Last week the British Retail Consortium (BRC) issued a press release announcing a record reduction in retail unemployment, with hours worked in retail declining by 4.2%, compared with the same quarter in 2016. One of the key reasons for this? [...]

Last week the British Retail Consortium (BRC) issued a press release announcing [...]

The death of physical retail is overblown, but that doesn't mean that brands don't need to adapt to future-proof their existence. Alyssa Stone (pictured below), director of business development, Drawbridge, writes exclusively for RetailTechNews about what physical retailers must understand [...]

The death of physical retail is overblown, but that doesn't mean that [...]

Amazon’s ever-increasing forays into the retail space saw, with Q3 sales up 34% year-on-year, in a quarter which saw the USD$13.7bn (£10.5bn), acquisition of Whole Foods. Financial highlights Net sales increased 34% to USD$43.7bn (£33.8bn) in the third quarter, compared with USD$32.7bn [...]

Amazon’s ever-increasing forays into the retail space saw, with Q3 sales up [...]

Impatient. Focused. Digital experts. If you can’t reach Generation Z in less than five seconds, you are unlikely to reach them at all – so how are retailers going to win over this latest generation of potential customers? With minimal [...]

Impatient. Focused. Digital experts. If you can’t reach Generation Z in less [...]

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 launch new AI research hub in Germany; Kindle apps [...]

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

Voice search technology, like the majority of sub-sectors in the tech space, is dominated by a small number of players. Amazon Echo represents a whopping 70.6% of all voice-enabled speakers in the US, with Google Home in second at 23.8%. [...]

Voice search technology, like the majority of sub-sectors in the tech space, [...]

RetailTechNews rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European retail technology space, as well as news and developments in the US market, which influence the European retail sector. In this week’s edition: eMarketer releases US commerce forecast; ASOS pre-tax profits [...]

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

Dr Marc Hobell (pictured below), director, Pitney Bowes Software explains the importance of data and technology in retail to ensure an accurate understanding of customers and inform, not just physical store locations, but also the approach to omnichannel communications. Retail is [...]

Dr Marc Hobell (pictured below), director, Pitney Bowes Software explains the importance [...]

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 prepares to enter the sports apparel space; Microsoft and [...]

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

RetailTechNews rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European retail technology space. In this week’s edition: Ecommerce giants outrank retailers globally; eBay launches ebook subscription with Thalia in Germany; Ometria raises USD$6m Series A funding; SLI Systems report finds most retailers see [...]

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