RetailTechNews’ weekly roundup brings you up-to-date research findings from around the world. In this week’s edition: Contactless Adoption High Despite Concerns; Brands Need Clarity Around Consumer Data; Smart Speaker Ownership Doubles in 6 Months. Contactless Adoption High Despite Concerns Almost half [...]

Whether it’s in-store, on their laptops, or through their mobiles, consumers expect an increasingly personalised shopping experience. In this Q&A with Jens Vang Lauridsen, vice president EMEA sales, Monetate, he explains why personalisation is a necessity, whether retailers are paying [...]

M&A is a massive part of today’s retail landscape; and in the UK this hasn’t got much bigger than Sainsbury’s 2016 takeover of Argos’ parent company Home Retail Group. RetailTechNews caught up with George Goley, CTO, Sainsbury’s-Argos recently at FUTR2020, [...]

There are very few areas of retail that are not feeling the force of changes in technological habits from consumers. In this piece exclusively for RetailTechNews, Philip Briffett, senior director of partnerships at VoucherCodes, outlines the technologies that are driving [...]

Payment solutions have come a long way from cash and chip-and-pin, and high-profile technology, such as Amazon Go, is making it one of the most watched areas of retail. In this interview, RetailTechNews speaks to Will Broome (pictured below), CEO & [...]

RetailTechNews’ weekly Amazon Watch brings you some of the company’s biggest moves from the past seven days, analysing how the giant is revolutionising the retail space. In this week’s edition: Amazon Taking on Venmo; A tech firm or a retail [...]

Personalisation and customer experience have always been paramount in the luxury sector. However, with the shift to e-commerce affecting this space as much as any other, luxury brands are having to find a way to match their offline offerings in [...]

The way we research products is changing, with shoppers spending more time examining products through social channels. This has created an opportunity for brands to sell their products on the same platforms, making the buying process as simple as possible. [...]

The world of retail has reached a tipping point in the last few years. High-street retailers have been suffering at the hands of e-commerce; and the situation shows no sign of improving as we move further into 2018, with Toys [...]

As creating a relevant, personalised experience for your customers becomes more important, there is an increasing gap in the market for technology that can identify and activate audiences based on their most recent online activity. This is what Rockerbox have been [...]