All Technology articles – Page 42
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News
Very Group launches AR feature allowing app users to try makeup virtually
The Very Group has launched in-app augmented reality features that allow customers to try out new cosmetics products digitally.
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Opinion
‘Dangerous false economies risk limiting retail’s recovery from challenging period’
You can’t manage a retail business quarter by quarter. Short-termism threatens to inhibit innovation and limit retail’s potential when tough times recede, warns True’s Matt Truman
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Analysis
How to break free of a harmful promotional cycle
Shoppers love promotions – they capture new customers, get lapsed ones excited again and, crucially, can have an immediate and overwhelming impact on sales.
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News
Black Friday consumer tech sales sink to five-year low
Air fryers, heated clothes airers and electric blankets bucked the downward trend for Black Friday sales this year, according to point-of-sale data by analysts GfK.
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Retail Voice
How UK retailers can learn from China
Chinese shopping and media consumption habits are very different to the rest of the world, says BAV Group’s David Roth, and UK retailers can learn plenty from the innovative ways in which businesses present and communicate
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News
Marks & Spencer acquires Thread specialist fashion tech in personalisation push
Marks & Spencer is to amp up the personalisation of its fashion offer after acquiring the intellectual property of specialist marketplace Thread, which had collapsed into administration.
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Opinion
‘We must increase automation and robotics to support our workers’
With supply chains struggling under the pressures of a shrinking workforce, perceptions are shifting around the use of automation and robotics. Wincanton chief executive James Wroath makes the case for more technology in the warehouse
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Opinion
‘The retail sector isn’t doomed, but 2023 will be a tough year’
While UK retail is facing historic pressures, the current environment is also throwing up opportunities for business. David Maddison from HSBC gives a banker’s view on the health of the sector
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Analysis
The Tech List: Five global digital leaders UK retail can learn from
Retail Week’s The Tech List – a celebration of the 50 digital leaders driving innovation across the UK, US, Europe, Japan, China and Israel – has caught the imagination of an industry grappling with major strategic upheaval. The UK must look overseas for inspiration to meet today’s challenges so we cast the spotlight on some international tech transformers at the forefront of innovation
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News
Currys invests in robotic suits to prevent warehouse injuries during festive peak
Currys has splashed out more than £250,000 on a suite of robotic exoskeleton suits to help prevent muscle injuries for warehouse staff handling heavy loads.
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News
AO hails ‘solid’ progress despite widening losses
AO has hailed “solid progress” in its plan to focus on profitability over growth, despite suffering widening half-year losses.
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News
Superdrug goes live with online marketplace as it steps up digital transformation
Superdrug has launched its online marketplace as part of a drive to “dramatically increase” its health and beauty range.
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Video
Watch: Tech List titans predict digital retail’s biggest innovation plays
The Tech List, Retail Week’s definitive index of the 50 most influential leaders in global digital commerce, was published last month. We brought together two of the leaders celebrated, Starship Technologies and True, alongside industry experts Braze and Okta, to dig deeper into the latest thinking on online innovation and digital trends
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Innovation of the Week
Innovation of the Week: Amazon's interactive fashion solution
Welcome to the Retail Week Innovation of the Week, a subscriber-only series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our analysts
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Retail Voice
Why retailers should leverage the D2C business model during uncertain times
As retailers continue to be blighted by increasing costs, 4C Associates’ Kenta Shibuya examines how the direct-to-consumer model can help boost bottom lines
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Analysis
Where do humans fit into Amazon's new age of robotics?
Once the preserve of science fiction, US tech giant Amazon is working hard to herald the age of robots. What do these latest innovations mean for the future of fulfilment and the people who work in it?
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Analysis
Strategy spotlight: Five ways Amazon is sharpening focus for profitable growth
No retailer is immune to current market pressures, not even Amazon.
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Retail Voice
Balancing the cost vs customer experience conundrum
Amid pessimistic projections for this year’s golden quarter, could retailers be unwittingly sacrificing customer experience at the altar of unavoidable cost-cutting? Not necessarily, says EXL’s Rahul Arora
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News
Amazon launches cost-cutting review of unprofitable business units
Amazon is carrying out a broad cost-cutting review that will pare back parts of the business that have not been profitable.
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Opinion
'Shein is the epitome of mindless consumption'
Shein is now a major force in the fashion world and should clean up its act, argues Natalie Berg