Click & collect usage grows 8.2% in the UK this year
Click & collect usage in the UK is set to rise 8.2 per cent this year as consumers begin to expect “this option as standard for their digital purchases”.
According…
Smart toys at top of Christmas lists vulnerable to being hacked says 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
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
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
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…
Smart speakers officially added to governments inflation calculations
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
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…