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  • Walmart Eyes India E-Commerce Potential with Flipkart Acquisition

    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 Digital Revolution Is Here – Q&A with One iota

    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 [...]

  • Ad Spend Grows for 8th Consecutive Year – The Industry Reacts

    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 [...]

  • IPA Bellwether Report Shows Muted Ad Spend Ahead of GDPR: The Industry Reacts

    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 [...]

  • Understanding How Retailers Use Location Data: Q&A with Rippll

    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 [...]

  • The Future of Personalisation: Q&A with Monetate

    Whether it’s in-store, on their laptops, or through their mobiles, consumers expect an increasingly personalised shopping experience. In this Q&A with Jens Vang Lauridsen, vice president EMEA sales, Monetate, he explains why personalisation is a necessity, whether retailers are paying [...]

  • Amazon Taking on Venmo; A Tech Firm or a Retail Firm?

    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 Taking on Venmo; A tech firm or a retail [...]

  • Increase in Publisher Revenues; Sizmek & PubMatic Join Forces

    ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Publisher Revenues Increased by 5.6% in 2017; PubMatic & Sizmek Join Forces for Supply Path Optimisation; Ligatus Partners with Le Monde; European [...]

  • Personalisation In the Luxury Space: Q&A with Tateossian

    Personalisation and customer experience have always been paramount in the luxury sector. However, with the shift to e-commerce affecting this space as much as any other, luxury brands are having to find a way to match their offline offerings in [...]

  • Why Digital Transformation Requires a Cultural Shift

    Digital innovation, a well-managed omnichannel offering, and an ability to understand the individual shopper should be at the heart of any digital-first strategy, writes Meyar Sheik, CEO and founder, Certona. For many retailers, this will require a dramatic cultural shift [...]