailers roll out beacon technology, is it really enriching the customer experience?
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NewsInnovation: Mastercard and Zwipe launch fingerprint payment card
Fingerprint and other biometric forms of payment have so far been the preserve of Apple, who included a fingerprint scanner in its iPhone 5 handset when it was released in 2012.