This week, JD.com says it clocked a record high of USD$24.7bn (£18.62bn) in transactions from its recent mid-year sales event, which also marked the first time the Chinese e-commerce site integrated online, offline, and virtual shopping experiences. Dubbed 'JD6.18', the [...]

This week, we see Google making a USD$550m (£415m) move in China's e-commerce market and more Australian consumers window shopping than actually buying online. It may have long exited the Chinese search market, but Google appears to be making its [...]

RetailTechNews’ weekly roundup brings you up-to-date research findings from around the world. In this week’s edition: Delaying the Death of the High Street; Revenue Losses Through Poor Mobile Performance; Gen Z Using Multiple Devices for Shopping. Delaying the Death of [...]

Picking the right retail partners is a challenge faced by every brand. Invest too much in the wrong channel, and risk heavy losses, while the right channel can be a long-term, sustainable source of sales. Here, John Maltman, CEO, E [...]

This week, Alibaba's logistics arm has announced plans to build a logistics hub in Hong Kong, setting aside USD$1.53bn (£1.14bn) for the new development, while JD.com has turned on an AI system to 'speed-write' product descriptions and shopping guides. To [...]

There is a stark contrast between the news stories surrounding British and Chinese retail at the moment. While we are inundated with stories of shop closures and businesses entering administration, those keeping abreast of the retail scene in the East [...]

RetailTechNews’ weekly Amazon watch brings you some of the company’s biggest moves from the past seven days, analysing how the giant is revolutionising the retail space. In this week’s edition: Amazon Throws USD$2bn More at India; Amazon Doesn’t Dominate Private-Label [...]

RetailTechNews’ weekly roundup brings you up-to-date research findings from around the world. In this week’s edition: Retailers Know Too Much; CRM Battling for Budget; and Businesses Can’t Predict Individual Customers’ Needs. Retailers Know Too Much As many as half (52%) of [...]

This week, online consumers in Australia learn that they soon will no longer be able to shop on Amazon.com's international sites – a result of the e-commerce giant's move to sidestep the country's new GST rule. From 01 July 2018, [...]

Today, retailers operating physical stores are faced with a decision: innovate or close. In this Q&A with RetailTechNews, Adam Levene, CEO & founder, Hero, explains how his company is helping retailers innovate, adapting the DNA of the brick-and-mortar retail store as they [...]