Following on from our recent blog about the world of virtual reality (VR), I thought I’d look at another technology also about to revolutionise the retail sector: augmented reality, or AR. Now you..

Virtual reality has been on the edge of the mainstream for many generations. There have been numerous iterations, reinventions and bold predictions. When it comes to retail though, I’m still waiting..

It feels like you can’t go a day, or visit a tech blog without some mention of automation. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robots are ever present buzzwords in 2019. The retail..

Are you one of the many retailers currently wishing on a star for sales to pick up? You certainly wouldn’t be alone, with seemingly a new headline everyday about fallen department stores and ailing..

There’s always a ‘latest thing’ when it comes to retail. Be it augmented reality experiences, new ways to pay (by Laybuy, for example!) or personalisation, the retail industry has to be one of the..

How flexible are you? No, I’m not asking an altogether personal question. Neither am I trying to suss out how good an opponent you’d be in a game of Twister. What I’m wondering is how flexible..

Laura Whateley, consumer guru at The Times, this week published a really insightful piece around a new trend that is developing in China – ‘eat now, pay later’. Basically, this translates to (mainly)..

In my last blog post I discussed how important it is for retailers to get it right when it comes to attracting a whole new generation of shoppers – Generation Z. When it comes to reviving the high..

As a Millennial, I’ve been lucky enough to be on the receiving end of retailers’ wooing tactics for the past few years. Products, payment platforms and brand behaviours have been designed to directly..

As Kermit the Frog once famously sang, ‘it’s not easy being green’. Yet if retailers want to continue to appeal to millennials, it is my belief that 2019 is going to be a crucial year for brands to..