Industry

diet, Future of Food, Sainsbury's

Sainsbury’s has released a new Future of Food report exploring what high-tech solutions we will have to food in 2025, 2050 and 2169. The report, commissioned by the UK’s second…

Retailers are using tech to fight serial returners

May 15, 2019

Anita Liu Harvey, Barclaycard, returns

Retailers are fighting back against serial returners as a growing number say they are set to introduce measures to penalise or even ban those suspected of flouting returns rules. According…

Indonesia has fastest growing ecommerce sector on Earth

April 8, 2019

Ecommerce, Industry, News

Indonesia, Merchant Machine, Mexico, Philippines

Indonesia has the fastest growing ecommerce sector on the planet, growing nearly 20 per cent faster than its nearest rival. According to a new study by card and account comparison…

Trump targets Amazon, Alibaba and Ebay over counterfeit sales

April 5, 2019

Alibaba, Amazon, counterfeit, Donald Trump, Ebay, President, Project Zero

President Donald Trump has “decided it is time to clean up this Wild West of counterfeiting”, taking aim at online retailers like Amazon and Ebay. Earlier this week Trump signed…

Online retail overtakes physical in US for first time in history

April 3, 2019

Bespoke Investment Group, Commerce Department, Online retail, Paul Hickey

Ecommerce, Industry, News

Online retail has overtaken physical retail in the US for the first time since records began, marking a major milestone in the evolution of the retail industry. According to a…

5G to boost UK economy £15.7bn with retail the main benefactor

April 3, 2019

Apps / Mobile, Industry, News

5G, Barclays, Ian Gilmartin, Margot James

The retail sector stands to benefit most from the introduction of 5G across the UK, which stands to contribute £15.7 billion to the country’s economy by 2025. According to Barclays…

2018 “another record year for the UK games industry”

April 2, 2019

Dr Jo Twist, games industry, Gaming, UK, Ukie

The UK games market grew by double digits last year and was worth a record £5.7 billion, as digital revenues continue to skyrocket. According to the UK’s games and interactive…

Office Depot ordered to pay $35m over fake malware scheme

March 29, 2019

Industry, News, Security

Malware, Office Depot, PC Health Check, Support.com

American retailer Office Depot has been ordered to pay $35 million (£26 million) to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over an alleged software scam. The retailer and its software provider…

7.4% of UK workers at risk of losing job to automation

March 26, 2019

Automation, Industry, News

Automation, Office for National Statistics, ONS