Comment: The apparel retailers' warehouse of the future
In his fourth article on future technology trends in the retail supply chain, Tim Waters, a managing director at Alvarez & Marsal, predicts how the warehouse of the future might operate.When gazing...
View ArticleInterview: Aldi adapting the way it manages its workforce
As Aldi's UK growth story continues it is looking to implement standardised software and new workforce management practices. Essential Retail caught up with the grocer's national IT analyst, Chris Day,...
View ArticleCurrys PC World launches personalised social media campaign
Currys PC World has joined a raft of retailers unveiling social campaigns to kick off the festive season.Currys PC world is the latest retailer to announced a Christmas campaign driven by social media....
View ArticleMastercard and Verifone launch installment capabilities for POS
Verifone and Mastercard have launched a new payment option which allows customers to pay for products in instalments at the point of sale (POS).Mastercard and Verifone have launched a new payments...
View ArticleWHSmith extends Menzies logistics contract across UK
High street retailer WHSmith has extended its partnership with Menzies Distribution to operate deliveries to its 1,200-plus stores in the UK.WHSmith has increased its supply chain partnership with...
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In focus: YUN - the store with its own manufacturing lab
With an in-store manufacturing lab, Korean eyewear company YUN is changing the way people buy glasses. Cate Trotter, head of trends at Insider Trends, takes us on a tour of the Berlin shop.YUN is an...
View ArticleRetail Ramble podcast: Mobile & VR
Essential Retail sits down with retail technology consultant, Craig Crawford, to chat about the use of mobile and virtual reality in retail. In this week’s episode of the Retail Ramble podcast,...
View ArticleHome delivery - the lengths consumers go to
A new survey shows some of the desperate measures shoppers take to get hold of online deliveries – including leaving windows and doors open.Some 36% of shoppers are prepared to risk giving someone they...
View ArticleDoes PPC stand for Poor performance, Pain and Confusion?
Good Growth founder James Hammersley offers some insights into pay per click marketing. There are five places retail leaders should look to ensure plans are robust, he argues.As we enter one of the...
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Retailers and tech firms support Hour of Code initiative
Retailers such as Yoox Net-a-Porter and Asos are backing this year's Hour of Code initiative, helping people understand the skills required to facilitate today's tech-led consumer behaviour.This week...
View ArticleWill Amazon Go encourage retail to ditch the checkout?
Amazon has unveiled an automatic physical shopping format which allows customers to pick up products and walk out without queueing, but will this revolutionise the retail checkout?Amazon has disrupted...
View ArticleComment: How embracing data and technology can make a Merry Christmas for...
Lucy Larkin, managing director at Accenture’s UK retail practice, takes a look at how retailers can use data and technology to maximise profits in a promotion-driven market.It goes without saying that...
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Coop Italia makes its store of the future a present-day reality
Grocery chain Coop Italia has opened its digitally-led 'store of the future' at the Milan University campus, having showcased the concept at Milan Expo in 2015.Readers may recall that Essential Retail...
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RBTE 2017 Exhibitor Spotlight - The Shopworks
In the build-up to RBTE 2017, we will be shining the spotlight on some of its exhibitors and the personalities behind them. Today, we hear from rugby fan Lee Bowden of The Shopworks. About the...
View ArticleNew Look founder backs supply chain technology
New Look founder, Tom Singh, is investing in a new company which claims to save retailers 15% by streamlining the supply chain. A technology company, called Fabacus, has been set up to help fashion...
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Wiggle-owned sports brand invests in high-tech online imagery
Sports brand, Dhb, available at Wiggle, is using new photographic technology to display products online in 360 and HD.Wiggle-owned sports brand, Dhb, has deployed the use of photographic technology...
View ArticleComment: Amazon Go highlights the need for in-store digital transformation
Brendan Miller and Brendan Witcher, principal analysts at Forrester, discuss how retailers need to up their game when it comes to digital transformation. It’s the Age of the Customer – and that means...
View ArticleMaplin ramps ups online content creation strategy
UK electricals retailer Maplin is looking to enrich its online content following a new partnership with tech vendor Amplience.Maplin is looking to enhance the online experience for its customers after...
View ArticleComment: The festive psychology behind Christmas TV advertising
Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, reader in consumer psychology at Anglia Ruskin University, looks into the science of Christmas adverts and how they make consumers spend money. Christmas is traditionally a time...
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Asos to create 1,500 new jobs at HQ
Asos is planning to create 1,500 new jobs at its London headquarters over the next three years. Asos has announced plans to increase the workforce at its London headquarters by 60% over the next three...
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