NRF 2017: Intel's responsive retail platform a good fit for Levi's
Carrie Ask, president of global retail at Levi's, is ready to take the jeans brand's responsive retail platform partnership with Intel to the next stage, as the company aims for "real-time, all-time...
View ArticleNRF 2017: Thomas Pink New York store in digital refresh
Thomas Pink is looking to digitise its Wall Street New York City store, using the Acuitas Digital Internet of Things (IoT) platform.Shirtmaker and luxury clothing retailer Thomas Pink is looking to...
View ArticleNRF 2017: Yes it may be the future of retail, but where do you plug it in?
Robots, machine learning and VR, but what about the infrastructure? Richard Cottrell, managing director at Vista Retail Support, has his say on the tech on show at NRF 2017.Robots seemed to be the...
View ArticleNRF 2017 Video Interview: Salesforce on the impact of tech on retail
Essential Retail catches up with Shelly Bransten, SVP of retail and consumer products at Salesforce, to learn more about changing technologies and her NRF 2017 experience. Shelly Bransten, SVP of...
View ArticleComment: Drones delivering packages in cities won’t take off – here’s why
Richard Andrew Williams, principal and vice chancellor at Heriot-Watt University, discusses why drone deliveries are unlikely to take off any time soon. You may have gasped with disbelief the first...
View ArticleNRF 2017: Retail technology on show in NYC
Essential Retail shares its favourite moments from the NRF 2017 show in NYC. Essential Retail has been reporting from NRF 2017 in NYC this week, covering all the latest news from the conference, as...
View ArticleNRF 2017: Retailers aren't transforming quickly enough, claims Cisco
Retailers are failing to make speedy progress with digital transformation strategies, according to a new report from Cisco, unveiled at NRF 2017. Retailers are not digitally transforming their...
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NRF 2017: Retail technology news heard on the expo floor
A quick scan of some of the exhibitor news we heard at NRF 2017, including a special focus on the companies Aptos, Marxent, Star Micronics and SpacePole.Essential Retail has been at the National Retail...
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Keeping pace with the changing face of retail
Vincent DeGennaro, general manager EMEA at SOASTA, discusses the emergence of digital performance management and how the emphasis in retail is on understanding what impact a website's performance has...
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Q&A: SOASTA's Vincent DeGennaro on digital performance management
Essential Retail caught up with SOASTA's general manager for the EMEA region, Vincent DeGennaro, to talk good practice in digital performance management and his company's role in the retail...
View ArticleNRF 2017: Lululemon strengthens community by digitising CRM
Lululemon explains how it digitised its CRM platform in order to modernise its community of customers. As Lululemon continues to grow its brand, it is more important than ever for the retailer to stay...
View ArticleGoodbye from the editor...
After three and a half years as editor of Essential Retail, I'm moving on to pastures new.A quick note from me to say: "I'm off." After three and a half years and overseeing thousands of news stories,...
View ArticleRBTE 2017 Interview: Vincent McKevitt, founder of Tossed
Tossed founder, Vincent McKevitt, talks to Essential Retail about healthy eating, going cashless and the necessary evil that is Deliveroo and UberEats.#cleaneating #eatclean #nourishyourbody #protein...
View ArticleComment: Is it really the end of the high street store?
Melissa Davison, consultant at Capgemini, asks: when people would rather wash the dishes than go shopping on the high street – isn’t it time we revolutionised brick and mortar stores?Think back to your...
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Can you map your way to successful product navigation?
Good Growth founder, James Hammersley, discusses why good website navigation needs to be as clear as a road sign on the street. Half of potential web sales are lost because customers can't find...
View ArticleWyevale Garden Centres unveils new website
Wyevale Garden Centres launches new eCommerce site with inspiration blogs and videos. Wyevale Garden Centres has relaunched its website, after a trial period where the retailer tested the concept on...
View ArticleTesco rolls out PayQwiq nationwide
Tesco makes its mobile payments app available in all stores across the UK.Tesco has rolled its PayQwiq mobile payments app out to every Tesco store in the country, following positive feedback during...
View ArticleWandsworth's Southside Shopping Centre unveils 30m digital screen
Southside Shopping Centre deploys giant digital signage on the building's exterior. Southside Shopping Centre in London's Wandsworth has unveiled a 30 metre digital LED screen. Installed on the...
View ArticlemusicMagpie uses social media to target fan communities
Recommerce e-tailer, musicMagpie, is using social media and personalisation to interact with different customer segments. musicMagpie has started to use social media to engage with specific types of...
View ArticleComment: How to attract and retain a data scientist in 2017
Orlando Martins, founder and CEO of Oresa Executive Search, explains how to hire data scientists. Hailed by the Harvard Business Review as the "Sexiest job of the 21st Century" and by Glassdoor as the...
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