Retailers and consumers are just getting to grips with the pretty recent move toward omni-channel retailing. As a result, the gap is closing between the online and physical world of retail, creating one convenient shopping system. Yet now suddenly the next big thing is here – the Internet of Things’ (IOT) an even more convenient…
Westfield Labs and eBay Inc. are challenging the concept of window shopping with the launch of a through glass shopping experience. The event combines traditional high street shopping with mobile and online technology. Westfield Labs and eBay Inc. are introducing three digital storefronts at Westfield San Francisco Centre, for Sony, TOMS and Rebecca Minkoff. Shoppers…
Fashion e-retailer, ASOS, is using real time pricing software to help boost its revenue. The software is supporting buying and merchandising departments by pulling in data from across the web such as competitor pricing to keep decision makers up to date with industry actions. Maria Hollins, Retail Director at ASOS, said: “At ASOS, being first…
The dawn of multi-channel retailing has seen retailers from grocery to fashion, DIY to convenience pealed for an asset that will keep them top of the shops. Investing in digital technology such as screens, mobile and wifi, is high on the agenda, with a particular focus on electronic-point-of-sale (EPoS). Many stores were quick off the…
Right now we’re seeing physical retailers fighting to save their brands through the launch of online shops and showroom style stores. Yet at the same time, the online retailers are concerned that they need to tap into the traditional bricks and mortar shopping method, just in case it e-retailing isn’t the future. Meanwhile lurking in…