Retail

Women will spend more than eight years of their lives shopping, says a study.

Facebook can now target users based on their offline purchases.

What can retailers do about the rising trend of people browsing in shops, checking their smartphone and buying cheaper online?

In one of the creepiest Kinect mods we have seen, Japanese clothing retailer United Arrows has developed a mannequin that will mimic your movements. The

Shape-shifting robot mannequins are being used by an Estonian company to help solve one of the biggest problems for the online clothing industry - giving customers clothes which fit properly.

Shoppers can connect with their favourite shops and restaurants after Regent Street opened up its own online community.

By Danielle Zezulinski
After a month that has seen several major UK retailers (Comet, Jessops, Blockbuster and HMV) slink off the high street and into administration, I’ve been mulling over some of...

Burberry Introduces Smart Personalisation - The Burberry Prorsum Womenswear A/W13 Collection: The creative story behind each Burberry Prorsum Autumn/Winter 2013 runway Made To Order piece comes to life through smart personalisation.

As Sony prepares to unveil its next-generation video games console, six experts give their view of the major challenges facing the "PlayStation 4".

The high street is dead as we know it, but ecommerce still has some fundamental weaknesses that are only getting worse. What needs to be done to fix this?

Most of you guys would remember the 'Nike+ Innovation Center' that was housed at Selfridges during the London Olympics, but what you might not have seen, were the 8, interactive/reactive kinetic window installations that helped to drag customers...

Does exposing yourself to the ritual humiliation of the fitting room fill you with horror? The BBC's Fiona Graham finds some alternatives

If static mannequins in shop windows never quite cut it for you, it may be time to book a ticket to Tokyo.

The Fits.me virtual fitting room helps online clothing retailers to overcome issues of low conversion rates and high garment return rates.

A new benchmark study has revealed that 60 of the UK’s top high street retailers and public sector organisations are yet to fully embrace mobile technologies to improve the overall customer experience.

Nomi, a startup led by former executives from Salesforce.com and Buddy Media, has raised $3 million in seed funding led by First Round Capital.

Topshop and Google+ present ‘The Future Of The Fashion Show’: Photo credit: Topshop Topshop has partnered with Google to present ‘The Future Of The Fashion Show’, taking its Autumn/Winter 2013 presentation on to a global scale across all of...

Thanks to RFID, forerunner retailers today have a whole spectrum of ways to observe customer behavior and make appropriate changes to increase sales and customer satisfaction.

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