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: Alexa launching in 80 different countries; Festive expansion for Christmas [...]

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

One of the fastest growing tech verticals out there, augmented reality (AR), is looking at a USD$90bn (£67bn) market by 2020 – a figure which, if met, would be 15-times greater than in 2016. It is fair to say, AR is [...]

One of the fastest growing tech verticals out there, augmented reality (AR), [...]

Marks & Spencer recently revealed it is looking to data analysis to turn its fortunes around, combining information from its Sparks loyalty scheme, online interactions, and M&S Bank to offer personalised experiences to its customers. Lindsay McEwan, VP and managing director [...]

Marks & Spencer recently revealed it is looking to data analysis to [...]

In this week's spotlight, we check in on Lazada and its efforts to emulate the success of parent company Alibaba, as it wraps up its month-long online shopping festival on the 12th of December. Headquartered in Singapore, the Southeast Asian e-commerce [...]

In this week's spotlight, we check in on Lazada and its efforts [...]

Brands are a fundamental part of the way we experience modern life. They can function as a sort of consensual hallucination, triggering powerful and often subliminal emotional responses, according to Rob Gear, a futurist, and Chris Heap, a consumer and retail [...]

Brands are a fundamental part of the way we experience modern life. [...]

December is here; and the Christmas countdown has officially begun. Retailers are preparing for the most important period of the year. A time when sales could make or break certain businesses. But 25 December is not the only date to [...]

December is here; and the Christmas countdown has officially begun. Retailers are [...]

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: Small businesses winning on Amazon; Amazon Handmade deals another blow [...]

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

In this week's spotlight, we put the focus on Starbucks in Shanghai, where the Seattle-based coffee chain has opened its largest outlet and one that features augmented reality (AR) digital experience. They have tapped the technologies and domain expertise of Alibaba, [...]

In this week's spotlight, we put the focus on Starbucks in Shanghai, [...]

It’s a challenging time for traditional bricks-and-mortar retailers as they struggle with the weak economy, writes Danny Crowe, planning director at lifestage marketing company, TwentyCi, exclusively for RetailTechNews. Sources, including the British Retail Consortium, agreed that pre-Christmas spending was down in October and [...]

It’s a challenging time for traditional bricks-and-mortar retailers as they struggle with [...]

How do you drive interest in a washing machine? Just ask AEG, which recently partnered with AR specialists 3RockAR to deliver an experiential campaign to commuters at London's Kings Cross station through a ‘magic mirror’, immersing passers by in a [...]

How do you drive interest in a washing machine? Just ask AEG, [...]