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Retail

Stat: Convenient online shopping lacks excitement and discovery

While online shopping offers ease, most consumers say it lacks excitement, according to a global survey by Criteo.

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Retail

Co-op partners with Walmart to boost online grocery growth

Co-op has announced a collaboration with Walmart Commerce Technologies to integrate Store Assist online fulfilment technology, aiming to enhance the retailer's online grocery operations.

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Retail

NRF 2024 Retail’s Big Show daily recap: Denim dressing and rethinking luxury…

More than 40,000 attendees were expected at New York’s Jacob Javits Convention Center on day one of the 2024 Retail’s Big Show.

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Retail

Stat: E-commerce set to account for nearly half of global retail sales

Physical stores are recovering after the pandemic, but the e-commerce surge continues, with online sales projected to constitute 41% of global retail sales by 2027, according to an October 2023 report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

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Retail

Why are AI and algorithms a blessing for emotional retail?

Innovative retailers are using technology to create intelligent and empathic journeys where every touchpoint is a learning opportunity. But what can all businesses learn from them?

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Luxury

Three Takeaways from VivaTech 2023

At Europe’s biggest start-up and tech event, VivaTech (14–17 June, Paris), AI was unsurprisingly the dominating topic, but also notable were new augmented retail opportunities and tech-enhanced beauty innovations.

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Culture & Media

Browsing The Future of Bookshops

While the book economy continues to grow, bookshops must re-invent themselves to remain relevant – but they’re not going anywhere.

Homecoming and Browns 2020
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Fashion

The Campaign: Homecoming Festival

This year's annual Homecoming festival of Nigerian creativity was a phygital, multi-channel offering hosted in collaboration with Browns East.

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Culture & Media

Four ways social media is reshaping shopping

Social networks and gaming environments are opening up as shopping platforms, prompting retailers to take their strategies into new, interactive territory.