M&A in the retail space has made headlines across the globe in recent weeks, with big ticket deals involving Sainsbury’s and Asda, and Walmart and Flipkart, being finalised. But what is driving this recent surge in activity in the industry? [...]

Even if cashless societies seem a little way off in the UK, we are still a country in the midst of a payments revolution. In this Q&A with RetailTechNews, Luke Griffiths (pictured below), general manager, Klarna UK, highlights what retailers need to [...]

Retailers are all, in some way or another, going through digital transformation, whether this is planning for the distant future, or implementing technology today. In this piece, Anshuman Singh, GM & head of digital strategy & consulting, Mindtree, tells RetailTechNews [...]

While blockchain is not new, it’s a technology that’s starting to make waves in the retail space and is increasingly one retailers can’t ignore. In this piece for RetailTechNews, James Pruden (pictured below), studio director, Xigen, explains that, while blockchain made its [...]

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's Could Represent 10% of All Retail by 2020; Walmart [...]

U.S. supermarket chain Walmart is making a major play for India's e-commerce market, dishing up USD$16bn (£11.82bm) for a 77% stake in local player Flipkart. The move put an end to weeks of market speculation, and was announced after SoftBank [...]

The change digital technology is driving in retail is there for all to see. However, while some retailers are diving in at the deep end, others are only dipping their toes in the water for now. In this Q&A with [...]

UK ad spend grew 4.6% to reach £22.2bn in 2017, the eighth consecutive year of growth, according to the latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report. The final three months of 2017 saw expenditure grow 6.2% in Q4 2017 over the same period [...]

Market budget growth lost further momentum during the first quarter of 2018, according to the IPA Bellwether report published last Wednesday (18 April). In fact, budgets are growing at the slowest rate since recordings began in 2016. Report highlights - Internet [...]

Location data has long been a widely used technique for retailers to engage their customers. In this Q&A with RetailTechNews, Doug Chisholm, CEO, Rippll, outlines how retailers are leveraging this information, what more they can be doing with their location [...]