Cutting-edge mobile phone technology is set to revolutionise the way people shop, bringing a range of new and complex challenges for retailers, according to new research by Dr Emmeline Taylor, senior lecturer in criminology with the ANU ...
Wal-Mart plans to use big data about a customer's usual shopping to automatically create shopping lists for them on its mobile app. That's one of the tools the world's largest retailer plans to use to improve the in-store shopping ...
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Marks & Spencer (M&S) has now completed the roll out of contactless payment to 644 of its UK stores, including its railway and airport franchise stores. The move cements M&S’ position as the UK’s leading contactless retailer, ...
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Google has released what it calls a "fresh look" for Google Play, with a goal of making a purchase quick and easy. The company said that, over a period of several weeks, it will be rolling out a mobile user interface that features larger ...
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Mintel has launched Mintel Futures—a unique approach to trend forecasting enabling a longer term, strategic outlook—from the global analyst team at Mintel. Stemming from a set of six key trends, Mintel has identified the ...
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Automated self-checkout is appearing in more and more retail stores, with Walmart this year installing 10,000 self-service kiosks in hundreds of stores. But self-checkout is a technology direction with risks -- and even as Walmart moves ...
Axis and StopLift are working together to provide systems to detect scan avoidance at self-service checkout tills in supermarkets this Christmas Axis Communications is working with StopLift, a point of sale (POS) analytics ...
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While consumers may look forward to mobile coupons and touch-less payment, researchers at the University of Arkansas are examining these new technologies to address the potential for theft and fraud. The Sam M. Walton College of ...
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