Last week (23 August) Alibaba reported financial results for their fiscal first quarter. Revenue soared 61% year-on-year, boosted by its core e-commerce business and fast-growing cloud division, but earnings fell short of expectations. Revenue was ¥80.9bn (£9.3bn), compared to expected revenue [...]

Last week (23 August) Alibaba reported financial results for their fiscal first [...]

In this piece, Ian Tickle, SVP and general manager, EMEA, Domo, tells RetailTechNews how, in a world where social interactions are measured in notifications, comments, and likes, our online footprint, as well as the amount of information we consume, is exponentially [...]

In this piece, Ian Tickle, SVP and general manager, EMEA, Domo, tells RetailTechNews [...]

QR codes have emerged as a popular tool to facilitate mobile payments, but their potential goes beyond enabling transactions and should be tapped to help retailers build brand equity. In fact, the matrix barcode and other visual-recognition technology can provide a [...]

QR codes have emerged as a popular tool to facilitate mobile payments, [...]

In this piece for RetailTechNews, Al Hussain (pictured below), senior strategist, Verbal Identity, outlines the lengths businesses must go if they are to stand the test in an era being dominated by online retail giants. Everyone’s worried about Amazon entering their industry. Just [...]

In this piece for RetailTechNews, Al Hussain (pictured below), senior strategist, Verbal Identity, outlines [...]

RetailTechNews’ weekly roundup brings you up-to-date research findings from around the world. In this week’s edition: The World’s Biggest E-commerce Players; Walmart Taking on Amazon’s E-book Business; and Google Home Gaining on Alexa. The World’s Biggest E-commerce Players Amazon is the most [...]

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

RetailTechNews rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European retail technology space. In this week’s edition: Strong Growth of Online Sales in July 2018; Twilio Powers Customer Communication for Marks & Spencer; and Luxury Fashion Online Retailer Files [...]

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

RetailTechNews’ weekly roundup brings you up-to-date research findings from around the world. In this week’s edition: Retailers Must Optimise Omnichannel; Mobile for Millennials; and U.S. Supermarkets’ Struggles. Retailers Must Optimise Omnichannel Over half (52%) of shoppers in the UK believe that retailers [...]

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

Retailers looking to understand why customers choose not to purchase certain products should analyse in-store data to identify potential association and tap analytics to complement their own experience. Consumers today have more options and means to get what they need, so [...]

Retailers looking to understand why customers choose not to purchase certain products [...]

There has been much conversation around direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands, and why and how they are causing such disruption to the traditional marketing model and the way they engage with the service layer. Writing exclusively for ExchangeWire, Jay Friedman (pictured below), president [...]

There has been much conversation around direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands, and why and [...]

As shopping on mobile app becomes more common, the apps in question must look to differentiate themselves. One way they can seek to do this is technology. In this Q&A, RetailTechNews speaks with Gaynor Matthews (pictured below), founder of WOW [...]

As shopping on mobile app becomes more common, the apps in question [...]