Holding groups are under pressure. Their business model has been questioned and undermined by everyone over the past 12 months – from trade-press hacks, to auditors, to client bodies, to grandstanding FMCG CMOs. The relevancy of the agency function has never [...]

Holding groups are under pressure. Their business model has been questioned and [...]

Amazon has retailers trapped in a corner. Partner with the behemoth, and retailers can grow sales, but are only offering Amazon more data on their customers, thereby helping their growth. Don't partner, and retailers risk losing ground on the competition. In [...]

Amazon has retailers trapped in a corner. Partner with the behemoth, and [...]

Having well and truly settled in to 2018, many retailers are in the midst of defining their latest business objectives, as well as how they plan to continue improving across all areas of their business, writes David Buckingham, CEO, Ecrebo [...]

Having well and truly settled in to 2018, many retailers are in [...]

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: Australian Retailers Turning to Tech to Fight Amazon; Amazon Syphoning [...]

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: Retail M-Commerce in Germany and France; IoT Fuels E-Commerce; and January Retail Sales Figures.  Retail M-Commerce Booming in Germany & France Germany is the [...]

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: Loyalty Schemes Losing Appeal with Customers; UK Shoppers Demand More Integrated Omnichannel Experience; and The Mobile Path to Purchase. Loyalty Schemes Losing Appeal with Customers Lack [...]

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

With China celebrating the lunar new year, we put the spotlight this week on India, where online consumer spending is projected to climb from USD$40bn (£28.5bn) to USD$100bn (£71.24bn) by 2020. This growth would be fuelled largely by e-commerce spending, which [...]

With China celebrating the lunar new year, we put the spotlight this [...]

Virtual reality in retail has always been something of a gimmick, but with Walmart acquiring VR company Spatialand and Kantar starting up a new consultancy specifically applying VR to the retail sector, it seems there’s a change in the wind. [...]

Virtual reality in retail has always been something of a gimmick, but [...]

ContentSquare, specialising in user experience analysis and optimisation, recently received USD$42 m (£30m) in its second round of financing. RetailTechNews talks to Jonathan Cherki (pictured below), founder and CEO, ContentSquare, about ContentSquare's further plans and how the new capital will [...]

ContentSquare, specialising in user experience analysis and optimisation, recently received USD$42 m [...]

From big data and smart analytics, to beacons and mobile apps, technology has already transformed how retailers operate and interact with customers. Significant progress was made in 2017; but 2018 is set to be the year when technology truly begins [...]

From big data and smart analytics, to beacons and mobile apps, technology [...]