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Amazon Reportedly Planning First ‘Go’ Store In UK

Amazon has opened seven cashierless Amazon Go stores across the U.S., and now the company is reportedly planning its first store across the pond. The e-Commerce giant is likely setting…

News December 10

JD.com, Alibaba Reach Outside China To Empower Retail Innovation

JD.com and Alibaba are partnering with tech companies and retailers to collaborate on new ways to drive the industry forward. JD.com joined with Intel to launch a joint lab that will…

News December 10

Accenture Study: 47% Of Consumers Will Leave Brands That Lack A Purpose

Consumers around the world are expressing a strong preference for brands with a purpose (that is, beyond selling products and making money). Commitments to environmental sustainability, treating their own employees…

Features December 10

Keeping Customers’ Digital Identities Safe This Holiday Season

By Kevin von Keyserling, Keyfactor As the retail industry gets underway for this year’s holiday season, it’s expected that hackers will follow suit. In fact, 80% to 90% of login…

Executive Viewpoints December 10
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What Retailers Learned In 2018: It’s All About Customer Data-Driven Strategy

At a recent industry event, I quipped that this is “the best of times and the worst of times” for retailers. Implicit in my comment — which was a paraphrase…

Executive Viewpoints December 10

Americans Give $13 Billion In Unwanted Gifts Annually

Polite people who are presented with a gift they don’t want say things like “It’s the thought that counts,” but a new survey has counted the dollar value of these…

News December 7

Walmart Expands Home Products Footprint With Art.com Acquisition

Walmart will be decking the walls with the latest addition to its e-Commerce portfolio: Art.com, an art and home décor retailer with more than two million curated images. Walmart will…

News December 7

Balance Convenience And Experience To Create The Ultimate Holiday Destination

Despite the growing dominance of mobile, shoppers still enjoy shopping in-store. What’s changed, however, is their expectations around the brick-and-mortar experience, according to a pair of studies by GPShopper. Some…

News December 7

The Retail Reinvention: Goodbye Apocalypse, Hello Opportunity

By Jamus Driscoll, Moltin We’ve all read the “retail apocalypse” headlines about the imminent end of in-store shopping, and it’s easy to accept the demise of brick-and-mortar retail at the…

Executive Viewpoints December 7
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