Instagram is growing in the social media world and is becoming more of an important asset for retailers. In fact, 42% of small businesses said that they would rather point a customer to their Instagram profile than their website. Recently, Instagram [...]

Instagram is growing in the social media world and is becoming more [...]

Lazada is banking on data to help retailers offer better a shopping experience on its e-commerce platforms and, hence, drive sales of their products. In this aspect, the Southeast Asian online marketplace already has been tapping the industry knowhow and technologies [...]

Lazada is banking on data to help retailers offer better a shopping [...]

This week, JD.com has teamed up with several hotels to showcase its technologies and marketplace products, enabling guests to purchase items they find in their rooms. Selected rooms at these partner hotels including Wanda, Sheraton, Beijing 5L, and Greenland, would be [...]

This week, JD.com has teamed up with several hotels to showcase its [...]

Data has long been used in the retail sector to influence decision making around stock control, shape pricing strategies, and develop the customer experience. Importantly, writes Michael Poyser (pictured below), chief analytics officer, Ecrebo, data can also be used to gain [...]

Data has long been used in the retail sector to influence decision [...]

There has been a clear trend in the retail industry of online-only brands investing in brick-and-mortar. In the past month alone, we’ve seen brands like Wayfair, Parachute, and Fabletics announce plans to open physical locations. In this Q&A with RetailTechNews, Hayley-Jayne Cone (pictured below), chief [...]

There has been a clear trend in the retail industry of online-only [...]

In this piece for RetailTechNews, Rob Prevett, founder, Disruption Summit Europe, goes into detail on how the internet of things (IoT) is going to revolutionise the future of customer experience. It’s no major claim that the IoT is going to fundamentally change [...]

In this piece for RetailTechNews, Rob Prevett, founder, Disruption Summit Europe, goes into [...]

RetailTechNews’ weekly roundup brings you up-to-date research findings from around the world. In this week’s edition: Black Friday Losing Stranglehold on Sales; Millennials Giving Mobile the Cold Shoulder; and Christmas in August. Black Friday Losing Stranglehold on Sales Despite increasing hype, consumers [...]

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

In this piece, Peter Falcone, director of analytics EMEA, Flashtalking, tells RetailTechNews that shopping is no longer as simple as walking into a local store and selecting an item. Today’s consumers are influenced by a multitude of digital channels, from [...]

In this piece, Peter Falcone, director of analytics EMEA, Flashtalking, tells RetailTechNews [...]

This week, Google has unveiled a rebranding of its digital payments service and plans for further expansion of the platform in India, where consumers have made more than 750 million transactions with the app. Called 'Tez', when it was launched in [...]

This week, Google has unveiled a rebranding of its digital payments service [...]