Ted Baker has launched a new “ship from store” service allowing customers to order items directly from its stores, instead of its central warehouse. As part of a new partnership with order management specialist OneStock, Ted Baker store staff will now receive online orders through a new app, and be...

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the latest augmented reality (AR) mobile game from the makers of Pokemon Go, has already secured a raft of retail partnerships. The new game, which was released last week, follows a similar format to its predecessor and requires players to explore their environment to co...

The Co-op is trialling a stand at Glastonbury festival which sells sandwiches in 100 per cent compostable packaging. Ten types of ready-to-eat sandwiches will be available to buy at the Co-op’s pop-up tent at Glastonbury Festival, which starts on Wednesday this week. Each will come in packaging that...

Instagram’s boss Adam Mosseri has laid out his long-term vision to dramatically ramp up the social media app’s retail offering. The Facebook owned app has been adding various retail focused features for over a year, but this marks the first instance its boss has laid out his ambitions to make Instag...

Samsung has released major details about its upcoming high-tech retail space in Coals Drop Yard, due to open later this year. Dubbed Samsung KX the experience-focused store, which was announced in June last year, is set to serve as a showcase of Samsung’s “latest and greatest” technology. Set to occ...

Walmart has begun offering grocery delivery via WhatsApp at its Superama stores in Mexico, simply by texting a shopping list. According to Reuters, customers at Walmart’s Mexican subsidiary can now send their shopping lists to a number run by Walmart, and have their items picked and delivered to the...

Amazon Prime Day is due to stretch over 48 hours for the first time, marking the longest sales event in the retailer’s history. The online giant’s shopping festival, one of the most widely hyped sales events on the retail calendar along with Black Friday and Alibaba’s Singles’ Day, will start at mid...

Tesco has announced the finalists of its annual Global Hackathon event, which challenges contenders to come up with new retail technology concepts to tackle the industry’s key issues. The grocery giant’s eighth annual hackathon event, which pits colleagues and suppliers from the UK, Czech Republic,...

We spoke to Ecrebo's chief executive David Buckingham about the role of personalisation in a technological retail age.

Lego’s chief marketing officer (CMO) has slammed big internet companies for exposing children to content that is “actually damaging to them and their privacy is not protected”. Speaking at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity last week, Lego’s CMO Julia Goldin said that her company...