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  • Modern Customers Require Effective Systems Integration: Q&A with WHISHWORKS

    It seems like all retailers have a data problem. Some don't have enough and don't understand their customers, while others have too much and don't know how to interpret it (again, resulting in a poor understanding of customers). In this [...]

    It seems like all retailers have a data problem. Some don't have [...]

  • Why It’s Time for Brands & Retailers to ‘Double Tap’ Social Commerce

    In this piece for RetailTechNews, Chloe Cox, e-commerce consultant, Salmon, explores the new realm of purchasing through social channels. Everyone is talking about 'social commerce’ – it’s the hottest buzzword in commerce right now. Many have argued that social commerce is no more [...]

    In this piece for RetailTechNews, Chloe Cox, e-commerce consultant, Salmon, explores the new realm [...]

  • Long Live the High Street: How AI Is Transforming Brick-&-Mortar Retail

    Despite what many people say, the high street is not dead – it’s simply transforming. However, as Martin Linstrom, managing director, UK & Ireland, IPsoft explains, we now live in a digital world where consumers can find whatever they want [...]

    Despite what many people say, the high street is not dead – [...]

  • Weekly Focus: JD.com Formally Unveils Thai Site with Joint Venture

    This week, Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has officially launched an e-commerce site in Thailand alongside local retail group, Central Group. The new addition is part of JD.com's efforts to expand its presence in Southeast Asia, where it currently operates an e-commerce [...]

    This week, Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has officially launched an e-commerce site [...]

  • Will UX Analytics Tools Mean the End of A/B Testing?

    With most savvy e-commerce brands now using UX analytics solutions to augment their testing tools to determine what areas are most in need of improvement on their websites, it raises the question: just how much time and money is being [...]

    With most savvy e-commerce brands now using UX analytics solutions to augment [...]

  • It’s Time Retailers Embrace Visual Search Technology

    With all the recent noise around voice search, most retailers are aware of the opportunity it presents in the home with Google Home and Amazon’s Alexa – and outside it, with the likes of Apple’s Siri and Samsung’s Bixby. It’s [...]

    With all the recent noise around voice search, most retailers are aware [...]

  • How the Software Robot Is Transforming Retail from the Inside Out

    The retail ecosystem evolves constantly. Retailers need to reduce costs and increase efficiency in a challenging market where consumer spending is unpredictable, costs are rising, and finding staff with the right experience can be difficult, as explained here by Rory [...]

    The retail ecosystem evolves constantly. Retailers need to reduce costs and increase [...]

  • Weekly Focus: JD.com Expanding Supermarket Chain & Opens Up in Seoul

    This week, Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has unveiled plans to expand its network of fresh food stores, 7Fresh, across China as well as made its foray into the Korean market with a new office set up in Seoul. JD.com said it [...]

    This week, Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has unveiled plans to expand its [...]

  • Now & Next: Direct-to-Consumer Brands

    With direct-to-consumer (DTC) headliners such as Warby Parker, Dollar Shave Club, and The Honest Company having market values of around (and in Warby’s case, well over) USD$1bn, the attention the DTC space has been getting is justified. It is the [...]

    With direct-to-consumer (DTC) headliners such as Warby Parker, Dollar Shave Club, and [...]

  • Now & Next: Direct-to-Consumer Brands

    With direct-to-consumer (DTC) headliners such as Warby Parker, Dollar Shave Club, and The Honest Company having market values of around (and in Warby’s case, well over) USD$1bn, the attention the DTC space has been getting is justified. It is the [...]

    With direct-to-consumer (DTC) headliners such as Warby Parker, Dollar Shave Club, and [...]