RetailTechNews rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European retail technology space. In this week’s edition: German media giant ProSiebenSat1 buys e-commerce marketer Kairion; Number of retail insolvencies in the UK on the rise; and New functionalities to [...]

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

Love it or loathe it, Black Friday has been widely adopted by UK retailers both on and offline. In this piece by Alex Wright (pictured below), head of insight, Blis, he discusses how their exclusive research paints a picture of [...]

Love it or loathe it, Black Friday has been widely adopted by [...]

This week, Alibaba has announced plans to expand its network of Hema supermarkets with another 30 locations in Beijing, up from the current five. Scheduled to open by end-2018, the new physical stores would beef up deliveries for some 1.5 million [...]

This week, Alibaba has announced plans to expand its network of Hema [...]

Personalisation is the buzzword on everybody’s lips in retail at the moment. The question has now moved from whether or not to customise and enrich the customer experience, to how retailers can do this best. As with any trend, it [...]

Personalisation is the buzzword on everybody’s lips in retail at the moment. [...]

This week, we kick off the new year with a look at how Alibaba is adding merchants to its ecosystem by modernising China's convenience stores as well as arming local prisoners with e-commerce skillsets. The Chinese online retailer runs a programme [...]

This week, we kick off the new year with a look at [...]

The death of physical shops, and indeed the high street, has long been predicted ever since online shopping began to grow in earnest. And the figures around online spending certainly back that up: last year in the UK, we spent [...]

The death of physical shops, and indeed the high street, has long [...]

RetailTechNews rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European retail technology space. In this week’s edition: Shopping via smartphone vs tablet; Overstock and Databricks collaborate; and Last-minute Christmas shopping in full swing. More shopping on smartphone than on tablet In [...]

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

The dust has settled on one of busiest shopping weekends of the year and retailers are now heads-down in activating their Christmas campaigns to drive spend. While the headlines certainly suggest that Black Friday was a success, data shows that [...]

The dust has settled on one of busiest shopping weekends of the [...]

This week, Alibaba is back in the spotlight with a new service that lets its Tmall customers find and book cars for a three-day test drive. The Chinese e-commerce giant unveiled two facilities in Shanghai and Nanjing, due for launch in [...]

This week, Alibaba is back in the spotlight with a new service [...]

The Christmas season is a critical time for retail. As consumers work through their Christmas shopping and countdown to the 25th of December, retailers online and on the high street are vying for their attention, their loyalty, and share of [...]

The Christmas season is a critical time for retail. As consumers work [...]