110 retailers shut their doors in the US amid contagion fears
More than 110 retailers have now closed all their stores to limit the spread of the coronavirus as fears grow that all non-essential stores will shut their doors for weeks.…
French regulator hands Apple £1bn fine for anti-competitive behaviour
The French Competition Authority on Monday announced it will fine Apple EUR 1.1 billion (GBP 1 billion) over restrictions it placed in contracts with wholesalers. In the biggest antitrust fine…
Charged’s biggest stories of 2019
2019 marked yet another eventful year for retail, seeing the sector navigate the dramatic shifts away from traditional high street retail models towards connected, vibrant and innovative ways of selling…
Uber CEO says app could offer courier services for other retailers
Uber technologies chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi this week suggested Uber may be working to offer courier services for other retail businesses, according to a report by Reuters. Speaking at a…
M&S celebrates Women in Data win
Marks & Spencer insight manager Angela Lillis is named in the Women in Data’s Twenty in Data & Technology Showcase. Women in Data’s (WID) event brings together women from across…
Alibaba IPO shrinks cash pool in Hong Kong
Alibaba Group’s impending initial public offering is shrinking cash levels in Hong Kong. The city has spent the past months contending with political protests, with Alibaba’s proposed $13.4 billion (£10.5…
500,000 UK retail jobs to be replaced by robots by 2024
Robots are set to replace more than half a million retail jobs in the UK over the next five years as retailer increasingly look to automation to improve efficiency. Automation…
Target drafts in Facebook infrastructure expert to lead tech team
Facebook’s infrastructure group manager Hari Govind has been named by Target as the retailer’s new senior vice president of infrastructure and operations. As a new member of the tech team,…
Walmart Chile will resume talks with workers after widespread strikes over robot push
Walmart Chile on Monday said it would resume talks with a union of 17,000 workers who walked off their jobs last week in protest over the retailer’s push to automate…
Amazon to retrain 100,000 employees
In one of the biggest corporate re-training initiatives to date, Amazon has announced it will be up-skilling one third of its US workforce. The ecommerce giant this week pledged to…