Ocado signs up for partnership with Japan’s Aeon
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British supermarket Ocado has signed a deal for a technology partnership with Japanese firm Aeon.
The online-only grocer on Friday revealed it would team up with Aeon to help develop…
Why technology is proving pivotal to successfully managing the changing high street
The emergence of personalised online retailers poses a new challenge to high-street retailers that are already struggling. to the depths of irrelevance. Besides this, some of the largest names in…
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,…
Only one in three shoppers notice new tech in stores
While three quarters of customers are familiar with new retail technology features, only one third are seeing them in stores, according to a new report by AT Kearney.
The survey…
Automated facial recognition backed by UK Home Secretary
Controversial surveillance software designed to help spot suspects in public spaces has received support by the UK home secretary Sajid Javid.
While civil liberties campaigners have criticised the technology and…
Apple has Chinese services business in sight with new app accelerator
Apple Inc has launched a new programme in Shanghai to encourage Chinese developers to create apps.
As part of the tech giant’s efforts to establish its services business in the…
Fujitsu sees palm payments overtaking card and facial recognition for retailers
The future of retail payment is in our hands – or so Fujitsu would argue, thanks to their new biometric payment technology that could replace cash, credit and even facial…
The biggest retail technologies of 2019
Welcome to Charged, our new publication dedicated to providing the latest news, analysis and comment about the technologies driving transformation in the retail sector at such a pivotal time.
Over…