This week, Alibaba reports a 56% climb in revenue for the quarter ended 31 December, 2017, which it says is fuelled by a continued focus on the company's 'new retail' strategy. The Chinese e-commerce giant chalked up revenue totalling ¥83.03bn [...]

January 2018 may go down in history as the month when automation went mainstream. Here, Dr John Bates, CEO, Testplant, tells us exclusively how, despite decades of premonitions, promises, and potential, when Amazon Go opened the doors of its first [...]

The recent pace of change in the payment solutions space has been rapid. From contactless payments, to mobile wallets, and now payment via QR codes, these advancements have led to talk of cashless societies. This edition of RetailTechNews’ Now & [...]

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: Helping British SMEs grow; Amazon finally move into healthcare; and [...]

Much is to be said about the new wave of buying and selling throughout the greater digital ecosystem. As e-commerce continues to transform the way businesses and retailers alike generate income, the industry must look to divide programmatic buying into [...]

RetailTechNews rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European retail technology space. In this week’s edition: Convertize launches Autopilot for AB testing; Mobile shopping yields better sales; and Apple Business Chat. Convertize Goes Autopilot Conversion rate optimisation specialists Convertize promise [...]

This week, we put the spotlight back on Alibaba as the Chinese e-commerce giant looks to extend its industry knowhow to other Asia-Pacific markets. Malaysia, for instance, sent 30 college students to Alibaba's global headquarters in Hangzhou, China, where they [...]

Traditional media may still dominate in India, but this will evolve and ad tech companies have to start creating products and metrics that work across multiple screens. Advertisers in India were projected to spend most of their budget on traditional media, [...]

RetailTechNews rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European retail technology space. In this week’s edition: Shopping via voice assistants entices customers to spend 500% more; Retail could be worst affected by cloud failure incidents; and Good times for [...]

RetailTechNews’ weekly roundup brings you up-to-date research findings from around the world. In this week’s edition: Technology key focus for retail customer experience improvements; Consumers are embracing the connected retail experience; and are consumers ready to go cashless? Technology Key Focus [...]