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Which? has called on retailers including Amazon, Argos, John Lewis and Smyths to withdraw a number of smart toys from sale after finding many had a troubling lack of inbuild security leaving them open to hackers.

Smart toys at top of Christmas lists vulnerable to being hacked says Which?

December 10, 2019

Amazon, Argos, John Lewis, Smart Toys, Smyths, Which?

Which? has called on retailers including Amazon, Argos, John Lewis and Smyths to withdraw a number of smart toys from sale after finding many had a troubling lack of inbuild…

John Lewis delivery trucks will switch to cow manure by 2021

November 8, 2019

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

News

Argos, carbon, CNG, department, emissions, Hermes, John Lewis, store, Waitrose

John Lewis has announced it will be switching its delivery truck fuel to cow manure by 2021. In a bid to reduce its reliance on polluting diesel fuel and switch…

Amazon to overtake Sainsbury’s as UK’s biggest cooking & baking retailer

June 24, 2019

Ben Stevens

Companies, Ecommerce, News

Amazon, Argos, Asda, GlobalData, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Wilko

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Amazon is set to become the largest seller of cooking and baking goods this year, overtaking rivals for the first time. According the data and analytics company GlobalData’s latest report…

Global retail technology spend to surpass $200bn this year

June 17, 2019

Ben Stevens

Industry, News

Argos, Asos, Boohoo, Ebay, M&S, Retail Technology Spend, tech

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Global retail technology spending is set to reach $200 billion this year as physical retailers scramble to compete with their online counterparts. According to new research from Tech, technology spend…

Amazon’s Echo smart speakers are still the most popular devices on the planet, but Chinese rival Baidu has now overtaken Google.

Smart speakers officially added to governments inflation calculations

March 13, 2019

Ben Stevens

Industry, News

Amazon, Argos, Deloitte, Echo, Google, Office for National Statistics, ONS, smart speakers

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Smart speaker’s have officially been included in the government’s list of items used to measure the rate of inflation. The growing popularity and influence of devices like the Amazon Echo…

Argos launches new visual search app

March 12, 2019

Ben Stevens

Apps / Mobile, Artificial Intelligence

App, Argos, Furniture, Instagram, iOS, Pinterest, Visual Search

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Argos has launched a new image search app enabling customers to search for homeware and furniture products using their phone’s photos or images. The retailer has launched its visual search…

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Smart toys at top of Christmas lists vulnerable to being hacked says Which?

John Lewis delivery trucks will switch to cow manure by 2021

Amazon to overtake Sainsbury’s as UK’s biggest cooking & baking retailer

Global retail technology spend to surpass $200bn this year

Smart speakers officially added to governments inflation calculations

Argos launches new visual search app

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