Cardlytics has released a new report revealing key consumer shopping trends for the upcoming holiday season. The report incorporates transaction history data from millions of U.S. consumers to provide retailers with unique insights as they ...
Zebra Technologies released survey results indicating 46 percent of retail,transportation and logisticsbusinesses are operating on “overwhelmed” wireless infrastructures. More than half (53 percent) of surveyed companies in ...
Planet Retail sees the Q3 numbers from Morrisons as indicative of limited progress in terms of topline like-for-like performance. However, we are encouraged by new management’s willingness to take the tough decisions exiting convenience in ...
Being cheap is no longer enough: According to a recent survey conducted by GfK, the German discounters have lost 1.3 percent in sales volume from January to September 2015. This is in stark contrast to the classical supermarkets, which are looking ...
The subject has been moving the retail sector in Germany for months already. And now – just around two weeks before the public hearing on the acquisition of Kaiser's Tengelmann by Edeka - the food discounter Norma has also expressed ...
A study from global ecommerce consultancy Salmon has explored the most important aspects of digital commerce in Britain, analysing how companies across a range of sectors rate their performance in digital channels. The findings reveal ...
The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) is pleased to welcome Sandra de Jenken as new European Managing Director. Sandra brings several years of experience working for the French government and organising major events – having ...
More than four in 10 (42% of) grocery shoppers in the UK could potentially be converted to online shopping, according to research being unveiled at IGD’s Online & Digital Summit this week, offering huge opportunities for growth in this ...
The winners in UK food and grocery will be those that continue to embrace shopper power and create solutions to keep pace with changing shopper habits. This is one of the predictions based on new research, outlined in a speech today by IGD chief ...
A survey of 2,000 UK consumers, conducted for Box Technologies and Intel, reveals the full extent of consumer frustration, with 70% of respondents saying they are unlikely to return to a store if they have to wait for a long time on just one ...
A gift shop owner told Congress today that making the change to chip-and-signature credit cards has been “overwhelming” for many small businesses and that owners are disappointed that without PINs they are being pressured to make an ...
The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) announces the appointment of Josip Kardun, CEO of the Atrium Group as the new Chair of ICSC’s European Advisory Board. The official handover from Alexander Otto, CEO of ECE ...
The new study from the Naveen Jindal School of Management at UT Dallas merges two opposing views on diversity in the workplace, said Dr. Orlando Richard, associate professor of organizations, strategy and international management and lead ...
Kewill announced that Bob Farrell has decided to transition his role as CEO of the company to Doug Braun, effective immediately. Farrell will continue to support the transition through December. “I am excited about the opportunity to again ...
British consumer morale unexpectedly rose in August to match June’s 15-year high, as low inflation and a recent pick-up in wages made Britons more upbeat about their financial prospects. With a just a month or two until the peak online ...
To understand what services customers expect today, retailers should know exactly what touchpoints their customers use to get in touch. Only then can they align their sales approach, advertising and services accordingly. Robert Wucher, Digital ...
The statistics for Retail Sales have been released, but even though they report a sustained period of growth year on year, the figures actually reveal that when broken down month on month, the growth statistics are minimal – and the bad ...
A.T. Kearney’s 2015 African Retail Development Index (ARDI) reconfirms the potential of many nations throughout Africa—not just oft-discussed markets like Nigeria and Ghana, but also small, dynamic markets such as Gabon, the ARDI’s ...
The boards of nine out of every 10 retail companies will be past their sell-by date within five years, according to initial findings of new research by the World Retail Congress and Green Park. The report, which will be a hot topic for debate at ...
Search and content performance leader Searchmetrics today announced that Volker Smid has been appointed CEO with immediate effect. Based on his senior management experience with HP and Novell and extensive knowledge of the online sector, Smid ...
Chinese grocery sales are set to grow by a third between now and 2020 and reach US$1.5tn per year, according to IGD’s new forecasts. China will comfortably retain its position as the largest grocery market although others will grow ...
Roll over millennials and pack your bags Gen X, there is a new kid in town: Generation Consumer has arrived! This is one of the key findings of a major research project into the online shopping preferences across the UK conducted by Tryzens, a ...
RetailNext has released its monthly Retail Performance Pulse for the U.S., showing a 7.3 percent year-over-year decrease in sales on a 9.9 percent decline in traffic at physical stores for the retail month of August. As a season, ...
Africa’s largest food retailer, Shoprite, is opening a new store in the Town of Tete, Mozambique later this year. Property development company, Terrace Africa, confirmed Shoprite as their anchor tenant and indicated that the new shopping ...
Fitting room expert and author Marge Laney is prompting new conversations about customer engagement via the fitting room following the release of her book "Fit Happens; Analog Buying in a Digital World". Laney and her ...
Pop-up retail is now worth £2.3 billion to the UK economy according to Britain’s Pop-Up Retail Economy, the second annual report into the pop-up sector from Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr). The report, ...
A survey carried out by the International Data Corporation (IDC) suggests that in spite of the business value that can be derived from mobile printing, support for it amongst businesses remains low. For managed service provider Annodata, ...
Supply chains are being held back by the effects of globalisation, according to a new survey, with 83% of executives from leading enterprises claiming to see only average or poor performance. Over 60% said this is primarily due to the ...
Canadian consumer spending rose just over six per cent in the second quarter of 2015 on a year-over-year basis, according to the MonerisMetrics quarterly Report released by Moneris Solutions Corporation. This is the third consecutive quarter in ...
Convenience stores are the most used format for top-up shopping, with 60% of shoppers visiting them for this type of trip, according to IGD’s latest ShopperVista research. This is because their network is widespread, making them easily ...
Willard Bishop released its 2015 eCommerce SuperStudy, highlighting opportunities in online grocery shopping. Key insights include a list of top tier CPG manufacturers that are winning the fair-share-battle for food and non-food sales ...
The mfi GmbH wants to turn shopping into an experience in their centers by offering a variety of gastronomic options, comprehensive services, and consistent customer focus. One example of this is the Palais Vest in Recklinghausen, which opened last ...
Tech Data UK has been appointed as a distributor for the Acer Liquid Leap range of smart wearables devices, giving retailers and online sellers the opportunity to maximise sales potential with this pace-setting line of wristband products. The ...
The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) presented its new report on “The socio-economic contribution of European Shopping Centres” yesterday evening during a thought-provoking panel discussion by industry leaders hosted in ...
The report ‘Sector insights: skills and performance challenges in the retail sector’ highlights that recruiting technically skilled people and upskilling the existing workforce will be crucial for the sector to take full advantage ...
Mobility and payment are hot topics in retail, With tablets making major inroads into store environments and mobile wallet finally gaining traction, transactions can occur anywhere increasing convenience for customers and ...
Today, many shoppers choose to stop doing business with small retailers. This could be prevented by a robust POS system, but many retailers still don’t have one in place. iXtenso has talked about this to Justin Guinn, retail market ...
Retail agency Visual Thinking has announced a new high-level addition to its team, with the appointment of retail design heavyweight, Carl Smallshaw. In his new position Carl will touch many aspects of the agency's work for major UK and ...
The big success of eCommerce is not just a problem for small retailers in city centers – shopping mall operators also need to face competition by online retail and create new incentives for customers to continue frequenting their ...
Promotion industry veterans Inmar and Cincinnati-based Scanner Applications today announced Inmar’s acquisition of Scanner Applications. Joining Scanner Applications and Inmar creates an unmatched suite of consumer and trade promotion ...
Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 7.3 percent this month over the same time last year as retailers stock up for the busy back-to-school season, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker ...
When a customer shops in a clothing store, a sales associate may learn more about what the customer wants by initiating a conversation, or he or she may recommend pieces to complete an ensemble. To provide more personalized services, a store may ...
TXT Retail, provider of end-to-end planning solutions in retail, has announced that it has partnered with ebp consulting, a global firm which operates with extensive process and retail expertise, to support its expansion in the Asia Pacific ...
Aptos, formerly Epicor Retail Solutions, announced its official launch as an independent company and new brand, following its spin-off from Epicor Software Corporation. Leveraging years of experience as a leading provider of technology and ...
As shopper expectations continue to grow, inventory accuracy and visibility is a business imperative - and it starts with RFID. To help retailers determine if they are a good candidate for RFID, ChainLink Research has developed a comprehensive new ...
For the third year in a row, Amazon claims the top spot in Reputation Institute’s annual survey of America’s top 50 most reputable companies in the retail industry. Reputation Institute (RI) is the world’s leading consulting and ...
L2, a benchmarking and education firm that measures the digital competence of consumer brands, and Amplience, the leading Big Content platform provider, have announced a partnership to research and identify the process of successful ...
TOMRA was named the winner of the European Business of the Year Award in the category for companies with a turnover of €150m or higher. TOMRA was one of ten finalists for this award category. As the winner of this award, TOMRA is ...
As a part of Walmart and the Walmart Foundation’s $100 million commitment to industry workforce development, an $800,000 grant has been awarded to the NRF Foundation. Through this grant the NRF Foundation will work with employers to ...
Despite the hype around e-commerce and online shopping, consumers still look to shop in the physical store. To help retailers better understand customer preferences, TimeTrade, the leading provider of online appointment scheduling, surveyed ...
