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• What UK Retailers Can Learn from China

  8 years ago News

  

  There is a stark contrast between the news stories surrounding British and Chinese retail at the moment. While we are inundated with stories of shop closures and businesses entering administration, those keeping abreast of the retail scene in the East [...]

  There is a stark contrast between the news stories surrounding British and [...]

• Why Does Big Data in Marketing Need Visual Analytics?

  8 years ago News

  

  Big data is becoming a primary factor in the marketing world, often used to make decisions and discover correlations between events. In this piece for RetailTechNews, digital branding and ad-tech writer Kayla Matthews explains that, despite this, using big data effectively [...]

  Big data is becoming a primary factor in the marketing world, often [...]

• Staying Afloat: Why the CCO Is Key to Keeping Retail Doors Open  

  8 years ago News

  

  The retail industry has felt the impact of online shopping and, in 2017 alone, 5,855 high street retailers shuttered their doors. The first quarter of 2018 shows little hope for a storefront revival. In this piece, Kris McKenzie, SVP & general [...]

  The retail industry has felt the impact of online shopping and, in [...]

• GDPR Ushers in New Era of Customer Empowerment & Engagement

  8 years ago News

  

  Experienced marketers and merchandisers understand that every few years there is a ‘-geddon’ or ‘-ocalypse’ that monopolises the industry’s attention – sparking fear, changing priorities and, in some cases, altering the landscape forever. In this piece, James Norwood (pictured below), EVP strategy [...]

  Experienced marketers and merchandisers understand that every few years there is a [...]

• Amazon Throws USD$2bn More at India; Amazon Doesn’t Dominate Private-Label Sales

  8 years ago News

  

  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 Throws USD$2bn More at India; Amazon Doesn’t Dominate Private-Label [...]

  RetailTechNews’ weekly Amazon watch brings you some of the company’s biggest moves [...]

• More Footfall Thanks to Location Strategy; Mobile Network as Loyalty Scheme

  8 years ago News

  

  RetailTechNews rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European retail technology space. In this week’s edition: More Footfall Thanks to Location Strategy; From Loyalty Scheme to Mobile Network; and Sales up in May. More Footfall Thanks to Location Strategy Analysing [...]

  RetailTechNews rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European retail [...]

• Retailers Know Too Much; CRM Battling for Budget

  8 years ago News

  

  RetailTechNews’ weekly roundup brings you up-to-date research findings from around the world. In this week’s edition: Retailers Know Too Much; CRM Battling for Budget; and Businesses Can’t Predict Individual Customers’ Needs. Retailers Know Too Much As many as half (52%) of UK [...]

  RetailTechNews’ weekly roundup brings you up-to-date research findings from around the world. [...]

• Decentralising Data in Commerce: Q&A with Cyrus Taghehchian, CEO and Co-Founder, Spl.yt

  8 years ago News

  

  Spl.yt is a non-profit smart contract-based ecommerce protocol that is aimed at supporting a more efficient, transparent, and secure e-commerce ecosystem. Based on blockchain, it offers a one-stop-shop global listing platform. RetailTechNews talks to Cyrus Taghehchian (pictured below), CEO and Co-Founder, [...]

  Spl.yt is a non-profit smart contract-based ecommerce protocol that is aimed at [...]

• Weekly Focus: Amazon Restricts AU Consumers to Local Site

  8 years ago News

  

  This week, online consumers in Australia learn that they soon will no longer be able to shop on Amazon.com's international sites – a result of the e-commerce giant's move to sidestep the country's new GST rule. From 01 July 2018, Australians [...]

  This week, online consumers in Australia learn that they soon will no [...]

• Zynstra's Nick East on Mobile Growth, Success of APAC Giants & the Retail Edge

  8 years ago Podcast

  

  On this edition of The DTC Podcast (formerly RetailTechReview), Nick East, CEO & co-founder, Zynstra, joins Lindsay Rowntree and Hugh Williams to go through some of the biggest stories in retail. This week we cover Alibaba and JD.com's online-offline retail [...]