Enter the Innovation Trail and Awards at RBTE 2017
Take part in this year's Innovation Trail and Awards showcasing the very best of retail technology at RBTE 2017.Entries for RBTE 2017's third annual Innovation Trail and Awards are flooding in. The...
View ArticleContactless mobile transactions grow 247%
The number of payment transactions made using a contactless mobile device grew 247% in 2016, according to Worldpay.In 2016, UK shoppers used a mobile device to pay for an in-store transaction 38...
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DFS is uses digital signage to maximise store space
DFS is betting on digital signage and iPad devices to provide in-store customers with an extended range of sofas. DFS has rolled out digital signage to its portfolio of 110 stores in the UK to improve...
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DFS uses digital signage to maximise store space
DFS is betting on digital signage and iPad devices to provide in-store customers with an extended range of sofas. DFS has rolled out digital signage to its portfolio of 110 stores in the UK to improve...
View ArticlePrettyLittleThing reaps rewards from online merchandising tech
PrettyLittleThing reports 7% increase in conversion after deploying Fredhopper's eCommerce merchandising software.PrettyLittleThing has deployed on-site search and merchandising technology, which has...
View ArticleYour invitation to TXT's Thinking Retail Symposium
You are invited to the Thinking Retail Symposium in Amsterdam on 23 March 2017. TXT Retail is pleased to invite you to the largest planning symposium dedicated to end-to-end merchandise lifecycle...
View ArticleComment: How to prove the business case of RFID
GS1 UK's Jacky Broomhead explains the benefits of using RFID in retail.RFID adoption continues to gain pace in apparel retail. In the last year Thomas Pink, Gieves & Hawkes and Lululemon have...
View ArticleZalando reports sales surge for 2016
Improved operating costs and efficiencies has led to a significant leap in sales and profits for Zalando in 2016.Zalando has reported strong growth in revenue and profits for its full year ending 31...
View ArticlePayments in the spotlight at RBTE 2017
RBTE on 8 and 9 May 2017 will once again be a key feature, with 60 retail payments specialists and a dedicated conference. Europe’s largest retail solutions event, RBTE, will once again be tackling the...
View ArticleComment: The role of payment systems in improving customer service
Mark McMurtrie, director of Payments Consultancy Ltd and chairman of the RBTE Payments Theatre Conference, takes a look at how retailers who invest in their payments capabilities can also improve...
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RBTE 2017 interview: Sainsbury's on payment technology
Essential Retail sits down with Sainsbury's head of payment technology, Adam Bialy, to learn about mobile payments and why the grocer took so long to roll out contactless. Customers don't care about...
View ArticleComment: Creating a solutions provider ecosystem
Monsoon's technology director, Andy Tudor, explains why retailers need to create an ecosystem of solution providers to deliver the best technology experience. The retail market has never been so...
View ArticleVIDEO: A psychologist, economist and futurologist walk into a bar...
A psychologist, economist and futurologist discuss the store of the future and the impact it may have on the retail industry.Three retail experts sit down and discuss the future of the high street and...
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RBTE 2017 Exhibitor Spotlight - Datalogic
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 Peaky Blinders fan and field marketing co-ordinator at...
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RBTE 2017 Interview: Juan Andrade, head of payments, Secret Escapes
Essential Retail catches up with head of payments at Secret Escapes, Juan Andrade, to learn more about the complexities of implementing cross-border payment technology at the luxury flash sales holiday...
View ArticleComment: Mobile World Congress teases the next steps for virtual reality
Dr Wendy Powell, senior member of the IEEE and reader in virtual reality at University of Portsmouth, talks us through the big retail trend at Mobile World Congress 2017. The theme at Mobile World...
View ArticleRetail technology view from the top: Peter Charness, CMO, TXT e-solutions
Essential Retail speaks with Peter Charness, SVP of Americas and global CMO at TXT e-solutions to discuss omnichannel challenges facing retailers, ahead of TXT's 'Thinking Retail Symposium' in...
View ArticleDFS, adidas, Furla and Sonae to speak at TXT Retail's Thinking Retail Symposium
A host of retailers will be speaking at the Thinking Retail Symposium in Amsterdam later this month. ‘Thinking Retail Symposium’ is back: the unique planning symposium dedicated to merchandise...
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RBTE 2017 Exhibitor Spotlight - StorIQ
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 Silicon Valley fan and ceo and founder at StorIQ, Peter...
View ArticleComment: Sharing is caring, and a bit daring – should you be preparing?
Matthew Rowbotham, partner and head of tax, reward and incentives at Lewis Silkin LLP, takes a look at why e-tailers should consider employee ownership. best known examples of employee ownership being...
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